{"id":50678,"date":"2019-07-26T15:43:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T20:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=50678"},"modified":"2019-07-26T15:43:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T20:43:15","slug":"julys-goal-in-the-bag-motorcycle-showdown-blue-drink-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/07\/26\/julys-goal-in-the-bag-motorcycle-showdown-blue-drink-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"July’s Goal in the Bag, Motorcycle Showdown, Blue Drink Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With a strange ending to stage 19 of the Tour de France I started getting ready to start my ride with wheels rolling at 11:12 AM. I chose the “Kingwood – SH 242 – Kingwood” route to the north anticipating a tailwind on the return from SH 242 to Kingwood. Only needing 18 miles<\/strong> to reach my July goal this route provided more than enough with 36.45 miles<\/strong> today. July now totals 817.9 miles<\/strong> (800 miles<\/strong> was my goal) and the week totals 182.88 miles<\/strong>. With 4 potential biking days left I will add to those totals (Sunday will be a rest day).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weather for the bike ride: start 89 (55% humidity, 71.1 dew point), a few clouds, wind NE 9 mph. Finish 92 (48% humidity, 69.3 dew point), partly cloudy, wind E 8 mph. The cool front is starting to lose its punch as the humidity, dew point, temperature rise, and more clouds appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AS I approached FM 1314 on the way north I saw that The Hot Biscuit restaurant is going away, replaced by a Denny’s. The Hot Biscuit has been there more than 30 years but flooded in May. It looked old from the outside. Until the Denny’s sign appeared today I thought they remodeling building to reopen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once I reached SH 242 that tailwind came into play and I increased my speed for the ride back to Kingwood. At FM 1485 while waiting for the traffic light to change I was behind a man on a motorcycle. A white East Montgomery Count Fire Department SUV pulled up beside me and the driver called out to the motorcycle driver and me that he thought I could take the motorcycle when the light changed. We all laughed. Before that a car pulled up beside me with two young men and the driver asked me how fast I could ride and I answered 19 to 20 mph. He accepted that and drove up to wait on the light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I must’ve used up more energy than usual so I decided to stop at the Circle K at Northpark Drive and I-69\/US59. I thought about what I could buy to go along with the blue PowerAde and ended up with 2 bananas. This provided the power to finish the ride at 2:22 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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