{"id":56497,"date":"2021-05-11T16:16:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T21:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=56497"},"modified":"2021-05-11T16:16:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T21:16:14","slug":"route-plans-a-and-b-not-enough-biking-into-liberty-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/05\/11\/route-plans-a-and-b-not-enough-biking-into-liberty-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Route Plans A and B Not Enough Biking Into Liberty County"},"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=\"Route Plans A and B Not Enough Biking Into Liberty County\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xa1_t9m45UU?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\">I started today&#8217;s bike ride with plan A and plan B routes but ended up riding plan C. I thought by now the resurfacing of FM 1960 in Liberty County would be far enough east that I could at least bike to the railroad overpass (Plan A) or to FM 686 (Plan B). But when I entered Liberty County it didn&#8217;t take long to see I wasn&#8217;t going to be able to ride either of those causing me to switch to Plan C, my &#8220;May Park Community Center &#8211; Huffman&#8221; route. The original routes were over 40 miles and I wanted to ride that far on the route I switched to but I wasn&#8217;t sure the distance would get there. I ended up riding <strong>40.49 miles<\/strong>. This put the week&#8217;s total at <strong>82.37 miles<\/strong>. I wanted to get a head start on a 200 mile week because Wednesday&#8217;s weather forecast includes rain, especially north of I-10. Unlike last week I plan on biking if the rain passes through by noon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was the 4th time biking this route in 2021. The other three rides took less time, had higher average speeds, average power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Summary-of-2021-Rides-on-Todays-route.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"254\" data-attachment-id=\"56498\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/05\/11\/route-plans-a-and-b-not-enough-biking-into-liberty-county\/5-11-2021-summary-of-2021-rides-on-todays-route\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Summary-of-2021-Rides-on-Todays-route.jpg?fit=1841%2C389&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1841,389\" 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=\"5-11-2021-Summary-of-2021-Rides-on-Todays-route\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Summary-of-2021-Rides-on-Todays-route.jpg?fit=600%2C127&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Summary-of-2021-Rides-on-Todays-route.jpg?fit=800%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Summary-of-2021-Rides-on-Todays-route.jpg?resize=1200%2C254&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Summary-of-2021-Rides-on-Todays-route.jpg?w=1841&amp;ssl=1 1841w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Summary-of-2021-Rides-on-Todays-route.jpg?resize=600%2C127&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Summary-of-2021-Rides-on-Todays-route.jpg?resize=800%2C169&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Summary-of-2021-Rides-on-Todays-route.jpg?resize=640%2C135&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Summary-of-2021-Rides-on-Todays-route.jpg?resize=1536%2C325&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My legs weren&#8217;t that great battling the wind today. I knew it would be a windy bike ride and I was headed into it. I started at 11:01 AM which allowed enough time for the wind to get going. It felt like a windy day at the beach with plenty of sun despite being mostly cloudy. What the weather was like: start 85 (67% humidity, 73,2 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 16 mph; finish 86 (62% humidity, 71.4 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 18 mph gusts 27 mph. Shorts, short sleeve jersey and sunscreen were the attire for the bike ride. While I battled this weather earlier I watched stage 4 of the Giro d&#8217;Italia with rain and cold temperatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the ride back to Kingwood a tailwind helped some but the trip across Lake Houston was rough with the wind moving the Canyon Endurace bike around. I saw three other cyclists earlier before I reached the east side of Lake Houston as I rode east. I stopped for ice at the Texaco station on FM 2100 at Wolf Road. I rested a few minutes to get my legs ready for the ride south on FM 2100 into the wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No medals from Strava today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/5280546000\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1058\" height=\"985\" data-attachment-id=\"56496\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/5-11-2021-strava-bike-ride-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=1058%2C985&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1058,985\" 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=\"5-11-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;5-11-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=483%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=644%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=1058%2C985&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"5-11-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary\" class=\"wp-image-56496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?w=1058&amp;ssl=1 1058w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=483%2C450&amp;ssl=1 483w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=644%2C600&amp;ssl=1 644w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-11-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=516%2C480&amp;ssl=1 516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1058px) 100vw, 1058px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started today&#8217;s bike ride with plan A and plan B routes but ended up riding plan C. I thought by now the resurfacing of FM 1960 in Liberty County would be far enough east that I could at least <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/05\/11\/route-plans-a-and-b-not-enough-biking-into-liberty-county\/\"><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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[5324,5205,1424],"class_list":["post-56497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-event-calendar-2","tag-canyon-endurace-cf-slx","tag-may-park-community-center-huffman","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-eHf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56497","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=56497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56499,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56497\/revisions\/56499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}