{"id":53752,"date":"2020-07-29T15:30:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T20:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=53752"},"modified":"2020-07-29T15:30:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T20:30:37","slug":"biking-in-the-rain-becoming-the-norm-around-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2020\/07\/29\/biking-in-the-rain-becoming-the-norm-around-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Biking In The Rain Becoming The Norm Around Here"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"7\/29\/2020 Bike Ride to Tavola. Biking In The Rain Becoming The Norm Around Here\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QnUj348WXg0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After yesterday&#8217;s rained out bike ride to the south I turned to the north for today&#8217;s ride. Starting at 10:28 AM after watching stage 2 of the Vuelta a Burgos on Flobikes.com I chose the &#8220;New Caney &#8211; Tavola &#8211; Valley Ranch&#8221; route riding <strong>35.16 miles<\/strong>. Those miles moved July&#8217;s total to <strong>850.06 miles<\/strong> putting even more over my 800 mile goal. The week now totals <strong>83.67 miles<\/strong>. I will need some weather cooperation if I am going hit 200+ miles for the week. Today marks the 16th time to ride this route in 2020; 4 times on the Lynskey R300 counting today, and 12 times on the Canyon Endurace CF SLX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking of the weather, it started off sunny with friendly white puffy clouds dotting the sky. By the time I finished at 1:13 PM those puffy white clouds turned gray and wet over Kingwood as I biked in the rain the last two miles. Biking in the rain is becoming the norm around here. Don&#8217;t let the video thumbnail fool you about today&#8217;s bike ride. The closer I got to Kingwood the wetter the sky looked. The temperature dropped and the wind picked up. And I got wet, AGAIN! I thought I could get home before the rain caught me but that didn&#8217;t happen. Conditions at the start and finish: start 90 (72% humidity, 79.7 dew point), partly cloudy, wind S 7 mph. Finish 80 (89% humidity, 76.4 dew point), light rain, wind SW 16 mph gusts 27 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the route the wind was manageable but I felt the increased wind by the time I approached Kings Manor and into Kingwood. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/3834342484\">Strava reports<\/a><\/strong> my effort was harder than usual. Some data points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>average heart rate 133 bpm<\/li><li>maximum heart rate 160 bpm<\/li><li>average cadence 76 rpm<\/li><li>maximum cadence 101 rpm<\/li><li>average power 74 watts<\/li><li>maximum power 337 watts<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7-29-2020-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1058\" height=\"921\" data-attachment-id=\"53751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/7-29-2020-strava-bike-ride-summary-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7-29-2020-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary-1.jpg?fit=1058%2C921&amp;ssl=1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7-29-2020-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary-2.jpg?resize=512%2C480&amp;ssl=1 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1058px) 100vw, 1058px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><h3>PowerPod bike ride data graphs<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7-29-2020-PowerPod-Bike-Ride-Data-Charts.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"742\" data-attachment-id=\"53747\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/7-29-2020-powerpod-bike-ride-data-charts\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7-29-2020-PowerPod-Bike-Ride-Data-Charts.jpg?fit=2034%2C1258&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2034,1258\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><h3>Year Progressions YTD Mileage Comparisons<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7-29-2020-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Mileage.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"810\" data-attachment-id=\"53748\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/7-29-2020-strava-year-progressions-ytd-mileage\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7-29-2020-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Mileage.jpg?fit=1641%2C1108&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1641,1108\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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Starting at 10:28 AM after watching stage 2 of the Vuelta a Burgos on Flobikes.com I chose the &#8220;New Caney &#8211; Tavola &#8211; <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2020\/07\/29\/biking-in-the-rain-becoming-the-norm-around-here\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[63],"tags":[5383,5287,2364,2492],"class_list":["post-53752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-race","tag-lynskey-r300-titanium-bike","tag-new-caney-tavola-valley-ranch","tag-rain","tag-road-biking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-dYY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53752"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53754,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53752\/revisions\/53754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}