{"id":44862,"date":"2018-09-21T16:33:14","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T21:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=44862"},"modified":"2018-09-21T16:33:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T21:33:14","slug":"dodging-rain-becoming-the-norm-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/21\/dodging-rain-becoming-the-norm-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodging Rain Becoming the Norm Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Second day in a row I needed to wash the Canyon bike off after the bike ride. Today I rode about 2 miles before finding a place to get out of the light rain. Biking the &#8220;Kingwood &#8211; FM1485 &#8211; Kingwood&#8221; route I set out later than usual (11:24 am) after waiting for the streets to dry from an early morning light rain. The sky looked like rain was nearby but not where I was going. With threatening clouds in the vicinity I figured a short ride might be wise.<\/p>\n<p>In my quest for miles to reach my September goal I bicycled <strong>28.29 miles<\/strong> moving my total for September to <strong>543.08 miles<\/strong> leaving <strong>157 miles<\/strong> to get there. With rain in the forecast for the next couple of days it was important to ride today to get closer to the goal.<\/p>\n<p>All went well on the way to FM 1485 in New Caney but at the u-turn and looking to the south I saw some gray clouds in the distance. Pedaling quicker I rode to Valley Ranch Parkway hoping to get closer to shelter if I needed it at the Grand Parkway underpass. Just before getting there I stopped and took these photos.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.texbiker.net\\\/blog\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/21\\\/dodging-rain-becoming-the-norm-bike-ride\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-44862 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Valley-Ranch-min.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Valley-Ranch-min.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Bike Ride Valley Ranch\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Valley-Ranch-min.jpg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Valley-Ranch-min.jpg?resize=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Valley-Ranch-min.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Valley-Ranch-min.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, 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href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Valley-Ranch-2-min.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Valley-Ranch-2-min.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Bike Ride Valley Ranch-2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Valley-Ranch-2-min.jpg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Valley-Ranch-2-min.jpg?resize=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Valley-Ranch-2-min.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Valley-Ranch-2-min.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Valley-Ranch-2-min.jpg?w=2400 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Valley-Ranch-2-min.jpg?w=3600 3600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-attachment-id=\"44864\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/21\/dodging-rain-becoming-the-norm-bike-ride\/9-21-2018-bike-ride-valley-ranch-2-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Valley-Ranch-2-min.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" 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=\"9-21-2018 Bike Ride Valley Ranch-2-min\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Valley-Ranch-2-min.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Valley-Ranch-2-min.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The first photo looks west over the fountains and the second photo to the south where the heavier clouds gathered. Optimistic that I could reach cover i set off to Porter riding south on Valley Ranch Parkway and then east on Azalea Blvd. back to the I-69\/US59 service road. While I pedaled on Azalea Blvd. light rain began to fall. Speeding up some I made a quick right turn onto the service road to get to the Circle K Exxon at FM 1314 and shelter. The rain fell but not as heavy as yesterday and I pulled under the canopy before the rain increased. I sat down by a pump and wiped some of the water off of me with some paper towels. Waiting for the rain to stop I checked emails and downloaded the ride summary up to that point from Wahoo Fitness.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Wahoo-Ride-Summary-Porter-Circle-K-2.jpg?resize=300%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is what it looked like at the Circle K Exxon while I waited for the rain to stop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Porter-Circle-K-Rain-min.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44866\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/21\/dodging-rain-becoming-the-norm-bike-ride\/9-21-2018-bike-ride-porter-circle-k-rain-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Porter-Circle-K-Rain-min.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" 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=\"9-21-2018 Bike Ride Porter Circle K Rain-min\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Porter-Circle-K-Rain-min.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Porter-Circle-K-Rain-min.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-44866\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Porter-Circle-K-Rain-min-800x600.jpg?resize=648%2C486&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bike Ride Porter Circle K Rain\" width=\"648\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Porter-Circle-K-Rain-min.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Porter-Circle-K-Rain-min.jpg?resize=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Porter-Circle-K-Rain-min.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Porter-Circle-K-Rain-min.jpg?w=2400 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-Bike-Ride-Porter-Circle-K-Rain-min.jpg?w=3600 3600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pickup in the photo was there to protect a mattress in the back of the truck.<\/p>\n<p>After half an hour or more the rain slowed and I decided to continue south hoping the streets were dry at some point. By Kingwood Drive the streets dried off or never saw rain and I made the u-turn to get to Kings Manor and into Kingwood. The closer I got the finish point the drier the streets got. The humidity was heavy and sweat was just as bad as getting caught in the rain when I ended the bike ride at 2:16 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Not long after washing the Canyon bike off I started hearing thunder and not too long after I was inside rain started but not very heavy. Not sure if biking will happen Saturday with more rain in the forecast.<\/p>\n<h2>SportTracks Bike Ride Summary<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/18829088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44867\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/21\/dodging-rain-becoming-the-norm-bike-ride\/9-21-2018-sporttracks-bike-ride-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=2072%2C1018&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2072,1018\" 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;1537544101&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=\"9-21-2018 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=600%2C295&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=800%2C393&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-44867 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=1200%2C590&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SportTracks Bike Ride Summary\" width=\"1200\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?w=2072&amp;ssl=1 2072w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=640%2C314&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=600%2C295&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-21-2018-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=800%2C393&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/1856777036\/embed\/78e367b46287f0e65407d9f2483bc3ea94f81bf6\" width=\"590\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Second day in a row I needed to wash the Canyon bike off after the bike ride. Today I rode about 2 miles before finding a place to get out of the light rain. Biking the &#8220;Kingwood &#8211; FM1485 &#8211; <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/21\/dodging-rain-becoming-the-norm-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":[5324,5316,2364,1424],"class_list":["post-44862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-canyon-endurace-cf-slx","tag-kingwood-fm1485-kingwood","tag-rain","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-bFA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44862","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=44862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}