{"id":35430,"date":"2017-02-25T15:43:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T21:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=35430"},"modified":"2017-02-25T15:43:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T21:43:10","slug":"wind-chill-not-enough-to-stop-this-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/02\/25\/wind-chill-not-enough-to-stop-this-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind Chill Not Enough to Stop This Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

A cool front moved into southeast Texas overnight lowering the temperature this morning when I got up to 45 degrees. By the time I started the bike ride at 12:16 it was up to 67 degrees but the brisk North wind had a chilling bite to it. So I wore leg warmers, shorts, a thermal long sleeve jersey and a new windbreaker jacket to bicycle 35.1 miles<\/strong>. To be different I chose the “Oakhurst – Cumberland – Valley Ranch” route, same streets and roads but in a different sequence.<\/p>\n

Whenever the roads turned to a direction with “north” in it my pedaling and speed dropped. The wind chill was noticeable but I was comfortable. It wasn’t until I turned around at Cumberland that wind stopped slowing me down and became a tailwind. Up to that point my average speed was 13.6 mph but from there I built it up to 14.6 mph at the highest and fell once I was back in Kingwood maneuvering around corners, speed humps and stops signs.<\/p>\n

About 2 miles into the ride I stopped to take a picture of a brilliantly colored azalea with my bike but it came out blurry. Maybe too much color and sun. The clouds of yesterday were long gone leaving a clear blue sky.<\/p>\n

Finishing the bike ride at 2:51 my legs rejoiced from fighting the wind and my face warmed up without the chilly wind hitting it anymore.<\/p>\n

Links to RideWithGPS.com<\/a> and Strava.com<\/a> metrics and maps.<\/h3>\n

Weather conditions: start at home, finish at home and airport when I finished bicycling.<\/h3>\n
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SportTracks Ride Summary<\/h3>\n

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