{"id":54708,"date":"2020-11-18T17:54:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T23:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=54708"},"modified":"2020-11-18T17:54:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T23:54:06","slug":"too-many-distractions-saddle-popping-sound-zones-67-12-will-the-weather-return-to-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2020\/11\/18\/too-many-distractions-saddle-popping-sound-zones-67-12-will-the-weather-return-to-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Many Distractions, Saddle Popping Sound, Zones 6+7 = 12%. Will The Weather Return to Fall?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Too Many Distractions, Saddle Popping Sound, Zones 6+7 = 12%. Will The Weather Return to Fall?\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yZahMcrYCg4?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\">Too many distractions before today&#8217;s bike ride kept me from starting earlier. I needed blinders. Finally at 12:00 PM I rode my Canyon Endurace bike onto the street to begin the &#8220;Atascocita &#8211; Walden &#8211; Smith Road North&#8221; route. After finishing the ride at 2:22 PM I searched my ride history in SportTracks which goes back over 10 years to see if I biked this route before. I couldn&#8217;t find any previous rides. The route consists of streets and roads I bike frequently but not in this combination. I wasn&#8217;t sure how many miles it would be so I guessed 30 to 31. It turned out to be <strong>31.35 miles <\/strong>long. FM 2100 construction south of FM 1960 in Huffman pushes me to find some different routes to bike. Today&#8217;s route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&#038;id=59237145&#038;sampleGraph=true\" style=\"width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Different weather favorably encouraged me to go biking today. Checking my <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/23313314\">ride history for November 18th, 2019<\/a><\/strong> the weather looked like this: 67 (53% humidity, 49.9 dew point), fair, wind variable 5 mph. Finish 70 (48% humidity, 49.9 dew point), fair, wind NW 6 mph. Today it was start 72 (33% humidity, 41.1 dew point), fair, wind E 13 mph; finish 75 (27% humidity, 38.7 dew point), partly cloudy, wind E 7 mph. The temperature, humidity, and dew point today was much better than 2019. When I woke up this morning it was 43 degrees but it started warming as the sun moved higher. I changed my wardrobe from yesterday to shorts, a thermal long sleeve jersey, and a short sleeve jersey on top. I figured the jacket would be too much and it turned out I was right. For the first 15 minutes as I warmed up riding in the shade had a chill to it (I&#8217;m a temperature wimp) but after that I didn&#8217;t notice the change. The sun added some heat when I rode out of the shade. The 13 mph wind at the start looked like it might be a problem since the route went east for several miles but I think it slowed before I turned to the east.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday I aired the tires up on both bikes. The Canyon tires carried just over 85 psi after I added air and I could feel the difference going over rough patches of road. Lately I am hearing a popping sound from my Fabric saddle on the Canyon. Until today I didn&#8217;t know where it was coming from but after the ride I pushed on the left side of the saddle and it made the sound. I don&#8217;t know if there is something loose or broke because I have the same saddle on my Lynksey and it doesn&#8217;t make the sound. I ran my fingers over the underside of the saddle but I couldn&#8217;t detect anything. I don&#8217;t know how many miles I&#8217;ve ridden the saddle. Checking their website they have a 1 year warranty. I purchased the saddle from BikeTiresDirect.com and will check with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the fall weather my power output improved some over yesterday&#8217;s bike ride. Golden Cheetah broke down power output over 7 zones. Below is the bike ride summary data. 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