{"id":30010,"date":"2015-06-18T16:24:11","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T21:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=30010"},"modified":"2015-06-18T16:24:11","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T21:24:11","slug":"ts-bill-thick-and-heavy-humidity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/06\/18\/ts-bill-thick-and-heavy-humidity\/","title":{"rendered":"TS Bill Thick and Heavy Humidity"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last two days Tropical Storm Bill rained on my biking parade. Today it looked like it was going to continue but around 11:30 it brightened up some and biking was on. I rolled off at 12:27 heading on the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route. 88% humidity felt like swimming and the temperature was 80 degrees. There wasn’t enough of a breeze to help either.<\/p>\n

I wanted to test the rear wheel axle slipping in the dropouts against the star washer I added to the derailleur side of the skewer. At the Huffman Chevron rest stop I loosened the rear quick release and the wheel shifted every so slightly which I think means the star washer helped. I tightened the skewer a quarter of a turn and I will checked it again during the next ride.<\/p>\n

The rest stop in Huffman was a time to dry off some of the perspiration. With the high humidity it was flowing like a river. While I was standing beside the bike before going into the store I bent my head down and the water started dripping from my soaked headband. My arms were covered with drops and a paper towel didn’t help much. After coming out of the store I sat on a Greensheet paper to protect my shorts and absorb some of the moisture. Standing up after eating and drinking the paper was soaked. My arms stopped perspiring while I rested thanks to the paper towels I rested them on. Trying to dry my gloves some I laid them on a couple of paper towels during the stop. It helped some. I checked my phone for the weather and saw a big rain spot west of US59 and hoped it stayed there until I got home.<\/p>\n

Leaving the Chevron I rode to the west. As I approached the traffic light at E. Lake Houston I could see the oncoming traffic had their headlights on. This might mean it was raining on the other side of the lake but it wasn’t when I got there. I hurried across the lake and into Atascocita Shores where the clouds to the north looked dark enough to mean rain. This was about 25 miles into the ride with another 8 or so to go. I tried to keep a fast pace to beat any rain. I was largely successful until 2 miles to go when I felt a few drops. From there to home it rained lightly but I was already wet with from sweat so I couldn’t really tell the difference.<\/p>\n

I added a couple of streets to the usual “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route and it ended up being 34.2 miles<\/strong>. Average speed topped out at 15.4 mph and ended up at 15.2 mph after weaving through the residential streets the last two miles.<\/p>\n

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Weather when I stopped in Huffman<\/p><\/div>\n

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