{"id":35537,"date":"2017-03-08T14:20:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T20:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=35537"},"modified":"2017-03-08T14:20:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T20:20:10","slug":"finally-a-break-in-the-rain-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/03\/08\/finally-a-break-in-the-rain-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally A Break in the Rain Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March is off to a soggy start with today&#8217;s ride only my third bike ride of the month. I missed a chance yesterday when an approaching band of rain parted and did not drop any rain around me. In hindsight I should&#8217;ve went biking. Today the weather was more cooperative with no rain after a mild cool front passed through last evening. I selected the &#8220;New Caney &#8211; Tavola &#8211; Valley Ranch&#8221; route and rode <strong>34.84 miles<\/strong> pushing March mileage up to <strong>102.14 miles<\/strong>. My goal is 586 miles. I need the weather to let up on the rain.<\/p>\n<p>Another biker was out on Briar Berry Lane as we passed going opposite directions. He was dressed a little cooler than I was. I wore a thermal jersey under a new Primal Wear short sleeve jersey I got for my birthday. With the sun coming in out of the clouds the wind still had a chill to it from the cool front and at 12 mph from the SE the thermal jersey was welcomed.<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t be able to ride tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday and Saturday have a chance of rain at over 50% so bicycling this week may not be easy.<\/p>\n<h3>Links to <a href=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/trips\/13300780\">RideWithGPS.com<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/892542484\"> Strava.com<\/a> maps and metrics.<\/h3>\n<h3>Weather conditions from my home weather station at the start and finished followed by the airport weather at the end of the bike ride.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1200\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.texbiker.net\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/08\\\/finally-a-break-in-the-rain-bike-ride\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:1066296}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1200px; height: 708px;\" data-original-width=\"1200\" data-original-height=\"708\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 708px;\" data-original-width=\"400\" data-original-height=\"708\" > <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\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-Home-Weather-Start.png?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"396\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"704\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"35541\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-Home-Weather-Start.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=\"3-8-2017 Home Weather Start\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-Home-Weather-Start.png?fit=253%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-Home-Weather-Start.png?fit=338%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-Home-Weather-Start.png?w=396&#038;h=704&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-Home-Weather-Start.png?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-Home-Weather-Start.png?resize=270%2C480&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-Home-Weather-Start.png?resize=253%2C450&amp;ssl=1 253w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-Home-Weather-Start.png?resize=338%2C600&amp;ssl=1 338w\" width=\"396\" height=\"704\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"396\" data-original-height=\"704\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"3-8-2017 Home Weather Start\" alt=\"3-8-2017 Home Weather Start\" style=\"width: 396px; 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height: 704px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<h3>SportTracks Ride Summary<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35542\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/03\/08\/finally-a-break-in-the-rain-bike-ride\/3-8-2017-sporttracks-ride-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=1480%2C1269&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1480,1269\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Rick Ankrum&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1488981746&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=\"3-8-2017 SportTracks Ride Summary\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=525%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=700%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35542\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=1200%2C1029\" alt=\"Ride Summary\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg?w=1480&amp;ssl=1 1480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=560%2C480&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=525%2C450&amp;ssl=1 525w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=700%2C600&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March is off to a soggy start with today&#8217;s ride only my third bike ride of the month. I missed a chance yesterday when an approaching band of rain parted and did not drop any rain around me. In hindsight <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/03\/08\/finally-a-break-in-the-rain-bike-ride\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22],"tags":[5287,1424,4699],"class_list":["post-35537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-new-caney-tavola-valley-ranch","tag-road","tag-stradalli-rp-14-carbon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-9fb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}