{"id":59440,"date":"2022-06-14T14:21:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T19:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=59440"},"modified":"2022-06-14T15:00:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T20:00:23","slug":"early-start-before-it-got-hot-sahara-dust-haze-spoils-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/06\/14\/early-start-before-it-got-hot-sahara-dust-haze-spoils-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Start Before It Got Hot, Sahara Dust Haze Spoils The Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Early Start Before It Got Hot, Sahara Dust Haze Spoils The Sky 6\/14\/2022\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JGzGAEoZJEg?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 get to bike yesterday so today&#8217;s bike ride needed to make up some of the missed miles if I&#8217;m going to reach 200+ miles for the week. With the hot weather I didn&#8217;t wait too late to start the bike ride so I did not watch the Tour de Suisse (2.UWT) before the ride. I rolled away at 8:46 AM on Flag Day riding my Cervelo Caledonia bike. It was already 83 degrees with mostly cloudy sky with haze from the Saharan dust. Thankfully the wind was only 8 mph from the south. The forecast called for upper 90&#8217;s as the high after 99 yesterday. No rain in sight. Another reason to start early was to finish before it got really hot and I finished at 12:03 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I started I planned on biking to Ramsey Road and back but I changed to my &#8220;Kingwood to Peters Road &#8211; Kingwood&#8221; route to add more distance. While the roads on this route are not new this was only the 2nd time biking the route according to SportTracks. The other ride was<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/28138616\"> May 5th, 2021<\/a><\/strong>. Today&#8217;s 42.36 miles was more than May 5&#8217;s 41.06 miles. That ride I rode my Lynskey R300 bike. As a side note, I sold the Lynskey R300 and now my fleet is back to 3 bikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wasn&#8217;t the only cyclist out today. I caught other cyclists in the video or commented on them when I missed recording them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No big changes in the FM 1960 construction at Atascocita Shores Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weather conditions: start 83 (humidity 82%, dew point 77), mostly cloudy with haze, wind S 8 mph; finish 92 (humidity 53%, dew point 72), partly cloudy, wind S 9 mph. When I got home and emptied out my CamelBak the ice had melted but the water was still cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the way back I stopped at the Kings River pool area for a few minutes to rest a few minutes and took this photo.<\/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\/06\/6-14-2022-Cervelo-Caledonia-Kings-River-1-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1925\" data-attachment-id=\"59439\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/6-14-2022-cervelo-caledonia-kings-river-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cervelo-Caledonia-Kings-River-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1925&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1925\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.88&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OnePlus 9 Pro 5G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1655206311&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.064&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004950325&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"6-14-2022 Cervelo Caledonia Kings River-1\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;6-14-2022 Cervelo Caledonia Kings River-1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;6-14-2022 Cervelo Caledonia Kings River-1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cervelo-Caledonia-Kings-River-1-scaled.jpg?fit=598%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cervelo-Caledonia-Kings-River-1-scaled.jpg?fit=798%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cervelo-Caledonia-Kings-River-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1925&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"6-14-2022 Cervelo Caledonia Kings River-1\" class=\"wp-image-59439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cervelo-Caledonia-Kings-River-1-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cervelo-Caledonia-Kings-River-1-scaled.jpg?resize=598%2C450&amp;ssl=1 598w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cervelo-Caledonia-Kings-River-1-scaled.jpg?resize=798%2C600&amp;ssl=1 798w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cervelo-Caledonia-Kings-River-1-scaled.jpg?resize=638%2C480&amp;ssl=1 638w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cervelo-Caledonia-Kings-River-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1155&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cervelo-Caledonia-Kings-River-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1540&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cervelo-Caledonia-Kings-River-1-scaled.jpg?w=2400 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>6-14-2022 Cervelo Caledonia Kings River-1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I use the Stravini Chrome extension to expand the ride data from Strava. Below is some of the data details from the ride. The route elevation doesn&#8217;t change much but the grade details are interesting. Also I pedaled 9,695 revolutions. More ride data at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/axs.sram.com\/activities\/wahoo-262128671__1655214401\">AXS.SRAM.com ride report<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"994\" data-attachment-id=\"59437\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/6-14-2022-heart-rate-and-speed-details\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Heart-Rate-and-Speed-Details.png?fit=1487%2C1232&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1487,1232\" 