Oh The GoPro, When Will The Headwind Let Up, Bike Ride to Ramsey Road
Used to be simple to start a bike ride but now I have to decide which bike to ride. It’s a good problem though. Today I chose the Lynskey R300 titanium road bike to ride the “Kingwood to Ramsey Road – Huffman” route. I started earlier than yesterday with wheels rolling at 12:46 PM. I chose this route to travel at least 37 miles and ended up riding 37.6 miles. The week now totals 131.18 miles and April totals 505.99 miles. My goal for April is 612 miles. So I am getting closer with 14 possible biking days left and 106 miles left to bike. I expect to exceed my goal but April weather can throw me a curve.
Today’s weather while I traveled the streets: start 73 (47% humidity, 51.6 dew point), a few clouds, wind E 9 mph gusts 17 mph. Finish 75 (53% humidity, 56.9 dew point), a few clouds, wind SE 14 mph gusts 24 mph. The wind got stronger as the ride progressed. Getting to Ramsey Road was a battle with the headwind. I left the leg warmers at home wearing shorts, long sleeve jersey, and a windbreaker jacket. I was comfortable thanks to the sunshine.
My GoPro camera decided to not respond to my button pushes while I rode east of FM 2100 on Old Atascocita Road. Three other cyclists passed me during this failure. I don’t know what causes it to do that. When I got to Ramsey Road I pulled the battery out and put it back in and the GoPro started working for the rest of the bike ride. While I was at Ramsey Road and Old Atascocita Road intersection I took these photos.
After taking the pictures a biker made the turn and asked if I was okay. I told him yes and he rode on.
The PowerPod charts show the headwind and my effort to pedal into it. The second graph from the top shows the headwind when the blue is above the white line. Up to 22.4 miles the blue mostly resided above the white line. That was when I reached Ramsey Road. Leaving there riding back to Kingwood the blue moves to mostly below the white line.
With the new rear cassette the Lynskey is a joy to ride. The Fabric saddle, wide tires, and the frame absorb the road vibrations and the gearing is close enough to the Canyon Endurace that I don’t have to think much about which gear to be in and when to shift.
