{"id":62480,"date":"2023-05-23T14:41:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T19:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=62480"},"modified":"2023-05-23T14:41:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T19:41:17","slug":"35-for-the-goal-on-the-atascocita-walden-spanish-cove-drive-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/23\/35-for-the-goal-on-the-atascocita-walden-spanish-cove-drive-route\/","title":{"rendered":"35 For The Goal On The Atascocita &#8211; Walden &#8211; Spanish Cove Drive Route"},"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=\"35 For The Goal On The Atascocita - Walden - Spanish Cove Drive Route 5\/23\/2023\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Um9bMETiio4?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 day to reach my mileage goal for May arrived. I needed 32 miles and I chose the <strong>Atascocita &#8211; Walden &#8211; Spanish Cove Drive<\/strong> route which averages about 35 miles. Pausing stage 16 of the Giro d&#8217;Italia with about 18km to go I got ready. I mounted my Cervelo Caledonia bike, pressed start at 9:49 AM and rolled out. The 32 mile point came when I was back in Kingwood on Kings Crossing Drive with about 3 miles to the finish. I ended the ride at 12:25 PM riding 35.36 miles and May now totals 753.63 miles. I&#8217;ll be off my bike for several days to the end of May and reaching my goal early was good.<\/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\/5-23-2023-SportTracks-Goals-May-and-YTD.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"323\" data-attachment-id=\"62479\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/5-23-2023-sporttracks-goals-may-and-ytd\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-23-2023-SportTracks-Goals-May-and-YTD.png?fit=1827%2C492&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1827,492\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">5-23-2023 SportTracks Goals May and YTD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/5-23-2023-SportTracks-2023-Ride-History-Atascocita-Walden-Spanish-Cove-Drive.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"446\" data-attachment-id=\"62478\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/5-23-2023-sporttracks-2023-ride-history-atascocita-walden-spanish-cove-drive\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-23-2023-SportTracks-2023-Ride-History-Atascocita-Walden-Spanish-Cove-Drive.png?fit=1839%2C684&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1839,684\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-23-2023-SportTracks-2023-Ride-History-Atascocita-Walden-Spanish-Cove-Drive.png?fit=800%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-23-2023-SportTracks-2023-Ride-History-Atascocita-Walden-Spanish-Cove-Drive.png?resize=1200%2C446&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"5-23-2023 SportTracks 2023 Ride History Atascocita-Walden-Spanish Cove Drive\" class=\"wp-image-62478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-23-2023-SportTracks-2023-Ride-History-Atascocita-Walden-Spanish-Cove-Drive.png?w=1839&amp;ssl=1 1839w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-23-2023-SportTracks-2023-Ride-History-Atascocita-Walden-Spanish-Cove-Drive.png?resize=600%2C223&amp;ssl=1 600w, 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No new records but they helped me get the overall average speed up to 14.1 mph. Light wind and low 80&#8217;s made for a pleasant ride. The humidity and dew point were lower than usual for Houston. I used the 35&#215;13 gears the most time, 1:37:17 (24.1 miles) and made 25 rear derailleur shifts according to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/axs.sram.com\/activities\/wahoo-262128671__1684853397\">AXS.SRAM.com ride report<\/a><\/strong>. My legs felt a little heavy today maybe from yesterday&#8217;s ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For sometime the rear cassette gears emitted a click as I moved the chain. I thought the chain and gears might be wearing but yesterday I made a &#8220;micro adjustment&#8221; to the rear derailleur spacing from 17 to 15 and the sound is not there anymore. I should&#8217;ve thought this earlier. Instead I lubed the chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"strava-embed-placeholder\" data-embed-type=\"activity\" data-embed-id=\"9126211966\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/strava-embeds.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day to reach my mileage goal for May arrived. I needed 32 miles and I chose the Atascocita &#8211; Walden &#8211; Spanish Cove Drive route which averages about 35 miles. Pausing stage 16 of the Giro d&#8217;Italia with about <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/23\/35-for-the-goal-on-the-atascocita-walden-spanish-cove-drive-route\/\"><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":[5623,2560,212,5297,4719,5553,1424],"class_list":["post-62480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-atascocita-walden-spanish-cove-drive","tag-bicycle","tag-bicycling","tag-bike","tag-biking","tag-cervelo-caledonia-rival-axs","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-gfK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62480","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=62480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62481,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62480\/revisions\/62481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}