{"id":59172,"date":"2022-05-09T14:50:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T19:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=59172"},"modified":"2022-05-09T14:50:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T19:50:25","slug":"some-heat-some-wind-dog-encounter-saved-by-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/05\/09\/some-heat-some-wind-dog-encounter-saved-by-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Heat, Some Wind, Dog Encounter Saved By Car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Caney - Tavola - Valley Ranch 5\/9\/2022\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZG3cki_TQdw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>No Giro d&#8217;Italia racing today so I got ready and left a little earlier at 9:38 AM riding my Cervelo Caledonia bike. I chose a northerly route, &#8220;New Caney &#8211; Tavola &#8211; Valley Ranch&#8221;, taking advantage of a tailwind on the way to Tavola and paying the headwind tax on the way back to Kingwood. I biked 35.35 miles. Summer is getting closer with the temperature at 84 and the wind from the south at 12 mph. When I finished at 12:31 PM the temperature was the same but the wind increased to 21 mph from the SE. No wonder pedaling back to Kingwood took so much effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1821\" height=\"432\" data-attachment-id=\"59171\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/5-9-2022-ytd-bike-rides-new-caney-tavola-valley-ranch\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch.png?fit=1821%2C432\" data-orig-size=\"1821,432\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5-9-2022 YTD Bike Rides New Caney &amp;#8211; Tavola &amp;#8211; Valley Ranch\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;5-9-2022 YTD Bike Rides New Caney &amp;#8211; Tavola &amp;#8211; Valley Ranch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;5-9-2022 YTD Bike Rides New Caney &amp;#8211; Tavola &amp;#8211; Valley Ranch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch.png?fit=600%2C142\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch.png?fit=800%2C190\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch.png?fit=1821%2C432&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"5-9-2022 YTD Bike Rides New Caney - Tavola - Valley Ranch\" class=\"wp-image-59171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch.png?w=1821 1821w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch.png?resize=600%2C142 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch.png?resize=800%2C190 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch.png?resize=640%2C152 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch.png?resize=1536%2C364 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>5-9-2022 YTD Bike Rides New Caney &#8211; Tavola &#8211; Valley Ranch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Five times I&#8217;ve rode this route in 2022. Four times on my Cervelo and one time on my Lynskey R300. The image above compares the five rides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/axs.sram.com\/activities\/wahoo-262128671__1652107085\">AXS.SRAM.com ride report<\/a><\/strong> the total riding time was 2:51:00. I made 33 RD shift changes. The longest gearing used was the 35&#215;13 for 1:18:49 (19.4 miles) followed by the 35&#215;15 at 1:11:51 (12 miles). RD Shifts\/Mile 0.93\/Mile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The brown and white dog returned to the Rock Creek and Northpark intersection. He was extra aggressive today but fortunately I got on the other side of a car to shield me from him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weather conditions: start 84 (humidity 75%, dew point 76), mostly cloudy, wind S 12 mph; finish 88 (humidity 69%, dew point 76), partly cloudy, wind SE 21 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/7114486465\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1048\" height=\"939\" data-attachment-id=\"59170\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/5-9-2022-strava-new-caney-tavola-valley-ranch-data-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-Strava-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch-Data-Summary.png?fit=1048%2C939\" data-orig-size=\"1048,939\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5-9-2022 Strava New Caney &amp;#8211; Tavola &amp;#8211; Valley Ranch Data Summary\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;5-9-2022 Strava New Caney &amp;#8211; Tavola &amp;#8211; Valley Ranch Data Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;5-9-2022 Strava New Caney &amp;#8211; Tavola &amp;#8211; Valley Ranch Data Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-Strava-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch-Data-Summary.png?fit=502%2C450\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-Strava-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch-Data-Summary.png?fit=670%2C600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-Strava-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch-Data-Summary.png?fit=1048%2C939&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"5-9-2022 Strava New Caney - Tavola - Valley Ranch Data Summary\" class=\"wp-image-59170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-Strava-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch-Data-Summary.png?w=1048 1048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-Strava-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch-Data-Summary.png?resize=502%2C450 502w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-Strava-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch-Data-Summary.png?resize=670%2C600 670w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-9-2022-Strava-New-Caney-Tavola-Valley-Ranch-Data-Summary.png?resize=536%2C480 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1048px) 100vw, 1048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>5-9-2022 Strava New Caney &#8211; Tavola &#8211; Valley Ranch Data Summary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&#038;id=89588955&#038;sampleGraph=true\" style=\"width: 1px; min-width: 90%; height: 1100px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Giro d&#8217;Italia racing today so I got ready and left a little earlier at 9:38 AM riding my Cervelo Caledonia bike. I chose a northerly route, &#8220;New Caney &#8211; Tavola &#8211; Valley Ranch&#8221;, taking advantage of a tailwind on <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/05\/09\/some-heat-some-wind-dog-encounter-saved-by-car\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22],"tags":[2560,212,5297,4719,5553,5287,1424],"class_list":["post-59172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-bicycle","tag-bicycling","tag-bike","tag-biking","tag-cervelo-caledonia-rival-axs","tag-new-caney-tavola-valley-ranch","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-foo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59172"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59174,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59172\/revisions\/59174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}