{"id":28700,"date":"2015-01-06T15:50:03","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T21:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=28700"},"modified":"2015-01-06T15:50:03","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T21:50:03","slug":"breaking-the-ice-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/01\/06\/breaking-the-ice-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking the Ice Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike and Frank on the TV show American Pickers<\/strong> talk about breaking the ice. I broke the ice today with the first ride of 2015. I was watching the temperature around noontime as it slowly moved to 60 degrees. I was determined to ride today with cold weather supposed to arrive tomorrow and stay with us for 10 days or so.<\/p>\n

I started getting ready to ride donning two long sleeve jerseys, leg warmers, shorts, jacket and full finger gloves. I figured riding the Kingwood trails I would be in the shade a lot and it could be chilly plus I could sweat off some of the extra pounds I put on over the holidays. I pressed the start button on the Garmin 510 at 12:51 and finished at 2:37. It did warm up to 66 when I got home but it still felt chilly. I did not regret wearing the cloths.<\/p>\n

There was nothing exotic about the route other than I wanted to go at least 15 miles. I ended up riding 18.86 miles. Being on my MTB I didn’t set any fast average speed but I did realize the extra weight of this bike can wear me out even going up the few inclines around here. I wandered around the trails north of the river and crossed over the river into Atascocita to get those extra miles.<\/p>\n

A few other bikers were on the trails and most were not dressed to the extent I was. Two riders I came upon were wearing shorts and T-shirts. This is way too under dressed for my thin blood. Another lady was dressed similar to me but no helmet. Not a good idea with the sudden trail turns and uneven surface in places. Yesterday I needed a helmet at home when I was putting away Christmas decorations. A tall candle stand with a large candle on the top fell over from the shelf above my head with the candle landed solidly on my head. That HURT! I stopped and took a break to get my senses back.<\/p>\n

Charts and stuff from the ride: (click the image to see it full size)<\/p>\n

\"Ride <\/a>
Ride route today <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Today's <\/a>
Today’s ride metrics <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Home <\/a>
Home weather at the end of the ride <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Weather <\/a>
Weather at the airport at the end of the ride <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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