{"id":57646,"date":"2021-10-10T17:19:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T22:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=57646"},"modified":"2021-10-10T17:19:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T22:19:43","slug":"where-did-the-wind-come-from-i-liked-the-other-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/10\/10\/where-did-the-wind-come-from-i-liked-the-other-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Did The Wind Come From? I Liked The Other Option"},"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=\"Where Did The Wind Come From? I Liked The Other Option\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vrRPLpEH034?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>The light winds left and so did the blue sky. I rode around Kingwood Streets for today&#8217;s bike ride starting at 1:39 PM and finishing at 3:27 PM. At times fighting the wind affirmed my choice of staying close. I rode <strong>21.66 mile<\/strong>s making it a <strong>230.93 mile<\/strong> week. Its good to hit 220+ miles after falling short last week.<\/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\/10\/10-10-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"663\" data-attachment-id=\"57644\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/10-10-2021-week-bike-rides-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?fit=1840%2C1017&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1840,1017\" 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=\"10-10-2021 Week Bike Rides Summary\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;10-10-2021 Week Bike Rides Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;10-10-2021 Week Bike Rides Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?fit=600%2C332&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?fit=800%2C442&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?resize=1200%2C663&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"10-10-2021 Week Bike Rides Summary\" class=\"wp-image-57644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?w=1840&amp;ssl=1 1840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?resize=600%2C332&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?resize=800%2C442&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?resize=640%2C354&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?resize=1536%2C849&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>10-10-2021 Week Bike Rides Summary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the year this is the 12th time biking on Kingwood streets, about once a month. My Lynskey R300 bike carried me.<\/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\/10\/10-10-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Kingwood-Streets.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"476\" data-attachment-id=\"57645\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/10-10-2021-ytd-bike-rides-summary-kingwood-streets\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Kingwood-Streets.png?fit=1837%2C728&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1837,728\" 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=\"10-10-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary Kingwood Streets\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;10-10-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary Kingwood Streets&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;10-10-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary Kingwood Streets&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Kingwood-Streets.png?fit=600%2C238&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Kingwood-Streets.png?fit=800%2C317&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Kingwood-Streets.png?resize=1200%2C476&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"10-10-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary Kingwood Streets\" class=\"wp-image-57645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Kingwood-Streets.png?w=1837&amp;ssl=1 1837w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Kingwood-Streets.png?resize=600%2C238&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Kingwood-Streets.png?resize=800%2C317&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Kingwood-Streets.png?resize=640%2C254&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Kingwood-Streets.png?resize=1536%2C609&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>10-10-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary Kingwood Streets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A front may approach Houston this evening but before that the clouds moved in from the gulf and the wind with them. Weather summary: start 85 (78% humidity, 78 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 16 mph gusts 22mph; finish 85 (78% humidity, 77 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 16 mph gusts 23 mph. After a week of light wind I forgot what it was like to ride in 23 mph gusts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kingwood Town Center was blocked off for a car show and other festivities. Watch the video to see a slipper car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the Lazer helmet working its way through the warranty process I reverted to the Catlike helmet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/6094557181\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1047\" height=\"983\" data-attachment-id=\"57643\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/10-10-2021-strava-bike-ride-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.png?fit=1047%2C983&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1047,983\" 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=\"10-10-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;10-10-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;10-10-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.png?fit=479%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.png?fit=639%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.png?resize=1047%2C983&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"10-10-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary\" class=\"wp-image-57643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.png?w=1047&amp;ssl=1 1047w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.png?resize=479%2C450&amp;ssl=1 479w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.png?resize=639%2C600&amp;ssl=1 639w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10-10-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.png?resize=511%2C480&amp;ssl=1 511w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1047px) 100vw, 1047px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>10-10-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The light winds left and so did the blue sky. I rode around Kingwood Streets for today&#8217;s bike ride starting at 1:39 PM and finishing at 3:27 PM. At times fighting the wind affirmed my choice of staying close. 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