I was back on the MTB bike today though the overcast sky didn’t make the weather too inviting. The temperature was in the low 70’s but the humidity was around 80% making the trail damp and gooey in places. The route I rode came together as I rode but I stayed on the Kingwood Greenbelt trails mostly. The bike ride totaled 19.34 miles. I left home at 12:43 and returned at 2:26. At the end of the ride I washed the Motobecane 700HT to remove the dirt (not so much) and some built up stuff that bugged me when I noticed while riding.
With today’s ride I am inching towards my 130 mile goal for December. This SportTracks slide shows where I stand for the month and year. The SportTracks year data is about 33 miles less than Gamin Connect data; I think there is a small difference in the way the two programs calculate mileage from the GPS data.
Not many people were out on the trails. One other biker passed me as I rode north on the trail along side of W. Lake Houston Parkway as it cross Ben’s Branch bayou. Before that I detoured around construction workers at Kings River Drive and W. Lake Houston Parkway south of the bridge over the San Jacinto River. It looked like they were cutting the concrete to lay conduit for traffic light signals. The first time through the work area there weren’t any signs on the greenbelt warning of the work but on the return loop a man was putting up a barrier as I came around the corner.
While riding north on W. Lake Houston Parkway I noticed the speed showing on my Elemnt computer dropped 5 to 7 mph whenever a car drove by. I used to have this problem on my Stradalli road bike until I change the speed and cadence sensors from Gramin to Wahoo ones. I moved the Garmin sensors to the Motobecane 700HT MTB and it appears the problem came with them. I don’t know if this is a big enough issue to warrant spending $60 for the Wahoo sensors but it bugs me.
The trail route I rode went to the new greenbelt underpass on W. Lake Houston Parkway and this time I took these pictures.
I thought the road above the underpass was open to traffic but I saw the northbound traffic on the other two lane side of W. Lake Houston Parkway. Several workmen moved around the construction area on the roadway.
There is a small chance of rain tomorrow morning but I hope to go out on my road bike.
Link to RideWithGPS.com map and metrics.
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