I was riding along at a good clip until I made the turn to the southeast at Grangerland. At first I thought I was just tired from the nice speed I had maintained to that point. But then I noticed how the tree limbs were blowing in the wind. For several weeks the light breeze had not been anywhere near a problem but today the 16 mph SSE wind was really slowing me down. The 24 mph gusts just added to the problem. I went down one gear to see if that would help. Not really. So I slogged it out until I got home. When I stopped at the Valero station on FM1314 for a rest it really was a rest.<\/p>\n
Not too long after I turned onto FM3083 I met a group of four bikers headed the opposite direction. They were not in a big hurry and with the wind at their back they were not using a lot of effort. I noticed one biker had on a LiveStrong jersey. Those were the only bikers today.<\/p>\n
My new Motobecane continues to ride great. I have to think some of this is from the adrenaline from a new bike. Also I rode on the new Koobi PRS Century saddle for the first time. I will have a report on that in a separate post. I am still waiting on my order from Amazon.com with new Ultegra pedals and Lezyne frame pump. It is several days past due from the expected delivery date.<\/p>\n
There was a 20% chance of rain today but nothing came of it. It did get cloudy at times and there were a few dark ones in the distance.<\/p>\n
I am changing the below data picture from the Garmin Connect to SportTracks 3.0. Uploading to the Garmin website is a problem sometimes. I will still include that picture in the gallery below the big picture.<\/p>\n
Mileage update:<\/p>\n
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