{"id":4935,"date":"2010-06-07T21:14:45","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T02:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=4935"},"modified":"2010-06-07T21:14:45","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T02:14:45","slug":"new-saddle-makes-a-difference-june-7th-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/06\/07\/new-saddle-makes-a-difference-june-7th-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"New Saddle Makes A Difference &#8211; June 7th Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new saddle arrived today. I was thinking about waiting until tomorrow to put it on the Mercier bike but I went ahead and did it this evening. I am glad I did. The comfort was quite enjoyable. This is the<a title=\"http:\/\/www.coloradocyclist.com\/product\/item\/DXXKBQ78\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coloradocyclist.com\/product\/item\/DXXKBQ78\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> Douglas Booty Luv II Saddle<\/strong><\/a> from Colorado Cyclist.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coloradocyclist.com\/img\/product\/200\/d\/dxxkbq78000.jpg?resize=200%2C200\" alt=\"Douglas Booty Luv II\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the past I was not a big fan of the cutout going down the middle of the saddle but after the first ride I have to say I will hold my judgment. So far the saddle is very comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today there was heavy rains around the eastern part of Houston but by the time I got home from work the streets were dry. I did get a few rain drops while I was out riding but the sun was shining at the time. Partly cloudy skies, 85 degrees and a breeze at 7 mph from the SE. Not bad for riding.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s ride statistics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>miles = 27.14<\/li>\n<li>riding time = 1:51:00<\/li>\n<li>average pace = 4:05 min\/mile<\/li>\n<li>average speed = 14.7 mph<\/li>\n<li>max speed = 19.6 mph<\/li>\n<li>average cadence = 78.9 rpm<\/li>\n<li>max cadence = 105 rpm<\/li>\n<li>climb 162 ft., descend 177 ft., max elevation 102 ft.<\/li>\n<li>June miles 167.37<\/li>\n<li>YTD miles 2208.12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[nggallery id=57]<\/p>\n<p>[iframe http:\/\/connect.garmin.com:80\/activity\/embed\/36112748 465 548]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new saddle arrived today. I was thinking about waiting until tomorrow to put it on the Mercier bike but I went ahead and did it this evening. I am glad I did. The comfort was quite enjoyable. This is <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/06\/07\/new-saddle-makes-a-difference-june-7th-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":"closed","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":[14],"tags":[1602,1350,1424],"class_list":["post-4935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-mercier-serpens-ltd-2-0","tag-ride-report","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1hB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4935","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=4935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}