{"id":45339,"date":"2018-10-12T15:31:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T20:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=45339"},"modified":"2018-10-12T15:31:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T20:31:01","slug":"gorgeous-weather-by-the-lake-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/10\/12\/gorgeous-weather-by-the-lake-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorgeous Weather by the Lake Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s bike ride prepped me for the Hero’s Bike Ride tomorrow in Conroe. I rode the “Kingwood – SH 242 – Kingwood” route for 31.72 miles<\/strong>. Leaving home at 11:41 am put a little later than I prefer but I waited on the temperature to go up a few degrees. When I made it to the kitchen this morning after getting up it was 58 degrees, 2 degrees below my biking threshold but I knew it would warm up as the sun moved onto the garage door. I didn’t want to bike too far today so that my legs would be ready for some hills tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Weather during the bike ride: start 78 (60% humidity), a few clouds, wind E 7 mph. Finish 82 (62% humidity), a few clouds, wind SE 10 mph. The blue sky sparkled with brightness and my sunglasses tried to lower that but it was too gorgeous to block. I was tempted to wear a long sleeve jersey but at 78 degrees and full sun I figured it wasn’t needed. I was right; a short sleeve jersey was perfect with sunscreen.<\/p>\n

I modified the route some by taking FM 1314 east in Porter to Loop 494 north rather than biking to Community Drive and then riding to Loop 494. In Valley Ranch I went back to the I-69\/US59 service road for a short stretch to the entrance to Auburn Trails\/Oakhurst where I rode west and through Oakhurst to Northpark Drive. I did this to add a couple of miles to the ride.<\/p>\n

Back in Valley Ranch I stopped at the lake and took these photos.<\/p>\n\n\t\t