{"id":53842,"date":"2020-08-08T13:55:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T18:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=53842"},"modified":"2020-08-08T13:55:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T18:55:48","slug":"encounters-of-the-cyclist-kind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2020\/08\/08\/encounters-of-the-cyclist-kind\/","title":{"rendered":"Encounters of The Cyclist Kind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Starting early at 8:10 AM the temperature was 78 degrees but the humidity of 99% meant a sweaty bike ride. I chose the &#8220;Atascocita &#8211; Huffman &#8211; Walden&#8221; route to cross paths with other cyclists though the number today fell below most Saturdays. At the beginning of the ride I needed 12 miles to make this a 200+ mile week and ended up biking <strong>32.03 miles<\/strong> making the week total <strong>220.8 miles<\/strong>. My two previous weeks didn&#8217;t reach <strong>200 miles<\/strong> so it is nice to be back there. Dry weather helped.<\/p>\n\n\n\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=\"Encounters of The Cyclist Kind - Bike Ride to Huffman\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mIRK7QsAwx0?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>I altered the route slightly from my previous rides because of the road construction on FM 2100 between Old Atascocita road and FM 1960. Rather than ride north on FM 2100 I retraced the route on Old Atascocita Road and Fairlake Lane to FM 1960. I think that section of the roads is rougher than the opposite direction. I thought this might shorten the route a little but was about the average distance from the other 12 times I rode the route this year. Of the 13 times biking the route 12 of them was aboard my Canyon Endurace bike (today) and 1 time on my Lynskey R300 bike. Looks like I need to ride the Lynskey R300 more on this route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I finished the ride at 10:33 AM my shorts, jersey, arm sleeves, and gloves were soaked from perspiration. After getting off the bike I felt sweat running down my legs so I got my sweat &#8220;rag&#8221; out of the garage and wiped down before going in the house. Looking back on the weather conditions I see why; start 78 (99% humidity, 77.4 dew point), a few clouds, wind calm. Finish 93 (68% humidity, 80.6 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 4 mph. I had to laugh when one of the commentators of the Milan-SanRemo race said the humidity was exceptionally high at 53%. I finished my ride in time to watch the last 30 Km of that race in Italy on Flobikes.com. That is a &#8220;dry&#8221; day around Houston this time of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My monthly 800 mile goal progress: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>251.45 miles so far<\/li><li>31.43 miles average for 8 days<\/li><li>need 25.8 miles per day at least<\/li><li>5.63 miles per day above the needed amount<\/li><li>if I can maintain 31.43 miles per day the month would total 974.3 miles<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Ride data highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>heart rate average 127 bpm<\/li><li>heart rate max 149 bpm<\/li><li>average cadence 68 rpm<\/li><li>max cadence 100 rpm<\/li><li>average power 99 watts<\/li><li>max power 453 watts<\/li><li>Canyon Endurace odometer: 18,242 miles<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/3883370373\">Strava activity page link<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-8-2020-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary-2.jpg?resize=425%2C480&amp;ssl=1 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><h4>Strava Year Progressions YTD Mileage comparison and SportTracks bike ride summary <a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/26108034\">SportTracks page link<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 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\/08\/8-8-2020-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Mileage.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"811\" data-attachment-id=\"53839\" 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data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-8-2020-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Mileage.jpg?fit=600%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-8-2020-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Mileage.jpg?fit=800%2C541&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-8-2020-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Mileage.jpg?resize=1200%2C811&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"8-8-2020 Strava Year Progressions YTD Mileage\" data-id=\"53839\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-8-2020-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Mileage.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/8-8-2020-strava-year-progressions-ytd-mileage\/\" class=\"wp-image-53839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-8-2020-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Mileage.jpg?w=1650&amp;ssl=1 1650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-8-2020-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Mileage.jpg?resize=600%2C405&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-8-2020-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Mileage.jpg?resize=800%2C541&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-8-2020-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Mileage.jpg?resize=640%2C432&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-8-2020-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Mileage.jpg?resize=1536%2C1038&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-8-2020-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"669\" 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