{"id":51504,"date":"2019-11-17T16:53:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T22:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=51504"},"modified":"2019-11-17T16:53:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T22:53:38","slug":"out-of-hibernation-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/11\/17\/out-of-hibernation-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Out Of Hibernation Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After riding indoors since Tuesday today I broke out of hibernation and hit the road. Starting later at 12:53 PM after church I chose the “Oakhurst – Valley Ranch” route biking 28.01 miles<\/strong>. The week’s total came in at 166.21 miles<\/strong> including 50.14 miles<\/strong> on the road and the rest virtual riding on Zwift and Rouvy. November stands at 418.71 miles<\/strong>, only 42 miles<\/strong> short of my goal for the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weather wasn’t as warm as I prefer (80+) so I wore a winter combination of shorts, leg warmers, heavy long sleeve thermal jersey, windbreaker jacket, and full finger gloves. For the first couple of miles I was a little chilled but once the exercise got my body heating up I was comfortable for the rest of the ride. Weather during the bike ride: start 64 (49% hunidity, 44.6 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind calm. Finish 67 (58% humidity, 51.4 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind W 7 mph. Monday should warmup a few degrees and I plan on riding out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week I lost my NiteRider Sentinel 250 taillight probably due to my not clipping it into the bracket completely. I ordered a replacement and installed it for today’s ride. To help ward off losing another $50+ light I added a Velcro strip around the clip. This is what it looks like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Where the Velcro strip wraps around the bracket I think will keep it from moving up and disconnecting from the bracket. So far on the first ride it worked plus I tugged on the light to verify the clip engaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My indoor riding may be paying off. During today’s ride I improved my overall average speed to 14.0 mph even when the light wind became a headwind briefly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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