I rode a northerly route today going to New Caney and then to Roman Forest Blvd. on US59. Up to that point the wind was my friend but making the u-turn under US59 at Roman Forest Blvd. I hit the wind from the SE. As I was riding on the service road just before that u-turn I started to hear a tap-tap sound from one of my tires. I stopped under US59 and inspected my front tire to find a 2″ piece of wire sticking in the tire. Once I removed that the tapping sound went away. I think this averted a future flat. I plan on replacing both tires in about 100 miles. At that distance each tire will have about 4,000 miles on them. I have had good results with the Continental Gatorskin tires and two are in my bike stockpile of stuff.<\/p>\n
The overcast sky wanted to become rain but it just didn’t happen. That was the reason I chose this route so I would be close to places to get out of the rain if the situation arose. The wind was stiff at 18 mph but I still managed to average 15.1 mph over the 33.85 mile<\/strong> route. Riding with the wind for the first 15 or 16 miles let me build up my average speed so that when I got the headwind I still stayed in the 15 mph range. This is easier than trying to overcome a slow average speed at the beginning of a ride.<\/p>\n Sometime prior to the ride I changed something on my Garmin Edge 510 so the screen did not display the normal screen and did not chime when I passed through the 5 mile lap points. I tried setting various things several times but the screen kept going back to the wrong one. Finally I gave up and waited until I got home to find the problem. With this\u00c2\u00a0 problem I did not get the 5 mile interval breakdowns I normally have. Once I got home I noticed that I had it set on “Race” instead of “Ride” for the type of activity. Changing to “Ride” brought back the screens I wanted. You would think the data would convert over but so far I haven’t figured out how to do that.<\/p>\n With the temperature at 77 degrees I chose a long sleeve jersey thinking I would not need two jerseys to stay warm. The wind was a little chilly when I stopped but while I was riding the heat I generated was enough to counteract the wind chill.<\/p>\n November miles now total 98.56<\/strong>. Year to date I biked 5645 miles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Tomorrow has a 70% chance of rain so I probably will not get to ride.<\/p>\n Links to Garmin Connect<\/strong><\/a> and RideWithGPS.com<\/strong><\/a> metrics and maps.<\/p>\n [wppa type=”slide” album=”254″ size=”auto”][\/wppa]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"