{"id":50638,"date":"2019-07-22T15:04:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T20:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=50638"},"modified":"2019-07-22T15:04:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T20:04:29","slug":"a-cool-front-coming-new-gloves-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-cool-front-coming-new-gloves-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"A “Cool Front” Coming? New Gloves, Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An overcast sky awaited me as I began today’s bike ride at 10:06 AM. I chose the “New Caney – Roman Forest – Valley Ranch” route to get mileage riding 41.26 miles<\/strong>. July biking now totals 676.28 miles<\/strong> leaving 124 miles<\/strong> to reach my goal. YTD stands at 4,766 miles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weather during the bike ride: start 86 (81% humidity, 79.3 dew point), overcast, wind W 6 mph. Finish 91 (63% humidity, 76.3 dew point), overcast, wind variable 5 mph. The wind wasn’t a factor during the ride. Mostly it was my legs which determined how much energy I put into the pedals. Later this week it is possible for a July “cool” front to arrive according to Space City Weather<\/a><\/strong>. Mainly this will mean lower humidity and more comfortable riding. I look forward to this rare July weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I got ready for today’s ride I looked at my biking gloves and decided it was time to change to a new pair. The gel pads on the old gloves looked worn and hard. The new gloves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the black gloves and the red gloves will be replaced on the next ride. I have used this model of glove for several years and find them to be comfortable and easy to wash after the ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strava graded this ride as harder than my usual effort. I am not sure how they make this assessment but I can go with it. Physical data points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n