{"id":48846,"date":"2019-04-29T15:26:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T20:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=48846"},"modified":"2019-04-29T15:26:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T20:26:17","slug":"lots-of-wind-a-new-jersey-big-black-pipe-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/04\/29\/lots-of-wind-a-new-jersey-big-black-pipe-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Lots of Wind, A New Jersey, Big Black Pipe Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

April is winding down but the wind isn’t. On today’s bike ride the wind was waiting for me as I followed the “New Caney – Gene Campbell Road” route. Starting a little earlier than usual at 11:01 AM I got a good start to ride 37.4 miles<\/strong>. This my April total at 785.61 miles<\/strong>, 4 miles<\/strong> short of the most miles in a month this year. March was the highest month. Biking tomorrow (Tuesday) will make April the highest and over 800 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To go with the wind the temperature was 81 degrees at the start so I left the long sleeve jersey at home and wore a new short sleeve jersey above my shorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I got this jersey along with two others last week on sale at Bellwether. This one is the Edge model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of the weather, during the ride: start 81 (76% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind S 13 mph gusts 27 mph. Finish 86 (65% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind S14 mph gusts 22 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Biking to New Caney was not so hard thanks to the tailwind. Riding west on FM 1485 also had a tailwind at times. Gene Campbell Blvd. has lots of trees on the south to block the wind or at least slow it down. As I rode on Gene Campbell Blvd. to FM 1314 I wondered what awaited when I made the left turn onto the highway heading SE to Porter. I was surprised that the wind wasn’t so bad when the trees were on my right side but whenever I hit an opening there was no doubt the wind was strong. I was able to keep my speed above 14 mph most of the time allowing me to maintain my average speed at 13.8 to 13.9 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaving FM 1314 the route turned south and the wind was more pronounced but among the trees and houses in Oakhurst I managed to ride at the same pace all the way to Kings Manor on the east side of I-69\/US59.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For weeks a crew has been assembling and burying a big black pipe along Loop 494. I guessed what it is for and today I stopped and asked one of the crew what it was. It is a 12″ natural gas line for CenterPoint Energy to increase the gas supply in Kingwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From there I made my way into Kingwood and finished the ride at 1:55 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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