{"id":41480,"date":"2018-05-14T15:45:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T20:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=41480"},"modified":"2018-05-14T15:45:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T20:45:15","slug":"gum-gully-bike-ride-not-stuck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/05\/14\/gum-gully-bike-ride-not-stuck\/","title":{"rendered":"Gum Gully Bike Ride, Not Stuck"},"content":{"rendered":"

One year ago today I was biking the Florida keys. I took two days and the first day I biked from Key Largo to Marathon where I spent the night with my wife. Today I bicycled the “Kingwood – Hare Cook Road – Kingwood” route at home for a total of 44.78 miles<\/strong>. The weather during the ride: start 88 (55% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind S 9 mph. Finish 90 (44% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind S 9 mph.<\/p>\n

Now that the weather has stabilized around 90 degrees with sunshine my riding attire consists of shorts and a short sleeve jersey with sunscreen.<\/p>\n

The ride started at 11:05 am but I wanted to start earlier since it was a rest day for the Giro d”Italia. The delay was from watching a podcast that lasted longer than I thought it would.<\/p>\n

Out on the road nothing out of the ordinary except for a young man riding a mountain bike on Old Atascocita Road at the railroad crossing. Later on FM 2100 when I was riding north from Hare Cook Road I passed him again. Apparently when I went straight on Old Atascocita Road when I crossed FM 2100 he must have turned right onto FM 2100. I waved both times when I passed him.<\/p>\n

On Old Atascocita Road east of FM 2100 I stopped at Gum Gully and took these photos. In the first photo way in the distance the road comes to a “T” intersection where I turned right.<\/p>\n

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The lush brush to the right of the bike helped shield me from the wind up to that point. Not too far after this spot I was out in the open where the wind tried to slow me down. The grass farms keep the trees cut down which might form a wind break.<\/p>\n

On Ramsey Road riding south I had a headwind dropping my average speed down some until I made the right turn onto Stroker Road. Drinking some cool water at the turn helped to revive my pedaling as I headed to the left turn to ride into the wind again. Miller Wilson Road had more trees which held up the wind some but I could tell the difference when the route moved to Hare Cook Road going to the west. On Fm 2100 the tailwind was more pronounced helping me ride to Huffman.<\/p>\n

At Huffman I decided to take a break at the Chevron station to refill my water bottle and eat a couple of granola bars. This was at the 33 mile point. This is what the Elemnt computer recorded up to there.<\/p>\n

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Cold water tasted good as I sat on a plastic milk crate in the shade. After about 20 minutes I was back on the bike to ride back to Kingwood and finish the bike ride. I made it to Kingwood Drive with a few minutes to spare before the high school traffic let loose. Winding through the side streets I finished the bike ride at 2:39 pm.<\/p>\n

The other day I wrote about my home weather station failure. On Saturday the replacement Ambient Weather station arrived and I installed it yesterday (Sunday). It is up and running reporting to Wunderground.com. The home weather at the start and finish with the new station. I use the wind data from the airport because of the trees affect the wind in Kingwood.<\/p>\n

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More dry hot weather on tap for Tuesday. Good for biking.<\/p>\n

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary<\/h2>\n

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