{"id":59276,"date":"2022-05-24T13:46:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T18:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=59276"},"modified":"2022-05-24T13:47:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T18:47:07","slug":"trash-bag-bike-ride-in-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/05\/24\/trash-bag-bike-ride-in-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Trash Bag Bike Ride In Rain"},"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=\"Trash Bag Bike Ride In Rain 5\/24\/2022\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dpdgcq5JlwM?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>As I made the bed up this morning I asked the Google Assistant what the weather forecast was for today. She said rain but I believed that applied to other people and places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I paused stage 16 of the Giro d&#8217;Italia until the final 21.6 km to resume after my bike ride. I checked the weather radar and saw a big glob of rain to the southwest. I figured it would take several hours to move to Kingwood. Getting ready I rolled the Lynskey R300 out the back door. My plan was to ride my &#8220;Atascocita &#8211; Walden &#8211; Huffman&#8221; route but I was slightly pessimistic on that. Punching the Bolt computer start button at 9:58 AM I set off. Before leaving I aired the Lynksey&#8217;s tires up to 80 psi because they didn&#8217;t pass the squeeze test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I rode through Kingwood making my way to W. Lake Houston Parkway the sky looked threatening but I attributed that to my sunglasses. Crossing the San Jacinto River the sky darkened to the east and the south but I thought I could ride to FM 1960 and turn back if it got closer. Thunder popped a few times, once seemed right over top of me. Lately I turned left off W. Lake Houston Parkway onto side streets but today I stayed on W. Lake Houston Parkway to Upper lake Drive heading to the Atascocita Hike &amp; Bike Trail. As I rode on the trail I decided that was as far south to ride because the sky looked dark and wet. Good plan but as I approached Pinehurst Trail Drive riding back to Kingwood the rain caught me. I thought about places to get out of the rain and the closest one was a gazebo at the park on Kings Way Parkway. I tried to ride fast to get there as the rain soaked me. The wind picked up chilling me but I made it to the gazebo. The wind blew rain under the gazebo but not enough to make me wetter. Waiting for the rain to slow down I remembered seeing people wearing trash bags for rain coats. A trash can was not too far away and when the rain slowed and the wind slowed I got the trash bag. Fortunately no trash was inside and only a little water. Back under the gazebo I poked holes for my head and arms. Putting the bag on I got on the Lynskey and started riding. My arms got wet but my torso started warming up with the bag blocking the wind. I was tempted to stop when a place came up to get out of the rain but I was already wet and that would delay getting back home which I did at 12:05 PM. As I write this the rain stopped and the blob has moved to the NE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The route changed to &#8220;Kingwood to FM 1960&#8221; and 21.18 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe tomorrow I can make a bigger contribution towards reaching my 700 mile goal for the month. I need 160 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/7195967840\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"957\" data-attachment-id=\"59275\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/5-24-2022-strava-kingwood-to-fm-1960-data-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-24-2022-Strava-Kingwood-to-FM-1960-Data-Summary.png?fit=1050%2C957\" data-orig-size=\"1050,957\" 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=\"5-24-2022 Strava Kingwood to FM 1960 Data Summary\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;5-24-2022 Strava Kingwood to FM 1960 Data Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;5-24-2022 Strava Kingwood to FM 1960 Data Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-24-2022-Strava-Kingwood-to-FM-1960-Data-Summary.png?fit=494%2C450\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-24-2022-Strava-Kingwood-to-FM-1960-Data-Summary.png?fit=658%2C600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-24-2022-Strava-Kingwood-to-FM-1960-Data-Summary.png?resize=1050%2C957&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"5-24-2022 Strava Kingwood to FM 1960 Data Summary\" class=\"wp-image-59275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-24-2022-Strava-Kingwood-to-FM-1960-Data-Summary.png?w=1050 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-24-2022-Strava-Kingwood-to-FM-1960-Data-Summary.png?resize=494%2C450 494w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-24-2022-Strava-Kingwood-to-FM-1960-Data-Summary.png?resize=658%2C600 658w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-24-2022-Strava-Kingwood-to-FM-1960-Data-Summary.png?resize=527%2C480 527w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>5-24-2022 Strava Kingwood to FM 1960 Data Summary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&#038;id=91124996&#038;sampleGraph=true\" style=\"width: 1px; min-width: 90%; height: 1000px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I made the bed up this morning I asked the Google Assistant what the weather forecast was for today. She said rain but I believed that applied to other people and places. 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