{"id":57086,"date":"2021-08-03T16:12:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T21:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=57086"},"modified":"2021-08-03T16:12:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T21:12:57","slug":"liberty-county-not-hospitable-on-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/08\/03\/liberty-county-not-hospitable-on-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberty County Not Hospitable On 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=\"FM1960 to FM686 - Back Extended Bike Ride 8\/3\/2021\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MsOuQLIEECw?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 didn&#8217;t check the weather radar before starting today&#8217;s bike ride and if I had I don&#8217;t think it would&#8217;ve change the ride. I got started a little later than I planned after watching stage 1 of Vuelta a Burgos. I rode away at 10:24 AM on my Canyon Endurace bike. I wanted to ride at least 40 miles and after thinking of a route I hadn&#8217;t done in a while that would do that I chose my &#8220;FM1960 to FM686 &#8211; Back Extended&#8221; route. I biked a large portion of this route recently but the last time I rode this route was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/16256436\">September 6th, 2016<\/a><\/strong>. Then I biked <strong>43.28 miles <\/strong>and today I went <strong>44.09 miles<\/strong>. I think the difference came from the streets I took for the first 4 miles. In 2016 I rode my Stradalli Red Pro bike. On <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/16256326\">May 7th, 2016<\/a><\/strong> I biked this route and had a flat tire. These are the only recorded bike rides on this route. No flat tire today but Liberty County wasn&#8217;t nice to me today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8220;Back Extended&#8221; part of the route name comes from biking Huffman-Eastgate on the return rather than staying on FM 1960. There is a spot on FM 1960 west bound with a couple of dogs I would rather not challenge. I rode the &#8220;FM1960 to FM686 &#8211; Back&#8221; on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/26130980\">August 20th, 2020<\/a><\/strong>. That route stays on FM 1960 going west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weather came into play during today&#8217;s bike ride. In the video I show some of it. From a few rain drops to full rain. Some damp streets and some very wet ones. I saw them all. Liberty County provided the most rain and once I got back into Harris County the rain stopped and the roads turned dry quickly. I felt a few rain drops on Smith Road and the clouds to the west looked threatening as I neared Kingwood on the return leg. After finishing the ride at 1:50 PM I hosed off the Canyon bike. Fortunately I didn&#8217;t ride in muddy conditions so the grit wasn&#8217;t too bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FM 1960 road surface east of the railroad overpass still is chip seal. The road work stopped just west of the overpass. When I turned back at FM 686 I think there road work signs to the east towards Dayton. I&#8217;m glad I didn&#8217;t air up the Canyon&#8217;s tires before the ride. My teeth and arms would&#8217;ve not been happy from the vibrating. The resurfaced section in Liberty County was smoother than the Harris County road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strava awarded me the <strong>Local Legend<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0on\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/5733675806\/segments\/2857713208538867006\">1 hill in a sea of flat (East)<\/a> after my 2nd ride there.<\/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\/2021\/08\/8-3-2021-Strava-Local-Legend-Details.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1044\" height=\"712\" data-attachment-id=\"57084\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/8-3-2021-strava-local-legend-details\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-3-2021-Strava-Local-Legend-Details.jpg?fit=1044%2C712&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1044,712\" 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data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/8-3-2021-strava-bike-ride-summary-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-3-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary-1.jpg?fit=1053%2C1156&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1053,1156\" 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=\"8-3-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary-1\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;8-3-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary-1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;8-3-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary-1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-3-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary-1.jpg?fit=410%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-3-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary-1.jpg?fit=547%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-3-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary-1.jpg?resize=1053%2C1156&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"8-3-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary-1\" class=\"wp-image-57085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-3-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary-1.jpg?w=1053&amp;ssl=1 1053w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-3-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary-1.jpg?resize=410%2C450&amp;ssl=1 410w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-3-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary-1.jpg?resize=547%2C600&amp;ssl=1 547w, 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I got started a little later than I planned after watching stage 1 of Vuelta a Burgos. <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/08\/03\/liberty-county-not-hospitable-on-bike-ride\/\"><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":[4719,5324,5289,2364,1424],"class_list":["post-57086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-biking","tag-canyon-endurace-cf-slx","tag-fm1960-to-fm686-back-extended","tag-rain","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-eQK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57086","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=57086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57087,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57086\/revisions\/57087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}