{"id":30910,"date":"2015-09-07T15:54:25","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T20:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=30910"},"modified":"2015-09-07T15:54:25","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T20:54:25","slug":"last-swim-at-the-village-pools-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/09\/07\/last-swim-at-the-village-pools-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Swim at the Village Pools Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

A change of pace on today’s ride. I rode my Motobecane 700HT on the Kingwood greenbelt trails. The trails I chose took me by most of the Kingwood village pools where a few people were getting the last swim in before they close for the season. I rode 20.38 miles<\/strong> among trees with darting squirrels every so often. The squirrels managed to avoid my spinning wheels thankfully.<\/p>\n

Summer only lasts another 2 weeks so I thought it would be cooling down at least a tiny bit but when I got ready to walk to the garage (12:22) I looked at my home weather station and 100 degrees. It dropped to 99 as I watched but that is still hot. BY the time I got back home (2:23) it had “cooled” to 98. Riding on the trails in the shade helped to keep me somewhat cooler but I still drank a full water bottle and stopped at the Greentree Village pool to top of the water.<\/p>\n

Earlier I rode through Kingwood Park at the southern end of Woodland Hills Drive. A bunch of cars and trucks were parked with empty boat trailers with the occupants out on San Jacinto river and Lake Houston enjoying the sun and heat. I took these pictures.<\/p>\n

\"9-7-2015<\/a><\/p>\n

\"9-7-2015<\/a><\/p>\n

In the second picture there is a boat moving beyond the sandbar with some people and their dog on the sandbar.<\/p>\n

I circled through the park and headed north back onto the trails. As I rode the trails there were a number of walkers and other bike riders. One group coming towards me on the trail near the Kings forest Village pool had 5 or 6 riders in jerseys. A couple were on road bikes and I could hear the leading woman telling the other people about the trails. Later as I rode along side Kingwood Drive east of W. Lake Houston Parkway I caught with a man and woman riding the same direction. I waited for a place to announce “on your left” but the traffic drowned out my voice. As I rode behind then I couldn’t help but notice the rear wheel of the woman’s bike had a severe wobble. I rode behind them for about a mile until I turned into a church parking lot and circled around it to give them time to get further ahead of me. I got back on the trail but I caught up with them at one of the traffic lights. After going through the intersection I found a spot to yell “on your left” and startled the woman. They moved over and I passed. After that there weren’t many encounters with other riders. A couple of times i came around curves in the trails to greet other bikers coming. Fortunately we were keeping to the right and passed without issues.<\/p>\n

The Motobecane has disc brakes and the front disc was not adjusted correctly. When I squeeze the lever the brake engages but does not slow the bike by itself. This was a problem when I exited a trail to cross the street to continue the trail. I saw a car approaching from the right and slowed to let him pass but on my left the trees blocked my view until I was at the street. The brakes would stop in time if I rode straight so I turned to the right along the curb as the car passed on my left. They slowed down as the passed which helped. When I got home I looked at the disc brakes and figured out how to tighten the action. Now the brake lever stops the front wheel from turning.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I am back on the road bike riding to reach my 340 mile goal for September. As of today I am at 206.67 miles.<\/p>\n

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