{"id":50078,"date":"2019-06-18T14:18:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T19:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=50078"},"modified":"2019-06-18T14:18:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T19:18:50","slug":"long-train-no-flats-hot-weather-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/06\/18\/long-train-no-flats-hot-weather-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Train, No Flats, Hot Weather Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No flat tires on today’s bike ride. With the rain gone the weather was good for biking today: start 86 (75% humidity, 77 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind W 7 mph. Finish 91 (60% humidity, 75 dew point), partly cloudy, wind W 10 mph. It fits my definition of Texas summer. I decided to ride the ” Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman” route for 35.71 miles<\/strong>. Wheels rolled at 10:37 AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last time I rode this route was May 21st but the ride was about 1 1\/2 miles shorter. Today I added a couple of streets at the beginning for the extra mileage. I have several errands this week in the afternoon so it will be difficult to ride 40+ miles so every mile counts if I am to get to 200+ miles for the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was warm enough to consume 2 water bottles today with a refill at the Huffman Chevron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was delayed at the railroad crossing on Old Atascocita Road by a very long freight train arriving a few seconds before I did. I should’ve counted the cars but I am guessing 100+.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PowerPod still does not seem to be working the way it sued to. I got a response to my forum message at Velocomp with some instructions that might help: do a reset and reinstall a profile from earlier. I will try that later today and see if that makes a difference on Wednesday’s ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the way back to Kingwood I stopped on the Lake Houston causeway and took these photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n