Not as early of a start for a Saturday bike ride with my rolling out at 8:13 AM. I waited a little later because sunrise is later. Riding my Canyon Endurace bike I set out on the “Atascocita – FM 2100 – Walden” route hoping to see other bikers along the way. By the time I finished at 10:36 AM I saw more than recent bike rides on this route in some time. You can most of them in the video after I make the left turn onto FM 1960 to ride east over Lake Houston. Previous to that I saw two and later in Walden another biker passed me. I needed a little over 10 miles to hit 200 for the week and today’s 31.24 miles did that for a total of 221 mile for the week. Today’s route is one I ride frequently with this being the 18th time in 2021. August rides now total 695.1 miles leaving 105 miles to reach my goal for the month. 2021 YTD miles stand at 6,483 which is 162 miles higher than 2020.
Starting just after 8 AM the humidity was 99% but the wind was calm. Two factors for a muggy bike ride. Fortunately as the ride progressed the humidity went down and some wind arrived, but not too much. Beginning and ending weather: start 76 (99% humidity, 75.9 dew point), a few clouds, wind calm; finish 88 (68% humidity, 75.7 dew point), partly cloudy, wind S 9 mph.
The legs felt good today. I held a good pace crossing Lake Houston which can be difficult at times when the wind is high. The Canyon is riding quietly after waxing the chain and applying grease to the thru axles. Not sure if the grease really helped.
