{"id":23748,"date":"2014-04-11T16:33:40","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T21:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=23748"},"modified":"2016-11-30T12:09:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:09:09","slug":"two-tight-squeezes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/04\/11\/two-tight-squeezes\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Tight Squeezes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I rode to New Caney today and to add to the distance I returned to Kingwood through Forest Cove. This route was 34.48 miles<\/strong> long averaging 15.2 mph. I started a little earlier than usual leaving home at 12:28. This put me in front of the schools letting out except for the last two I passed in Kingwood. Traffic was not a problem generally but on Rock Creek Dr. in Oakhurst I has a moment of excitement. I was going south and in front of was a man driving a golf cart pulling another golf cart. He was in the street and there are two lanes only. Behind a pickup truck pulling a trailer was approaching me. All of a sudden the golf cart driver decided to stop to let the truck go by. I was catching up to the golf carts quickly and couldn’t go around because of the pickup so I had to put my brakes on quickly. The rear tire almost slide out from under me but I maintained control and after the pickup truck passed I passed the golf carts.<\/p>\n

Later in Kingwood I was on Riverlawn Dr. going east. In front of me were two pickup trucks one parked on each side of the street leaving one car of width between them. As I pulled around the one on my side of the street I was greeted by another pickup heading between the two trucks. I braked and started to pull over as far as I could but the pickup driver motioned for me to come on through. Another close call.<\/p>\n

The wind continued to be a challenge during the ride. When I started the ride I thought it would be calmer than yesterday and it was somewhat. At the beginning the wind was from the SW at 9 mph with 16 mph gusts. When I got up home at 3:27 it was from the south at 15 mph with 22 mph gusts. I struggled whenever I was out in the open. One particular tough section was the south bound US59 service road before I got to the overpass at Sorters Road. I just kept my head down and pedaled. The temperature was pleasant: 77 at the start and 84 at the end. I wore a long sleeve jersey and it was comfortable. This was more for sun protection than warmth.<\/p>\n

Check the slides to see the mileage standings. Links to Garmin Connect<\/strong><\/a> and RideWithGPS<\/strong> <\/a>metrics and maps.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow’s weather should be a repeat of today.<\/p>\n

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