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=\"6-14-2022 Heart Rate and Speed Details\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;6-14-2022 Heart Rate and Speed Details&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;6-14-2022 Heart Rate and Speed Details&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Heart-Rate-and-Speed-Details.png?fit=543%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Heart-Rate-and-Speed-Details.png?fit=724%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"59437\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Heart-Rate-and-Speed-Details.png?resize=1200%2C994\" alt=\"6-14-2022 Heart Rate and Speed Details\" class=\"wp-image-59437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Heart-Rate-and-Speed-Details.png?w=1487&amp;ssl=1 1487w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Heart-Rate-and-Speed-Details.png?resize=543%2C450&amp;ssl=1 543w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Heart-Rate-and-Speed-Details.png?resize=724%2C600&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Heart-Rate-and-Speed-Details.png?resize=579%2C480&amp;ssl=1 579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>6-14-2022 Heart Rate and Speed Details<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cadence-and-Grade-Details.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"994\" data-attachment-id=\"59436\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/6-14-2022-cadence-and-grade-details\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cadence-and-Grade-Details.png?fit=1482%2C1228&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1482,1228\" 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=\"6-14-2022 Cadence and Grade Details\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;6-14-2022 Cadence and Grade Details&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;6-14-2022 Cadence and Grade Details&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cadence-and-Grade-Details.png?fit=543%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cadence-and-Grade-Details.png?fit=724%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"59436\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cadence-and-Grade-Details.png?resize=1200%2C994\" alt=\"6-14-2022 Cadence and Grade Details\" class=\"wp-image-59436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cadence-and-Grade-Details.png?w=1482&amp;ssl=1 1482w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cadence-and-Grade-Details.png?resize=543%2C450&amp;ssl=1 543w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cadence-and-Grade-Details.png?resize=724%2C600&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Cadence-and-Grade-Details.png?resize=579%2C480&amp;ssl=1 579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>6-14-2022 Cadence and Grade Details<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/7308228842\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1040\" height=\"932\" data-attachment-id=\"59438\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/6-14-2022-strava-kingwood-to-peters-road-kingwood-data-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Strava-Kingwood-to-Peters-Road-Kingwood-Data-Summary.png?fit=1040%2C932&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1040,932\" 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=\"6-14-2022 Strava Kingwood to Peters Road &amp;#8211; Kingwood Data Summary\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;6-14-2022 Strava Kingwood to Peters Road &amp;#8211; Kingwood Data Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;6-14-2022 Strava Kingwood to Peters Road &amp;#8211; Kingwood Data Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Strava-Kingwood-to-Peters-Road-Kingwood-Data-Summary.png?fit=502%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Strava-Kingwood-to-Peters-Road-Kingwood-Data-Summary.png?fit=670%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Strava-Kingwood-to-Peters-Road-Kingwood-Data-Summary.png?fit=1040%2C932&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"6-14-2022 Strava Kingwood to Peters Road - Kingwood Data Summary\" class=\"wp-image-59438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Strava-Kingwood-to-Peters-Road-Kingwood-Data-Summary.png?w=1040&amp;ssl=1 1040w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Strava-Kingwood-to-Peters-Road-Kingwood-Data-Summary.png?resize=502%2C450&amp;ssl=1 502w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Strava-Kingwood-to-Peters-Road-Kingwood-Data-Summary.png?resize=670%2C600&amp;ssl=1 670w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6-14-2022-Strava-Kingwood-to-Peters-Road-Kingwood-Data-Summary.png?resize=536%2C480&amp;ssl=1 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1040px) 100vw, 1040px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>6-14-2022 Strava Kingwood to Peters Road &#8211; Kingwood Data Summary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&amp;id=93324980&amp;sampleGraph=true\" style=\"width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 1100px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t get to bike yesterday so today&#8217;s bike ride needed to make up some of the missed miles if I&#8217;m going to reach 200+ miles for the week. With the hot weather I didn&#8217;t wait too late to start <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/06\/14\/early-start-before-it-got-hot-sahara-dust-haze-spoils-the-sky\/\"><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":[2560,212,5297,4719,5553,5497,1424],"class_list":["post-59440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-bicycle","tag-bicycling","tag-bike","tag-biking","tag-cervelo-caledonia-rival-axs","tag-kingwood-to-peters-road-kingwood","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-fsI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59440","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=59440"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59443,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59440\/revisions\/59443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}