{"id":61974,"date":"2023-03-28T16:29:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T21:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=61974"},"modified":"2023-03-28T16:29:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T21:29:55","slug":"todays-bike-ride-headline-wind-gusts-riding-over-the-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/28\/todays-bike-ride-headline-wind-gusts-riding-over-the-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Bike Ride Headline: Wind Gusts Riding Over The Lake"},"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=\"Today&#039;s Bike Ride Headline: Wind Gusts Riding Over The Lake 3\/28\/2023\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vuJK-1h31PU?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 got carried away working on my computer and a website delaying the start of today&#8217;s bike ride. I saw the time and got ready to ride. When I checked the weather before leaving I saw the big story for today was going to be the wind. And that wind was strong. I chose my <em>Atascocita &#8211; Walden &#8211; Spanish Cove<\/em> route going south and east. The wind was from the north following a front that moved through earlier this morning with some rain. The streets dried quickly thanks to that wind. I probably could&#8217;ve started the ride around 10:30 but I didn&#8217;t push start until 12:17 PM as I pedaled the Cervelo Caledonia onto the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I rode through Kingwood on my way to W. Lake Houston Parkway I could feel the wind but the trees and houses buffered the strong gusts. Because it was 74 degrees I opted to wear shorts, a long sleeve jersey and a short sleeve jersey on top. The first 15 minutes were chilly from the wind and shade as I warmed up. From then I was cool but not as chilled. The chilliest part was riding east over Lake Houston with the wind gusts cooled by the water. Overall weather conditions: start 74 degrees, 52% humidity, dew point 55, mostly cloudy, wind N 21 mph gusts 28 mph; finish 74 degrees, 52% humidity, dew point 55, mostly cloudy, wind N 24 mph gusts 30 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I needed 44 miles as I began the ride to reach my 650 mile goal for March. Today I rode 35.43 miles getting me with 9 miles of that number. This was about the average distance for this route as I stayed pretty close to usual roads and streets though I was tempted to go off the route a couple of times. In Spanish cove I rode a little farther west to see what the workers were doing but it wasn&#8217;t enough to make a difference. they were working on a gas line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riding east over Lake Houston with the wind gusts coming one after another was very hard. It was so strong that I had to lean the Cervelo to the left to compensate and when a gust hit the bike would be pushed to the right. I had to keep a firm grip on the handle bars to maintain control. I was relieved when I got across the lake. I wondered how it would be riding back towards the west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ride west over the lake was about as opposite conditions from what I expected. The wind was not in my face but from the right rear quarter as a tailwind. The gusts seemed to push me forward and I used that to keep my speed around 18 to mph. I stopped on the west side to take a screenshot of the weather and saw the gusts increased to 30 mph from 28 mph when I started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biking back to Kingwood through Atascocita Shores and Kings River the trees and houses held some of the wind at bay. Riding north over the river was hard. 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