During the early morning hours CDT waved goodbye until spring. With the departure the evening grows shorter each day. Before I retired I depended on CDT to ride after I got home from work. Now that I joined the ranks of the retired CDT is not as important for biking. But I still like the sun to stay up later in the evening. The 4:05 PM finish time felt much later based on the position of the sun above the tree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today’s bike ride started at 2:08 PM after a longer than normal church service and lunch. I hoped the weather might warm up to what the forecast called for: 69 degrees. But the best it could do at the start of the ride was 67. I chose the “Atascocita – Walden” route due to the time limit and the mileage. I wanted to ride about 24 miles to stay on track to reach my goal. It turned out to be 23.92 miles<\/strong>. The week’s total comes in at 149.78 miles<\/strong> which combines road miles and virtual miles. November stands at 69.88 miles<\/strong>, again a combination of road and virtual miles. Goals for November: 360 road miles and 100 virtual miles. On today’s ride the Canyon rolled over to 14,009 miles since I bought it in Febraury 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the beginning of the ride I noticed the cadence sensor did not connect to the Wahoo Elemnt computer but I spun the cranks and it connected but disconnected before I started out the driveway. I pedaled hoping that would wake the sensor and connect but it didn’t. As I started on the trail at the end of Golden Leaf Drive I was focused on the cadence sensor and almost rode in front of another biker on the trail. We avoided each other and I decided to stop and check on the sensor. After spinning the cranks again it connected and I resumed riding. I should’ve have taken the hint that the battery was low. The last time I replaced the sensor was 6\/19\/2019: odometer 10472 miles, 3,537 miles ago. I suspect the cool weather hastened the demise of the battery. During the ride the cadence stopped around 11.5 miles and it dawned on me the battery died. I tested it when I got home and it confirmed the death. A new battery revived the cadence sensor for the next ride, hopefully tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n