{"id":30957,"date":"2015-09-12T16:35:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T21:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=30957"},"modified":"2015-09-12T16:35:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-12T21:35:10","slug":"fall-weather-tryout-but-with-loud-noises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/09\/12\/fall-weather-tryout-but-with-loud-noises\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Weather Tryout But With Loud Noises"},"content":{"rendered":"

Loud motorcycles were out in force today. Loud pickup trucks filled in the quiet times when the motorcycles weren’t around. I noticed this most when I stopped at the Huffman Chevron for a rest break while riding the “Stroker Road – Huffman” route for the 9th time this year. Two women were talking about four feet away from me while I was sitting on the curb under the pump canopy. For a period of time I could not hear their conversations for the procession of loud motorcycles and pickup trucks. Huffman is not a big time city but this is the intersection of two busy FM roads. At the time of the rest stop I biked 29.1 miles<\/strong> of the 40.75 miles<\/strong> I ended up riding.<\/p>\n

Probably the fall like weather and sunny sky brought all of the motorcycles out but I am not sure why the loud pickups where out. A “cool” front arrived about noon today and the temperature stayed below 90 for most of the ride. The weather while I rested in Huffman:<\/p>\n

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Wind was another thing though. When I left home at 12:17 the wind was out of the NE at 13 mph. I battled it whenever I was going east or north but enjoyed when riding south and west. The worst time was when I was riding north on FM2100 from Stroker Road. The easy times were Stroker Road west to FM2100 and Huffman to Atascocita Shores Drive on FM1960. I built up the average speed to 15.4 mph during the easy places. Biking back through Atascocita Shores and into Kingwood I kept the 15.4 mph average until the 37 mile point when I hit the slow residential streets. I got back home at 3:42. The weather was so nice I didn’t sweat that much. I probably could’ve skipped the wrist bands.<\/p>\n

I reached and surpassed my goal for September; 361.04 miles<\/strong> vs. the 340 mile goal. One more day to ride before I take a break until October. 5489 miles<\/strong> for 2015 so far.<\/p>\n

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Stroker Road – Huffman<\/td>\nSat, Sep 12, 2015 12:17 PM<\/td>\n2:43:01<\/td>\n40.75<\/td>\n866<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n20.6<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n2296<\/td>\n10614<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stroker Road – Huffman<\/td>\nThu, Jul 2, 2015 9:43 AM<\/td>\n2:46:56<\/td>\n41.94<\/td>\n574<\/td>\n15.1<\/td>\n19.9<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n2262<\/td>\n10392<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stroker Road – Huffman<\/td>\nThu, Jun 11, 2015 11:25 AM<\/td>\n2:40:25<\/td>\n40.33<\/td>\n587<\/td>\n15.1<\/td>\n20.1<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n2152<\/td>\n9760<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stroker Road – Huffman<\/td>\nFri, Jun 5, 2015 10:06 AM<\/td>\n2:35:49<\/td>\n39.81<\/td>\n564<\/td>\n15.3<\/td>\n21.3<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n2153<\/td>\n9861<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stroker Road – Huffman<\/td>\nSat, May 23, 2015 11:56 AM<\/td>\n2:37:20<\/td>\n39.34<\/td>\n840<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n20.9<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n2238<\/td>\n10277<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stroker Road – Huffman<\/td>\nWed, May 6, 2015 2:53 PM<\/td>\n2:34:29<\/td>\n38.51<\/td>\n1273<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n22.3<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n2352<\/td>\n9700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stroker Road – Huffman<\/td>\nTue, Apr 21, 2015 12:47 PM<\/td>\n2:34:08<\/td>\n39.08<\/td>\n827<\/td>\n15.2<\/td>\n20.4<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n2221<\/td>\n10280<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stroker Road – Huffman<\/td>\nMon, Mar 23, 2015 2:00 PM<\/td>\n2:34:27<\/td>\n38.13<\/td>\n574<\/td>\n14.8<\/td>\n21.2<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n2087<\/td>\n10239<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stroker Road – Huffman<\/td>\nMon, Feb 9, 2015 12:18 PM<\/td>\n2:41:03<\/td>\n39.56<\/td>\n912<\/td>\n14.7<\/td>\n21.6<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n2272<\/td>\n10102<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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