{"id":56766,"date":"2021-06-18T14:21:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T19:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=56766"},"modified":"2021-06-18T14:21:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T19:21:47","slug":"early-before-the-heat-kingwood-sh-242-kingwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/06\/18\/early-before-the-heat-kingwood-sh-242-kingwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Before The Heat | Kingwood &#8211; SH 242 &#8211; Kingwood"},"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=\"Early Before The Heat | Kingwood - SH 242 - Kingwood\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g82T9gOGwxA?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\">Began today&#8217;s bike ride at 9:39 AM. With no bike races to watch I am getting and earlier start. The bike today was my Canyon Endurace CF SLX. Heading north I rode my &#8220;Kingwood &#8211; SH 242 &#8211; Kingwood&#8221; route covering<strong> 37.65 miles<\/strong>. This was the 6th time on this route in 2021 evenly spread across both of my road bikes. The week is up <strong>180.97 miles<\/strong>. A 200 mile week looks possible with tomorrow&#8217;s bike ride. I reduced the difference YTD between 2021 and 2020 to 140 miles, down 4 from yesterday. Here is a summary of the 6 rides on this route. Today was the longest in miles.<\/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\/06\/6-18-2021-Bike-Ride-Summary-YTD-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"310\" data-attachment-id=\"56765\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/6-18-2021-bike-ride-summary-ytd-kingwood-sh242-kingwood\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6-18-2021-Bike-Ride-Summary-YTD-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.jpg?fit=1834%2C474&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1834,474\" 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=\"6-18-2021 Bike Ride Summary YTD Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;6-18-2021 Bike Ride Summary YTD Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;6-18-2021 Bike Ride Summary YTD Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6-18-2021-Bike-Ride-Summary-YTD-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.jpg?fit=600%2C155&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6-18-2021-Bike-Ride-Summary-YTD-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.jpg?fit=800%2C207&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6-18-2021-Bike-Ride-Summary-YTD-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.jpg?resize=1200%2C310&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"6-18-2021 Bike Ride Summary YTD Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood\" class=\"wp-image-56765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6-18-2021-Bike-Ride-Summary-YTD-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.jpg?w=1834&amp;ssl=1 1834w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6-18-2021-Bike-Ride-Summary-YTD-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.jpg?resize=600%2C155&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6-18-2021-Bike-Ride-Summary-YTD-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.jpg?resize=800%2C207&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6-18-2021-Bike-Ride-Summary-YTD-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.jpg?resize=640%2C165&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6-18-2021-Bike-Ride-Summary-YTD-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.jpg?resize=1536%2C397&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>6-18-2021 Bike Ride Summary YTD Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where I made the u-turn at SH 242 was the scene of a bicyclist and vehicle collision earlier this week. It happened late at night while I rode through in bright sunlight today. Construction work closes some lanes with barriers. During the day traffic gives me room but at night visibility can be a problem. I am not sure of the bicyclist&#8217;s condition or if he was killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I checked the weather as I got out of bed it showed the temperature at 69, cool for a June morning with lots of sun and no clouds. I expected it would heat up a lot by the time I started riding but it was 83 and by the time I finished at 12:36 PM it was only 87. Riding in the shade in felt quite comfortable. Weather details: start 83 (60% humidity, 67.9 dew point), a few clouds, wind NE 7 mph; finish 87 (50% humidity, 66.4 dew point), fair, wind E 13 mph. The forecast calls for mid 90&#8217;s later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heading back south after the u-turn at SH 242 the wind helped me boost my average speed to 14.2 mph. 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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=\"6-18-2021-Bike-Ride-Showing-Kit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6-18-2021-Bike-Ride-Showing-Kit.jpg?fit=600%2C382&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6-18-2021-Bike-Ride-Showing-Kit.jpg?fit=800%2C510&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6-18-2021-Bike-Ride-Showing-Kit-800x510.jpg?resize=800%2C510&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" 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With no bike races to watch I am getting and earlier start. The bike today was my Canyon Endurace CF SLX. Heading north I rode my &#8220;Kingwood &#8211; SH 242 &#8211; Kingwood&#8221; route <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/06\/18\/early-before-the-heat-kingwood-sh-242-kingwood\/\"><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":[22],"tags":[4719,5324,5294,1424],"class_list":["post-56766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-biking","tag-canyon-endurace-cf-slx","tag-kingwood-sh-242-kingwood","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-eLA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56766","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=56766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56768,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56766\/revisions\/56768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}