{"id":32528,"date":"2016-03-16T16:35:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T21:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=32528"},"modified":"2016-03-16T17:55:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T22:55:01","slug":"eagle-springs-walden-huffman-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/03\/16\/eagle-springs-walden-huffman-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagle Springs – Walden – Huffman Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

The “Eagle Springs – Walden – Huffman” route I rode today is one I don’t do very often. I rode it twice in 2015 and now once this year. I think the main reason is the crash I had at Atascocita High School in September 2013. Now I ride there when school is not in session. Today when I went past the parking lot exit where I collided with the car it was closed off with barriers and yellow caution tape. It looked like a work crew was doing something where the street connects to the parking lot. So no one could cause a crash there.<\/p>\n

Rolling out of the driveway at at 12:19 I headed south out of Kingwood. The sky was overcast with the temperature in the upper 70’s. Not as warm as yesterday thanks to a minor cool front moving through and then backing up. The wind was 10 mph from the east. Later in the ride it seemed stronger.<\/p>\n

Nothing unusual on the ride as I rode toward Huffman. I got to the Huffman Chevron a few minutes after 2 PM and took a break to rest my legs after battling the wind. I bought a Powerade fountain drink ($1.70 compared to yesterday’s $1.50 at Stripes) and settled down under the canopy to eat a couple of granola bars. When I stopped I took this picture of my Garmin Edge 520 screen.<\/p>\n

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The 23.75 miles were tough whenever I was riding into the wind. I noticed after I turned north onto FM2100 I was in a higher gear than I normally use which increased my exertion even more. The 1 1\/2 miles to Huffman was easier with the wind behind me and a better gear.<\/p>\n

I stayed at the Chevron about 30 minutes. Before I left I took these weather screenshots.<\/p>\n

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Notice the wind speed in the right shot. When I got home at 3:23 and checked the airport weather the wind was 17 mph with 23 mph gusts. No wonder the headwind was so strong. The temperature was 81. With the somewhat cooler temperatures I opted to wear long sleeve and short sleeve jerseys topping off my shorts.<\/p>\n

The new tube in the front tire solved my flat problem. I wish the Bluetooth connection with my Edge 520 was as easy to fix. I got another phone disconnect alert before going 1 mile but it reconnected and I didn’t go through the pairing mess from yesterday. Maybe there are spy radio waves in my neighborhood breaking Bluetooth since once I get away from there the problem does not happen very often.<\/p>\n

No biking tomorrow (Thursday). Friday looks like rain. Saturday and the Grand Parkway Bike Ride in New Caney might have rain before the 8 AM start time. The forecast shows the chance of rain decreasing after 7 AM.<\/p>\n

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