{"id":62260,"date":"2023-04-26T15:52:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T20:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=62260"},"modified":"2023-04-26T15:52:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T20:52:23","slug":"tailwind-followed-by-headwind-where-is-that-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/26\/tailwind-followed-by-headwind-where-is-that-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Tailwind Followed By Headwind. Where Is That News?"},"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=\"Tailwind Followed By Headwind. Where Is That News? 4\/26\/2023\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3KPgu9HyjLM?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\">With about one third of the year over it is difficult to find bike routes that I haven&#8217;t rode a number of times but today I rode a route for just the second time this year. The route is really extension of another route, <strong>Community Drive &#8211; Valley Ranch &#8211; Cumberland<\/strong>, going passed Cumberland Blvd. on FM 1314 to Gene Campbell blvd. and then making a u-turn. I call this route <strong>Community Drive &#8211; Valley Ranch &#8211; Gene Campbell Blvd<\/strong>. The last three times I rode this route it was over 37 miles long but today I rode a few different streets biking <strong>36.48 miles<\/strong>, about the average for all of the rides on this route. I used four different bikes on this route  since I started riding it in August 2021.<\/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\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"62258\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/4-26-2023-sporttracks-ride-history-community-drive-valley-ranch-gene-campbell-blvd\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?fit=1838%2C738&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1838,738\" 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=\"4-26-2023 SportTracks Ride History Community Drive-Valley Ranch-Gene Campbell Blvd\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;4-26-2023 SportTracks Ride History Community Drive-Valley Ranch-Gene Campbell Blvd&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;4-26-2023 SportTracks Ride History Community Drive-Valley Ranch-Gene Campbell Blvd&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?fit=600%2C241&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?fit=800%2C321&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?resize=1200%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"4-26-2023 SportTracks Ride History Community Drive-Valley Ranch-Gene Campbell Blvd\" class=\"wp-image-62258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?w=1838&amp;ssl=1 1838w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?resize=600%2C241&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?resize=800%2C321&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?resize=640%2C257&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?resize=1536%2C617&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">4-26-2023 SportTracks Ride History Community Drive-Valley Ranch-Gene Campbell Blvd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I rode my Cervelo Caledonia bike with wheels down at 11:17 AM and finishing at 2:20 PM. Weather conditions warmed from yesterday so I wore a long sleeve jersey instead of wind jacket with my short sleeve Texbiker.net jersey over it. Weather: Start 76 degrees, humidity 78%, dew point 69, overcast, wind SE 14 mph; Finish 82 degrees, humidity 67%, dew point 70, mostly cloudy, wind SE 17 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before the ride I watched the Tour de Romandie in Switzerland. A group at the back of the race made a wrong turn on the course and rode several km before they realized it. Even the pro&#8217;s can get off course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ride to Gene Campbell Blvd. going NW on FM 1314 was easy thanks to the 14 to 17 mph tailwind. After making the u-turn at Gene Campbell Blvd. it became a headwind. I thought my overall average speed would go down with the headwind but I managed to keep it at 13.9 mph all the way to Old sorters Road where I turned off of FM 1314. Riding through Briar Tree and Oakhurst I was able to maintain that average speed and beyond until I got back into Kingwood. My legs were good enough to battle the wind. I used the 35&#215;13 gears for a longer than usual time, 2:10:41 (31 miles) out of a total moving time of 2:39:43 according to my <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/axs.sram.com\/activities\/wahoo-262128671__1682525867\">AXS.SRAM.com ride report<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&#038;id=119139115&#038;sampleGraph=true&#038;distanceMarkers=true\" style=\"width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 1000px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8962483553\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1047\" height=\"1016\" data-attachment-id=\"62259\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/4-26-2023-strava-ride-summary-community-drive-valley-ranch-gene-campbell-blvd\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?fit=1047%2C1016&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1047,1016\" 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=\"4-26-2023 Strava Ride Summary Community Drive-Valley Ranch-Gene Campbell Blvd\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;4-26-2023 Strava Ride Summary Community Drive-Valley Ranch-Gene Campbell Blvd&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;4-26-2023 Strava Ride Summary Community Drive-Valley Ranch-Gene Campbell Blvd&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?fit=464%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?fit=618%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?resize=1047%2C1016&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"4-26-2023 Strava Ride Summary Community Drive-Valley Ranch-Gene Campbell Blvd\" class=\"wp-image-62259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?w=1047&amp;ssl=1 1047w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?resize=464%2C450&amp;ssl=1 464w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?resize=618%2C600&amp;ssl=1 618w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-26-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Community-Drive-Valley-Ranch-Gene-Campbell-Blvd.png?resize=495%2C480&amp;ssl=1 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1047px) 100vw, 1047px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">4-26-2023 Strava Ride Summary Community Drive-Valley Ranch-Gene Campbell Blvd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With about one third of the year over it is difficult to find bike routes that I haven&#8217;t rode a number of times but today I rode a route for just the second time this year. The route is really <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/26\/tailwind-followed-by-headwind-where-is-that-news\/\"><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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22],"tags":[2560,212,5297,4719,5553,5509,1424],"class_list":["post-62260","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-community-drive-valley-ranch-gene-campbell-blvd","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-gcc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62260","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=62260"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62262,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62260\/revisions\/62262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}