{"id":22737,"date":"2013-12-02T15:44:05","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T21:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=22737"},"modified":"2016-12-16T10:17:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T16:17:55","slug":"a-few-extra-zigs-and-zags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/02\/a-few-extra-zigs-and-zags\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Extra Zigs and Zags"},"content":{"rendered":"

After riding to Huffman yesterday today I elected to ride north on the route I call “New Caney – Gene Campbell Road”. The idea was to get a longer ride in and adding a few extra zigs and zags produced a 39.27 mile<\/strong> route. The December weather can be pretty fickle but today was great with a nice blue sky, 77 degrees with a 12 mph SW breeze. The wind can probably claim the reward for this warm weather.<\/p>\n

Riding to the north did not require too much effort but whenever I turned into the wind my late fall legs struggled to keep my speed above 15 mph. I ended up with a 15.4 mph average speed thanks to the stretches with a tailwind.<\/p>\n

When I stopped at the Stripes station FM1314 for a rest break (a little over 27 miles) I sat in the sun. The warmth was great compared to what we experienced a week ago. I did not hurry to get back on the bike because I enjoyed watching the traffic on FM1314 and the people coming into Stripes. Back when I was a youngster I liked to sit on my Grandmother’s front porch that looked out over US40. I looked for unusual vehicles and wondered where everyone was going. That was what I did today. One Toyota FJ Cruiser at Stripes had a bike on a rear rack. I said hi to the driver who was wearing a Bike Barn jersey but he didn’t say much in reply.<\/p>\n

Just before I got ready to leave Stripes as I got up from my seat I happened to look at my rear tire. There was this black thing sticking off the side of the tread. I thought it might be a bit of asphalt but it turned out to be a chunk of rubber with some small wires sticking out of it. The wires held it on my tire but they were not long enough to cause a flat.<\/p>\n

The weather should be excellent the next two days before reverting to nasty on Thursday so I need to take advantage and get some riding in.<\/p>\n

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