{"id":34313,"date":"2016-10-24T15:51:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T20:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=34313"},"modified":"2016-10-24T15:51:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T20:51:41","slug":"not-the-end-of-the-bike-ride-season-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/10\/24\/not-the-end-of-the-bike-ride-season-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Not the End of the Bike Ride Season Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning as I looked at the Bikeforms.net posts one poster said he stored his bikes for the end of bike ride season and asked what now (I didn&#8217;t look to see where he was at). Thankfully I have not stored my bike. The weather is still warm (81 degrees today) and I am riding. Today&#8217;s bike ride went on the &#8220;New Caney &#8211; Roman Forest Loop &#8211; Valley Ranch&#8221; route for a total of <strong>40.00 miles<\/strong>. A great start for the week. The ride started at 11:47 and I finished at 2:54. The mostly cloudy sky meant the sun couldn&#8217;t heat the air completely so at times I felt a coolness in the air particularly in the shade.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic was light riding north to Roman Forest and while I rode the loop into Roman Forest. Riding around Tavola I saw a couple of homes under construction and when I exited back onto Roman Forest Blvd. a new convenience store was pouring concrete in front of the building and around the pumps. A lot of concrete. At the entrance on Roman Forest Blvd. another building is under construction too but it is too early to make out what it will be. Where I turn around on Dogwood Lane in Roman Forest a new school is being built on the old Aiken Elementary school land. I am guessing this will be a middle school.<\/p>\n<p>Setting a good pace the wind did not interfere too much as I rode south along I-69 to Valley Ranch where I made a right turn to go to the Stripes station at FM1314. 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height: 628px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Data arriving at Stripes <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 357px; height: 632px;\" data-original-width=\"357\" data-original-height=\"632\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/10-24-2016-Porter-Weather.png?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"353\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"628\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"34315\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/10-24-2016-Porter-Weather.png\" data-orig-size=\"1440,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"10-24-2016-porter-weather\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/10-24-2016-Porter-Weather.png?fit=253%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/10-24-2016-Porter-Weather.png?fit=338%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/10-24-2016-Porter-Weather.png?w=353&#038;h=628&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/10-24-2016-Porter-Weather.png?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/10-24-2016-Porter-Weather.png?resize=270%2C480&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/10-24-2016-Porter-Weather.png?resize=253%2C450&amp;ssl=1 253w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/10-24-2016-Porter-Weather.png?resize=338%2C600&amp;ssl=1 338w\" width=\"353\" height=\"628\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"353\" data-original-height=\"628\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"10-24-2016-porter-weather\" alt=\"Weather at Stripes before I left\" style=\"width: 353px; height: 628px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Weather at Stripes before I left <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Arriving at 1:44 I left at 2:05 after quickly eating a Kashi Trail Mix bar and a package of animal crackers. I skipped the Gatorade and drank water. While I was at Stripes a man who was pumping gas near where I was standing started up a conversation and we chatted for a few minutes until he finished.<\/p>\n<p>The New Caney ISD schools were not in class today so traffic at the schools in Briar Tree and Kings Manor was not a problem even though I rode by them at the usual heavy traffic time. I read that they would out on one of the message boards last week. Teh Bear Branch Elementary school was not let yet when I rode by there.<\/p>\n<p>More weather like today for the rest of the week which means more bike riding for me.<\/p>\n<p>[iframe http:\/\/rwgps-embeds.com\/trips\/11645140\/embed 600px 600px]<\/p>\n<p>[iframe https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/754871753\/embed\/ceb398a3f4002f3d3561aaea2c927ca096cbb38e 590px 405px]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning as I looked at the Bikeforms.net posts one poster said he stored his bikes for the end of bike ride season and asked what now (I didn&#8217;t look to see where he was at). 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