{"id":35130,"date":"2017-01-24T15:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T21:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=35130"},"modified":"2017-01-24T17:42:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:42:08","slug":"windy-bike-ride-to-huffman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/01\/24\/windy-bike-ride-to-huffman\/","title":{"rendered":"Windy Bike Ride to Huffman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boy was it windy again today but not as bad as Sunday. I left on today’s bike ride at 11:39 on the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route. I ended up biking 33.33 miles<\/strong> in 2:17.31 time averaging 14.5 mph. Riding to FM2100 and Old Atascocita Road I faced the stiff headwind but turning to the north on FM2100 I enjoyed the nice tailwind to Huffman. I did not take a rest break as usual (a new different approach to see how I do). The weather at the start and finish.<\/p>\n

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The wind gusts are what get you. Sunday the wind gusts were 45 mph and more so the 24 mph and 22 mph today seem tame until I tried turning the pedals and get up to any speed near 20 mph. The 81 degrees was great. I wore a long long sleeve jersey (not a thermal one) and a short sleeve jersey atop biking shorts. Except for riding over Lake Houston with the wind chilled by the water I could’ve wore just the short sleeve jersey. On the west bound leg over Lake Houston I glanced up to see another bicyclist riding east but not in time enough to wave.<\/p>\n

January mileage increased to 345.53 miles<\/strong> exceeding my goal of 300 miles. I may need those extra miles if February’s weather takes a turn to the cold or wet. The weather will cool down tomorrow with a cool front coming through. Not sure if this will stop me from biking.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> After last Saturday’s ride at Coldspring when I washed my bike back at home I noticed the tires were showing their age with over 7,000 miles. Yesterday I put new tires (Continental Gator Hardshell 700×23) on and waxed the chain. This is the most miles I ever rode on a set of tires. The number of flats was small but I did experience a cut on the front tire that required a boot to keep riding it. Some other parts replacement coming up: new KMC chain, new Ultegra CS-6800 cassette and new brake pads. Carbon wheels must be hard on brake pads. My previous bikes without carbon wheels rarely needed brake pads. When I installed the new tire on the rear wheel and aired it up the tube blew out. I don’t know if I pinched it or the tube was weak. The tires were really tough to get on the rims and I used two tire tools to get them on. The tube that blew out had three patches but the blow out was not one of them. The new tires rode great.<\/p>\n

Links to RideWithGPS.com<\/strong><\/a> and Strava.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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