{"id":41590,"date":"2018-05-17T15:16:38","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T20:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=41590"},"modified":"2018-05-17T15:16:38","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T20:16:38","slug":"no-flat-tire-drama-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/05\/17\/no-flat-tire-drama-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"No Flat Tire Drama Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

I skipped the flat tire drama on today’s bike ride. Wheels down at 11:21 am as I set off on the “Kingwood – SH 242 – Kingwood” route biking 35.25 miles<\/strong> at the end. The week stands at 158.66 miles<\/strong> and May is up to 561.09 miles<\/strong> leaving 99 miles<\/strong> to reach my goal for May. Year to date I am at 2616.5 miles<\/strong>. My goal for 2018 is 6800 miles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Weather during the bike ride: start 87 (51% humidity), fair, wind 5 mph. Finish 93 (39% humidity), a few clouds, wind W 7 mph. Accordingly I wore shorts and a short sleeve jersey plus sunscreen.<\/p>\n

Before leaving I replaced the cadence sensor battery and had no issues with the Elemnt showing cadence. Wahoo Fitness has a handy utility app that shows the sensor firmware, signal and battery information. The cadence sensor would not show up in the app.<\/p>\n

When I reached SH 242 I ride west about 1\/4 of a mile and turn south to begin the ride back to Kingwood. Today I stopped and took these photos of SpeedSportz, a go cart track. The second photo looks back to SH 242. One go cart was racing around the track. (Click on the image to enlarge it)<\/p>\n

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Riding south I stopped at the Mobil station at FM 1485 and I-69\/US59 for ice and water. Staying long enough to walk inside and back out I continued south to Valley Ranch Parkway looping back to I-69\/US59. From there I rode south to Northpark Drive where I stopped at the Valero station for water and a package of cookies to fuel me to the finish.<\/p>\n

Not many schools to pass on today’s route and I was well in front of dismissal time avoiding traffic. I finished the ride at 2:08 pm.<\/p>\n

More hot, dry sunny weather on Friday for biking.<\/p>\n

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary<\/h2>\n

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