{"id":13787,"date":"2012-04-10T20:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T01:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=13787"},"modified":"2012-04-10T20:07:07","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T01:07:07","slug":"montgomery-county-deputy-sheriff-april-10th-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/04\/10\/montgomery-county-deputy-sheriff-april-10th-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Montgomery County Deputy Sheriff – April 10th Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another great biking weather day rolled in today. I started the ride at 3:15 when the heat usually hits the high point and it did kind of today at 88 degrees on my home weather station but due to the 33% humidity it did not feel that warm. Biking in the shadows also helped. By the time I finished the temperature went down to 86 degrees and the humidity stayed at 33%. Partly cloudy skies and a 13.8 mph southeast wind kept the ride comfortable. These temperatures are above normal for this time of the year but I am not complaining.<\/p>\n

With the late start school traffic filled some of the roads at the beginning of the ride but not for long. No other bikers crossed my path but I did talk to a new biker at the Texaco station at the Valley Ranch entrance. I stopped there to visit the restroom and refill my waterbottle with ice. As I came out of the store a Montgomery County Deputy Sheriff was sitting in his car and I said hello. He followed me into the service station from the service road earlier. After I said hello he asked me how many miles I usually rode and I told him today would be around 25 but normally I biked about 30 miles with an occasional 40 or more. He told he bought a WalMart bike a week ago and rides around 20 miles. I congratulated him on taking up biking and getting some miles in. I also handed him one of my Texbiker.net business cards explaining he could get information about bicycling in Texas. He told me to be careful and I resumed my ride.<\/p>\n

My wife wanted to work in the yard more today so I made today’s ride a little shorter than usual ending up with 26.21 miles<\/strong>. Some more numbers from today’s ride:<\/p>\n