{"id":44478,"date":"2018-09-04T15:59:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T20:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=44478"},"modified":"2018-09-04T15:59:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T20:59:36","slug":"mostly-cloudy-with-dark-clouds-hanging-around-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/04\/mostly-cloudy-with-dark-clouds-hanging-around-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Mostly Cloudy With Dark Clouds Hanging Around Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

My bike ride plans for Labor Day got washed away but not today. I delayed the start to give the clouds time to move away and to watch stage 10 of the Vuelta a Espana. At 11:50 am I pulled away to bike the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route with the sky filled with mostly white clouds but some gray ones on the horizon. I hoped I could complete this bike ride without getting rained on. I bicycled 34.57 miles<\/strong> enough to push the September total to 76.67 miles<\/strong>, 11% of my goal of 700 miles<\/strong>. Now that the daylight is getting shorter and fall is only 17 days away this month’s goal is not ambitious as August.<\/p>\n

Weather during the bike ride: start 85 (78% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind E 9 mph. Finish 88 (68% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind E 12 mph. The higher humidity was evident and caused me to produce lots of sweat. For the first couple of miles I didn’t notice how warm it was but once I started heating up the higher humidity worked against the cooling flow of perspiration.<\/p>\n

The ride went as planned though I battled the wind whenever I was out in the open and riding to the east. This was most noticeable crossing Lake Houston on FM 1960. There was a brief encounter with light rain on FM 2100 for about 1\/2 a mile while I was riding in sunshine which is always kind of strange.<\/p>\n

At the Huffman Chevron I refilled water and ice for the 11+ miles to the finish. I was there about 5 minutes. Biking west on FM 1960 was definitely easier than going the opposite direction. I improved my overall average speed to 14.1 mph.<\/p>\n

With the late start I was concerned about getting to Kingwood Drive when Kingwood High School traffic let loose but I crossed 30 minutes before that time. With some dark clouds gathered to the west as I rode through Kingwood I finished the ride at 2:27 pm without getting rained on.<\/p>\n

Wednesday the chance of rain drops below 50% so a bike ride should take place.<\/p>\n

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary<\/h2>\n

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