{"id":38617,"date":"2018-01-20T14:40:40","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T20:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=38617"},"modified":"2018-01-20T14:42:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T20:42:47","slug":"first-road-bike-ride-of-2018-wet-streets-and-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/01\/20\/first-road-bike-ride-of-2018-wet-streets-and-all\/","title":{"rendered":"First Road Bike Ride of 2018, Wet Streets and All!"},"content":{"rendered":"

First bike ride of 2018 but I had to work at it. The weather was wet with several showers before I started biking but I was optimistic and wanted to take advantage of the 66 degrees at the start. I planned to ride to Huffman but instead ended up riding the Kingwood streets south to Atascocita and back.<\/p>\n

The first time I left was 12:06 pm but when the Wahoo Speed sensor would not work I circled back home and replaced the battery. Then the PowerPod would not connect to the Elemnt so no power readings for the ride. While I was doing that the rain started a couple of times but I was determined to ride some miles even on wet streets and in the rain. With the new battery the speed sensor connected and I was off. The PowerPod still would not connect even after pushing the start button about every way I could think of. Also while I was at home I left the short sleeve jersey leaving leg warmers (probably not needed), a thermal long jersey, shorts and a jacket. I wore new red Pearl Izumi Elite Gel gloves to get the year off to a good start.<\/p>\n

Wet streets and some drizzle tested my determination but as I rode south the drizzle stopped leaving wet streets but no rain.<\/p>\n

I decided to ride at least 15 miles to register something towards my 300 mile goal for the month and ended up biking 18.37 miles. When I finished at 1:59 pm the temperature was 68. Once I was inside the sun actually peeked out a few times as I wrote this. Maybe Sunday will be drier and just as warm.<\/p>\n

SportTracks Ride Summary<\/h2>\n

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