The clouds in the video look great. Stage 11 of the Tour de France kept me home until the conclusion but when it finished I got ready to bike. The weather forecast said the rain should stay south of I-10 until later encouraging me to think “dry bike ride”. After yesterday’s bike ride I waxed the chain on my Canyon Endurace and before leaving at 11:17 AM today I aired up the tires to 90 psi. I chose the route I didn’t get to finish on Monday for today’s bike ride, “New Caney – Roman Forest – Valley Ranch”. At the 2:10 PM finish the Bolt computer said 41.21 miles. Those miles bumped the week to 101.83 miles and July to 239.87 miles. So far in 2021 I biked this route 4 times.

The last time was a month ago. Interesting that the distance of each ride is so close. Some other numbers: 2021 YTD miles come in at 5,000; 2021 now trails 2020 by 109 miles, lower than yesterday. My Canyon Endurace rolled to 23,012 miles.

The unusual cool temperature continued today. According to Space City Weather the clouds and moisture in sky keeps the temperature below normal. Weather conditions for the bike ride: start 79 (78% humidity, 71.3 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 8 mph; finish 84 (68% humidity, 72.3 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 6 mph. I wore arm sleeves for sun protection but maybe to avoid some coolness too. It may get hotter next week. The sky while biking north through Tavola caught my eye. In the video I show what it looked like in the opposite direction.

Wind conditions and freshly aired tires allowed me to build up my overall average speed to 14.8 mph. My legs felt good too.