I waited until stage 1 of the TdF finished before starting today’s bike ride. Wheels down at 9:33 am is an hour earlier than yesterday when the TdF had not begun yet. This proves I can start before 10:30 am when I want to. Since I got riding earlier I decided I had enough time to add some miles to my “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route. So when i got to FM 2100 I continued biking east on Old Atascocita Road all the way to Ramsey Road and turned around there. As I was riding I thought about what to name this route and keep it short. The route name: “Kingwood to Ramsey Road – Huffman”. With the added miles I biked 37.28 miles. This boosted the week to 184.99 miles and July to 210.24 miles. That leaves 589.8 miles to reach my July goal of 800 miles.

Not expecting to see any other cyclists I was surprised to see 5 others. The first ones were on FM 1960 on the Lake Houston causeway east of Atascocita Shores Drive.

The other three were after this and I didn’t see them in time to take photos.

After making the turn around at Ramsey Road the light wind helped me set a strong pace back to FM 2100. The weather during the bike ride: start 85 (73% humidity), partly cloudy, wind NE 6 mph. Finish 90 (60% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind 4 mph. This was a good sign that bicycling west from Huffman would have the same condition.

A rest stop at the Huffman Chevron lasted about 10 minutes, long enough to cool down some, drink cold water, refill my water bottle and take this photo with me reflected in the bumper of the big pickup.

I probably should have zoomed in to make the reflection bigger. The Wahoo Elemnt ride summary when I stopped at the Chevron.

Back on the bike at 11:45 am I rode west enjoying the help from the light wind and energized legs. I managed to improve my overall average speed from 14.0 to 14.1 mph on this section. I kept it there until I got back into Kingwood when I slowed down for street crossings and stop signs. I finished the ride at 12:34 pm.

Not sure how Sunday biking will happen. Stage 2 of the TdF needs to be watched and the weather forecast has a 50% chance of rain. It could be a difficult decision.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary