Last bike ride for June. I got an early start (by my alarm clock anyway) with wheels rolling at 8:40 am. The intent was to see other cyclists as they returned while I rode the “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” route. I purposely chose this route to put me on FM 1960, Fairlake Drive and Old Atascocita Road earlier than if I rode through Walden first. It paid off with close to 30 cyclists passing me in the opposite direction. The first one came on Atascocita Shores Drive before I got to FM 1960. From there the number picked up.
I missed taking photos of the bikers on the causeway because they came faster than I could get my phone out and were on the other side of the road with traffic between us. There would have been a great spot to take more photos if I had waited a couple of minutes after turning onto Fairlake Drive from FM 1960 but they were too fast for me to get my phone out again.
Weather during the ride: start 82 (86% humidity), a few clouds, wind S 5 mph. Finish 90 (59% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind S 12 mph. Starting earlier kept the temperature down some but the humidity up until the sun got higher in the sky.
Legs felt good during the ride and watts output was not overly high to maintain 15 to 18 mph once I was clear of all of the stops and starts. I got the overall average speed up to 14.1 mph biking west on FM 1960 from Huffman and was able to keep it there up I got back into Kingwood.
PowerPod issues appear to be in the past. I am going to connect it to the iBike Issac software this afternoon to see what the data looks like and maybe tweak the profile some. I like to tinker with things which sometimes get me in trouble.
One stop to refill my water bottle on the return to FM 1960 at Atascocita Shores Drive at the Chevron station. No stop at the Huffman Chevron. One last biker followed me riding west over Lake Houston until we split at the Chevron station, he went north and I went south.
I finished at 11:14 am, earlier than some of my rides begin.
SportTracks Bike Ride Summary
SportTracks June Rides Summary
Biked 26 out of 30 days. Next to most miles in a month in 2018, May was higher. Exceeded my goal by 71.6 miles.
RideWithGPS.com June Rides Summary
