{"id":29579,"date":"2015-05-02T15:03:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T20:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=29579"},"modified":"2015-05-02T15:03:03","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T20:03:03","slug":"love-bugs-and-chipn-seal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/05\/02\/love-bugs-and-chipn-seal\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Bugs and Chip’n Seal"},"content":{"rendered":"

I rode to the east on the “FM1960 to FM686 – Back” route. So far I am varying the routes and not riding the “Atascocita – Walden -Huffman” route so often. Leaving home slightly earlier than recent rides (11:09) I needed to get back home in time to take my niece to a birthday party. This might have influenced the speed I rode and the light to calm wind helped. Overall I biked 39.56 miles<\/strong> and averaged 15.6 mph. The maximum average speed was 15.9 mph which I maintained until the 37 mile point. By then I was back in Kingwood weaving through the residential streets and the traffic. I got back home at 2:16, just in time to rest and get cleaned up for my mission to the birthday party. Strava said I was 2nd fastest time on Reservoir Dogs (14:01) segment.<\/p>\n

The love bugs were out along FM1960 east of FM2100 but not nearly as thick as on Old Atascocita Road earlier this week. When I stopped at the Huffman Chevron there were a few flying around and landing on me but not enough to be an all out nuisance.<\/p>\n

Weather was great. 82 degrees under partly cloudy sky with a very light breeze. I wore a long sleeve jersey and shorts. The long sleeves were just right with a slight coolness when I rode through shade. Sitting under the pump canopy at the Chevron while I rested was comfortable but might have been a bit chilly with short sleeves.<\/p>\n

After increasing the air pressure in the tires earlier this week I noticed how rough the chip’n seal surface was on the 1 mile section as I entered Liberty County on FM1960. Fortunately I survived until I reached the smoother surface on the railroad overpass approach. I had to deal with the chip’n seal on the return trip. I think the west bound shoulder is rougher than the east bound one.<\/p>\n

Activity so far this week: 165.22 miles<\/strong>. I expect to ride tomorrow which could put me just below 200 miles for the week. Year to date I am at 1748 miles<\/strong>. Last year I biked about 270 miles in May. This was low because we went on a 3 week trip to Florida and I had health issues during the trip which kept me off the bike for many days. This year I can use May to catchup on the miles I lost in January, February and March. We are not going on any long trips during May.<\/p>\n

Sunday weather: 82 degrees and partly cloudy. Sounds like great biking weather.<\/p>\n

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Weather at the turn around point on FM1960 & FM686.<\/p><\/div>\n

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