{"id":62413,"date":"2023-05-15T15:44:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T20:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=62413"},"modified":"2023-05-15T15:44:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T20:44:11","slug":"changed-bikes-to-see-if-that-avoided-rain-it-almost-worked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/15\/changed-bikes-to-see-if-that-avoided-rain-it-almost-worked\/","title":{"rendered":"Changed Bikes To See If That Avoided Rain. It Almost Worked!"},"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=\"Changed Bikes To See If That Avoided Rain. It Almost Worked! 5\/15\/2023\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d2_wlb7kJfY?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\">The Giro d&#8217;Italia was on a rest day but after all of the recent rain the fog was thick this morning so I waited until 10:02 AM to start today&#8217;s bike ride. I decided to ride my Lynskey Helix bike to see if that would keep me from getting rained on. That almost worked. I needed 331 miles to reach my goal for May of 750 miles so I looked for a northerly route that I haven&#8217;t rode in awhile. I remembered the <strong>Kingwood &#8211; FM1314 NW to McQueen Road<\/strong> route where the last time I rode April 11, 2022 was just over 41 miles. I changed some early streets in Kingwood and added a loop through Brooklyn Trails to beef up the mileage and biked 43.2 miles. A few more 40+ mile rides and I will narrow the deficit. I have a shorter window because of the Memorial Day and my grandson graduating from high school. I now need 287 miles to hit my goal. I&#8217;m at 19.1 days of riding 24.2 miles per day versus today being the 15th day of the month. Not biking yesterday due to rain didn&#8217;t cost me too many days ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watching the sky I saw blue with some clouds. As I turned onto Old Sorters Road with about 11 miles to go I thought this ride would be rain free but I didn&#8217;t say that out loud. Good thing! The left turn onto Briar Berry Lane was sunny but I start feeling and seeing rain. I hoped the sun meant it wouldn&#8217;t last long or get stronger and when I changed from Briar Berry Lane to another street it stopped. A sigh of relief. Changing bikes might have done the trick. After finishing at 1:19 PM I looked at the radar and rain was not too far away to the southwest. Overall weather: Start 76 degrees, humidity 96%, dew point 74.5, overcast, wind E 6 mph; Finish 84 degrees, humidity 73%, dew point 74.7, overcast, wind SE 9 mph. The humidity got me almost as wet as riding in the rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ride history on this route shows an average distance of around 41 miles. I rode a number of different bikes on the 9 rides. Today was the longest distance.<\/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\/05\/5-15-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"402\" data-attachment-id=\"62411\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/5-15-2023-sporttracks-ride-history-kingwood-fm1314-to-mcqueen-road\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-15-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?fit=1838%2C615&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1838,615\" 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=\"5-15-2023 SportTracks Ride History Kingwood-FM1314 to McQueen Road\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;5-15-2023 SportTracks Ride History Kingwood-FM1314 to McQueen Road&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;5-15-2023 SportTracks Ride History Kingwood-FM1314 to McQueen Road&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-15-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?fit=600%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-15-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?fit=800%2C268&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-15-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?resize=1200%2C402&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"5-15-2023 SportTracks Ride History Kingwood-FM1314 to McQueen Road\" class=\"wp-image-62411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-15-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?w=1838&amp;ssl=1 1838w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-15-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?resize=600%2C201&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-15-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?resize=800%2C268&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-15-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?resize=640%2C214&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-15-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?resize=1536%2C514&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">5-15-2023 SportTracks Ride History Kingwood-FM1314 to McQueen Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I forgot about the Strava starred segment on FM 1314 heading NW but when it popped up on the Bolt computer screen I increased my effort. My quick glance at the screen led me to believe I was behind my personal record but looking again I was ahead by a few seconds. The effort improved my overall average speed to 14.8 mph with a little help from the tailwind. The segment crossed through two traffic lights but I managed to ride through on green until the last one at Cumberland Blvd. where one segment ended but the one continued to Old Houston Road. It looked like I stopped for the light before the end but Strava shows I completed it. There was another segment the opposite direction into the wind but I didn&#8217;t a result on it. The results from these segments: <strong>2nd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/9077172791\/segments\/3093257196422939030\">1314 &#8211; Stripes to Shell\u00a0<\/a>(9:32) and <strong>2nd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/9077172791\/segments\/3093257196419540374\">Stripes-to_OldHoustonRd<\/a>\u00a0(22:06). Link to my <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/axs.sram.com\/activities\/wahoo-262128671__1684162950\">AXS.SRAM.com ride report data<\/a><\/strong>. Link to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/30906047\">SportTracks ride summary<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&#038;id=121181085&#038;sampleGraph=true&#038;distanceMarkers=true\" style=\"width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 900px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/9077172791\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1039\" height=\"1031\" data-attachment-id=\"62412\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/5-15-2023-strava-ride-summary-kingwood-fm1314-to-mcqueen-road\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-15-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?fit=1039%2C1031&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1039,1031\" 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=\"5-15-2023 Strava Ride Summary Kingwood-FM1314 to McQueen Road\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;5-15-2023 Strava Ride Summary Kingwood-FM1314 to McQueen Road&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;5-15-2023 Strava Ride Summary Kingwood-FM1314 to McQueen Road&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-15-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?fit=453%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-15-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?fit=605%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-15-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?resize=1039%2C1031&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"5-15-2023 Strava Ride Summary Kingwood-FM1314 to McQueen Road\" class=\"wp-image-62412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-15-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?w=1039&amp;ssl=1 1039w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-15-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?resize=453%2C450&amp;ssl=1 453w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-15-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?resize=605%2C600&amp;ssl=1 605w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-15-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Kingwood-FM1314-to-McQueen-Road.png?resize=484%2C480&amp;ssl=1 484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1039px) 100vw, 1039px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">5-15-2023 Strava Ride Summary Kingwood-FM1314 to McQueen Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Giro d&#8217;Italia was on a rest day but after all of the recent rain the fog was thick this morning so I waited until 10:02 AM to start today&#8217;s bike ride. I decided to ride my Lynskey Helix bike <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/15\/changed-bikes-to-see-if-that-avoided-rain-it-almost-worked\/\"><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":[2560,212,5297,4719,5492,5576,1424],"class_list":["post-62413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-bicycle","tag-bicycling","tag-bike","tag-biking","tag-kingwood-fm1314-nw-to-mcqueen-road","tag-lynskey-helix-titanium-bike","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-geF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62413","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=62413"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62415,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62413\/revisions\/62415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}