{"id":54126,"date":"2020-09-15T16:30:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T21:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=54126"},"modified":"2020-09-15T16:30:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T21:30:56","slug":"inspired-to-ride-some-hills-and-mountains-oh-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2020\/09\/15\/inspired-to-ride-some-hills-and-mountains-oh-wait\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspired To Ride Some Hills and Mountains, Oh Wait &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After watching stage 16 of the Tour de France this morning it inspired me to ride some hills and mountains. <em>Oh wait<\/em>, Houston has no hills or mountains. So I settled for riding the &#8220;Atascocita &#8211; Walden &#8211; Huffman&#8221; route for <strong>34.28 miles<\/strong>, a whole lot less than stage 16. My week total stands at <strong>77.13 miles<\/strong>.<\/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=\"Inspired To Ride Some Hills and Mountains, Oh Wait ... - Bike Ride to Huffman\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xtPQmx-cHhk?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\">Weather during the ride was in the low to mid 90&#8217;s but the low humidity and dew point made it feel slightly cooler. I still managed to get salt deposits on my bike shorts and arm sleeves though. Weather at the 11:29 AM start and 2:08 PM finish: start 90 (68% humidity, 78 dew point), a few clouds, wind NE 6 mph. Finish 94 (55% humidity, 75.4 dew point), partly cloudy, wind NE 12 mph. Generally the wind wasn&#8217;t a problem except biking across Lake Houston headed east.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My assault on reaching my monthly goal of 700 miles continued. Now over 100 miles ahead of the minimum pace puts me in a good place but &#8220;don&#8217;t count your chickens before they hatch&#8221;.<\/p>\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\/09\/9-15-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"704\" data-attachment-id=\"54123\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/9-15-2020-mtd-mileage-goal-status\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-15-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?fit=730%2C704&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"730,704\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"9-15-2020 MTD Mileage Goal Status\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;9-15-2020 MTD Mileage Goal Status&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-15-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?fit=467%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-15-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?fit=622%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-15-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?resize=730%2C704&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"9-15-2020 MTD Mileage Goal Status\" class=\"wp-image-54123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-15-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?w=730&amp;ssl=1 730w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-15-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?resize=467%2C450&amp;ssl=1 467w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-15-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?resize=622%2C600&amp;ssl=1 622w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-15-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?resize=498%2C480&amp;ssl=1 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My Bolt computer arrived at Wahoo today and they are processing the warranty replacement. In the meantime I am getting better acquainted with it&#8217;s back up, the Lezyne Macro Plus computer. The live track works nicely and appears to be more consistent than Wahoo&#8217;s version. I am not sure about the power readings though. I will do some research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/4064926822\">Link to the bike ride activity on Strava.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery 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><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"54125\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/9-15-2020-strava-bike-ride-summary-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-15-2020-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary-1.jpg?fit=1044%2C977&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1044,977\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-15-2020-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary-2.jpg?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/26376737\"><strong>Link to the bike ride summary at SportTracks.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&#038;id=56178734&#038;title=Atascocita%20-%20Walden%20-%20Huffman&#038;sampleGraph=true\" style=\"width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After watching stage 16 of the Tour de France this morning it inspired me to ride some hills and mountains. Oh wait, Houston has no hills or mountains. So I settled for riding the &#8220;Atascocita &#8211; Walden &#8211; Huffman&#8221; route <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2020\/09\/15\/inspired-to-ride-some-hills-and-mountains-oh-wait\/\"><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":[22],"tags":[3932,5297,5324],"class_list":["post-54126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-atascocita-walden-huffman","tag-bike","tag-canyon-endurace-cf-slx"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-e50","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54126","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=54126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54127,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54126\/revisions\/54127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}