{"id":56302,"date":"2021-04-16T16:45:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T21:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=56302"},"modified":"2021-04-16T16:45:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T21:45:51","slug":"from-doubtful-to-doing-it-kingwood-fm1485-kingwood-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/04\/16\/from-doubtful-to-doing-it-kingwood-fm1485-kingwood-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"From Doubtful to Doing It, Kingwood &#8211; FM1485 &#8211; Kingwood Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"From Doubtful to Doing It, Kingwood - FM1485 - Kingwood Bike Ride\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eGINg0F37qo?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\">When I went to drop off a package around 10 AM going on a bike ride today didn&#8217;t look very promising. The windshield on the Jeep gathered small beads of rain and the temperature was in the low 60&#8217;s. Waiting and hoping the mist left and the temperature went up to 70 as I prepared to go biking. I rolled the Lynskey R300 bike out the back door and rode down the driveway, pressing the start button on the Bolt computer at 12:44 PM. Not as early as I wanted but better than what it looked like at 10:15 AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After biking south yesterday today I rode north on my &#8220;Kingwood &#8211; FM1485 &#8211; Kingwood&#8221; route. At the start I estimated the ride would cover 31 miles and the actual distance was<strong> 31.37 miles<\/strong>. The week now totals <strong>116.64 miles<\/strong>. April totals <strong>498.2 miles<\/strong>, leaving <strong>102 miles<\/strong> to reach my goal. Comparing 2021 to 2020 year to date miles, 2021 trails by 30 miles at 2,559. I checked the blog post for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/16\/oh-the-gopro-when-will-the-headwind-let-up-bike-ride-to-ramsey-road\/\">4\/16\/2020<\/a><\/strong> to see where and what that bike ride was like. The weather was better and the route \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kingwood to Ramsey Road \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Huffman\u00e2\u20ac\u009d went longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m ready to get back to sunshine and warmer temperatures. The forecast says I will have to wait several days. Conditions today: start 70 (84% humidity, 65 dew point), overcast, wind SE 12 mph; finish 70 (92% humidity, 68.1 dew point), overcast, wind SE 12 mph. I got leg warmers out of the closet but ended up not wearing them due to the temperature warming to 70. I did wear shorts, a long sleeve thermal jersey, and a windbreaker jacket. I should&#8217;ve changed the thermal jersey to a regular long sleeve one. The wind didn&#8217;t change during the bike ride. The expected headwind returning to Kingwood wasn&#8217;t too bad. The frontage road heads SW enough to move the wind to the side and not a direct headwind. A front may arrive later tonight and off the coast by Saturday morning. Saturday&#8217;s bike ride could be affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wildflowers along the road are blooming as the video shows. With the moisture in the air it waters them though we haven&#8217;t received much rain. The February cold storm doesn&#8217;t appear to hurt them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/5138484851\/embed\/253e43397d1ba2244feb47dcc5bf24816b30604d'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/28045890\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"671\" data-attachment-id=\"56303\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/04\/16\/from-doubtful-to-doing-it-kingwood-fm1485-kingwood-bike-ride\/4-16-2021-sporttracks-bike-ride-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-16-2021-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=1880%2C1051&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1880,1051\" 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=\"4-16-2021-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-16-2021-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=600%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-16-2021-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=800%2C447&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-16-2021-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=1200%2C671&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SportTracks Bike Ride Summary\" class=\"wp-image-56303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-16-2021-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?w=1880&amp;ssl=1 1880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-16-2021-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=600%2C335&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-16-2021-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=800%2C447&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-16-2021-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=640%2C358&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-16-2021-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=1536%2C859&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I went to drop off a package around 10 AM going on a bike ride today didn&#8217;t look very promising. 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