{"id":51236,"date":"2019-10-23T18:38:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T23:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=51236"},"modified":"2019-10-23T18:40:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T23:40:39","slug":"blue-sky-and-wind-to-tavola-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/10\/23\/blue-sky-and-wind-to-tavola-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Sky and Wind to Tavola Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The blue sky stayed through the night and greeted me as I set out on today’s bike ride at 11:14 AM. I chose the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route and rode 36.19 miles<\/strong>. With that October now totals 582.41 miles<\/strong>, meaning I need 118 miles<\/strong> to reach my goal. One thing new on today’s bike ride: wind and lots of it. Weather while I biked: start 77 (50% humidity, 57.4 dew point), fair, wind SE 12 mph gusts 18 mph. Finish 79 (43% humidity, 54.4 dew point), fair, wind SE 17 mph. Double digit wind put me on a fast track to Tavola but concerned me on the return trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those same miles today put me past my 6,800 mile goal for the with 6,828 miles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I made the turn around coming out of Tavola the strong SE wind heightened my fear of a strong headwind for the 20 miles back into Kingwood. Once I reached the southbound US59 frontage road the wind made its presence known but surprisingly I improved my overall average speed to 13.8 mph biking into the wind. The wind breaks held the buffeting to a minimum and the turns to the west on Valley Ranch Parkway positioned me to use the wind instead. Maintaining my average speed until the u-turn under US59 at Kingwood Drive was hard work but easier than I anticipated as I rode west on Roman Forest Blvd. to US59.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My narration in the video tells how the ride went as I enjoyed the blue sky and the tailwind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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