{"id":33023,"date":"2016-05-04T16:41:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T21:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=33023"},"modified":"2016-05-04T16:45:09","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T21:45:09","slug":"reverse-roads-and-streets-bike-ride-to-new-caney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/05\/04\/reverse-roads-and-streets-bike-ride-to-new-caney\/","title":{"rendered":"Reverse Roads and Streets Bike Ride to New Caney"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s route was a combination of streets and roads I ride but in a very different order. Sometime in the past I rode part of this route but it has been a long time (prior to the Grand Parkway FM1314 overpass construction) since I biked to Gene Campbell road on FM1314. I had to come up with a new route name: “Oakhurst – Gene Campbell Road – Valley Ranch”. About 80% of the ride is the reverse of road and streets I normally ride. Before I left home at 11:54 I was going over the route in my mind trying to think of the turns and how long this ride might be. It turned out to be 43.31 miles<\/strong> long. I could’ve made it a couple of miles longer but when I saw how long it was going to be I stayed on my planned roads.<\/p>\n

Before today’s ride the Garmin Connect app on my phone updated to version 3.51. I should have known better but I did not backup the ride using the Ride With GPS app at the start. At the 3.39 mile point I noticed the cadence was not being picked up from the sensor. I stopped and tried to check the status on the Edge 520. The 520 froze and I had to hold the power and right arrow buttons to get it to power off and back on. It asked if I wanted to save the ride, I said no and pushed start and the screen came up with all of the ride data still there. To be safe I started the Ride With GPS app on my phone in case this happened again. From that point the 520 behaved and recorded the ride without further issues.<\/p>\n

The wind fought me almost from the beginning of the ride until I turned right off FM1314 onto Gene Campbell Blvd (or Road). Up to that point I thought my average speed would not get above 13.9 mph. Once I made that turn the wind was from my left or back and I could ride much faster. With all of the reverse roads I wasn’t sure where I might stop for a break. For awhile I thought it would be the Valley Ranch Texaco but when I got to New Caney at US59 I was at the 30.57 mile point and I stopped at the New Caney Mobil station at FM1485 and US59. It was nice to sit in the shade eating a snack and drinking ice water. This is my Edge 520 screen when I got there.<\/p>\n

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I estimated it was 12 miles from there to home. This is the first time in a long time that I stopped for a rest break at this station. On some rides I make a quick stop here to refill my water bottle on the way to the Stripes station. The weather was fabulous for biking except for the wind. I checked the weather on phone and the wind showed from the NW at 9 mph but when I got home at 3:33 the airport showed a NW wind at 13 mph with 18 mph gusts. No wonder it was so hard riding NW on FM1314. The weather while I was at the Mobil station.<\/p>\n

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Biking on Valley Ranch Parkway after leaving the US59 service road the building construction is in high gear. The work on a new Kroger, Sam’s Club and Academy Out & Sports have the vertical walls up. Due to the recent rain the road has some stretched with lots of dried mud.<\/p>\n

My timing on school traffic was perfect today, all the traffic was gone or had not happened yet.<\/p>\n

The great weather continues for several days and I plan on biking. I did wear a short sleeve jersey (a new Garneau red\/black\/white one) 0ver a long sleeve jersey becaause I thought the wind would be chilly. It was and it was a good choice.<\/p>\n

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