{"id":58733,"date":"2022-03-17T16:10:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T21:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=58733"},"modified":"2022-03-17T16:10:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T21:10:05","slug":"i-just-thought-tuesdays-wind-was-strong-todays-wind-22-mph-33-mph-gusts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/03\/17\/i-just-thought-tuesdays-wind-was-strong-todays-wind-22-mph-33-mph-gusts\/","title":{"rendered":"I Just Thought Tuesday&#8217;s Wind Was Strong. Today&#8217;s Wind 22 mph, 33 mph Gusts"},"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=\"I Just Thought Tuesday&#039;s Wind Was Strong. Today&#039;s Wind 22 mph, 33 mph Gusts\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/id4t-VSpQQk?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>I just thought the wind was strong on Tuesday. It was even stronger for today&#8217;s bike ride. From the south at 22 mph with 33 mph gusts. I chose a route riding into that wind because it&#8217;s Thursday and the previous 2 Thursday&#8217;s I rode it. Why not make it three Thursdays in a row. I altered the &#8220;Atascocita &#8211; Balmoral &#8211; Walden&#8221; route a little from the previous ones. At Madera Run Parkway instead of continuing south to Greens Road I turned right on Madera Run riding to Woodland Hills Drive where I turned left. This gave me a slight rest from the brutal headwind on Timber Forest. But biking south on Woodland Hills and then east on Greens Road required all the power my legs could muster. I rode up to the railroad overpass construction on Timber Forest adding an incline to the headwind. Not easy. But making the u-turn there most of the way back to Kingwood a tailwind helped me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Atascocita Shores Drive and FM 1960 two cyclists made a left turn from FM 1960. One of them, a lady, yelled the headwind was hard but the tailwind was great. I agreed. I think she thought I was about to ride east over Lake Houston, not continue north on Atascocita Shores. Biking over Lake Houston would&#8217;ve exposed me to the wind big time. Later I saw another cyclist on Waterpoint Lane in Kings River. He was riding into the wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I got ready to leave on the bike ride the weather app I check wasn&#8217;t pulling up the conditions not alerting me to the severe wind. I looked at another app but it wasn&#8217;t  clear on the wind omitting the wind gusts speed. I rolled away at 11:12 AM into the wind. I finished at 2:03 PM. Today I rode the Lynskey R300 bike while the previous 2 rides was on the Cervelo Caledonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A summary comparison of the three rides on today&#8217;s route in 2022. My average speed was lower today probably because of the headwind. The tailwind part of the ride wasn&#8217;t fast enough to recover the speed lost. The Lynskey doesn&#8217;t have the shifting data like The Cervelo does. I had a shifting error at one point when I tried to shift gears like as I would on the Cervelo ending up in the wrong gear combination. I flipped the left brake lever to go to a lower great but almost shifted to the big chainring instead. I caught my mistake before the chain moved but there wasn&#8217;t time to make the correct rear change before stopping for a red light.<\/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\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"238\" data-attachment-id=\"58732\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/3-17-2022-ytd-bike-rides-summary-atascocita-balmoral-walden\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden.png?fit=1769%2C351&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1769,351\" 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=\"3-17-2022 YTD Bike Rides Summary Atascocita &amp;#8211; Balmoral &amp;#8211; Walden\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3-17-2022 YTD Bike Rides Summary Atascocita &amp;#8211; Balmoral &amp;#8211; Walden&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;3-17-2022 YTD Bike Rides Summary Atascocita &amp;#8211; Balmoral &amp;#8211; Walden&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden.png?fit=600%2C119&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden.png?fit=800%2C159&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden.png?resize=1200%2C238&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"3-17-2022 YTD Bike Rides Summary Atascocita - Balmoral - Walden\" class=\"wp-image-58732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden.png?w=1769&amp;ssl=1 1769w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden.png?resize=600%2C119&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden.png?resize=800%2C159&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden.png?resize=640%2C127&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden.png?resize=1536%2C305&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>3-17-2022 YTD Bike Rides Summary Atascocita &#8211; Balmoral &#8211; Walden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I moved slightly ahead of the pace I need to reach the 650 mile goal for March with today&#8217;s 34.72 miles. I&#8217;m up to 368.1 road miles. For the week I stand at 142.98 miles. A cold front probably will pass through early Friday morning. Not sure if the weather will be okay to ride outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s ride weather conditions: start 70 (humidity 73%, dew point 61), cloudy, wind SE 22 mph; 74 (humidity 67%, dew point 62), partly cloudy, wind S 22 mph gusts 33 mph. I wore another long sleeve performance fabric T-shirt under a short sleeve jersey. I felt comfortable with a light wind shell jacket. One drawback on the jacket, no side pocket to hold the GoPro. I used the big back pocket which wasn&#8217;t as handy. Sometimes it was hard finding the GoPro in that pocket. Twice today the GoPro froze up requiring me to hold the power button for 10 seconds or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strava reported a <strong>2nd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/6839600236\/segments\/2939615766594289624\">Northbound Sprint<\/a>\u00a0(1:45). That was with the tailwind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/6839600236\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1045\" height=\"955\" data-attachment-id=\"58731\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/3-17-2022-strava-atascocita-balmoral-walden-ride-data-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-Strava-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden-Ride-Data-Summary.png?fit=1045%2C955&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1045,955\" 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=\"3-17-2022 Strava Atascocita &amp;#8211; Balmoral &amp;#8211; Walden Ride Data Summary\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3-17-2022 Strava Atascocita &amp;#8211; Balmoral &amp;#8211; Walden Ride Data Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;3-17-2022 Strava Atascocita &amp;#8211; Balmoral &amp;#8211; Walden Ride Data Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-Strava-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden-Ride-Data-Summary.png?fit=492%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-Strava-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden-Ride-Data-Summary.png?fit=657%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-Strava-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden-Ride-Data-Summary.png?resize=1045%2C955&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"3-17-2022 Strava Atascocita - Balmoral - Walden Ride Data Summary\" class=\"wp-image-58731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-Strava-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden-Ride-Data-Summary.png?w=1045&amp;ssl=1 1045w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-Strava-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden-Ride-Data-Summary.png?resize=492%2C450&amp;ssl=1 492w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-Strava-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden-Ride-Data-Summary.png?resize=657%2C600&amp;ssl=1 657w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-17-2022-Strava-Atascocita-Balmoral-Walden-Ride-Data-Summary.png?resize=525%2C480&amp;ssl=1 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1045px) 100vw, 1045px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>3-17-2022 Strava Atascocita &#8211; Balmoral &#8211; Walden Ride Data Summary<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&#038;id=85004810&#038;sampleGraph=true\" style=\"width: 1px; min-width: 90%; height: 1100px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just thought the wind was strong on Tuesday. 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