As I rolled up to the stop sign at Old Atascocita Road and FM 2100 the aroma of the cow pasture to my left invaded my nose. The southerly wind brought the fumes but not much cooling action. My soaked hands waited for the wind to dry up some of the sweat running down my arms from the high humidity and effort I put out biking to that point.
The bike ride began at 7:57 AM (early for me) as the Lynskey R300 and I left home on the “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” route. By 10:39 AM when I returned home we covered 33.45 miles, getting within 9 miles of my 800 mile goal for June. The week’s total sits at 113.55 miles, well short of the usual 200+ miles. Three days of rain took a toll on my biking. Sunday I plan on adding some miles and reach my June goal but still fall short of the 200+ miles for the week.
Other cyclists were out along the route today with most of the on FM 1960 and east of Lake Houston. I wondered if my “early” start put me in those parts of the route before the other bikers would pass through. Many of them start at Bike Barn on FM 1960 at W. Lake Houston Parkway. I think they ride south from there to loop around the lake to the south and then go north from Crosby, through the grass farms and then west on FM 1960.
With the overcast sky it is hard to see the Saharan dust that the weather people say is above us. The rain this week jacked up the humidity to exceed the temperature. The last 2 bike rides I thought I got out of the pool at the end of the ride with sweat running down my arms and legs. While I biked the weather looked like this: start 79 (99% humidity, 78.9 dew point), overcast, wind S 5 mph. Finish 85 (86% humidity, 80.0 dew point), dust, wind S 10 mph. After finishing the bike ride I sat on my patio with an old t-shirt wiping the sweat off my legs and hands. My gloves were so wet when riding the brake levers were slick.
Yesterday I received the GoPro Hero7 Silver camera I bought. Today I used it 4 times during the ride and added the videos into the main video I took with the Hero7 Black camera mounted on the handlebar stem. I need to perfect how I hold the Hero7 Silver but overall it added some different views. I have a selfie stick but I haven’t figured out where to carry it.
Today was the 9th time riding the route and the first time on the Lynskey R300 bike. The rest of them was on the Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike. Strava reports today’s bike ride was consistent with my usual efforts.
Below are the charts from the PowerPod program for today’s ride. Wind wasn’t a factor for most of the ride.
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