{"id":63262,"date":"2023-09-09T15:41:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T20:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=63262"},"modified":"2023-09-09T15:41:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T20:41:28","slug":"rollin-pearland-heavy-rain-and-lightening-stayed-east-wind-didnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/09\/09\/rollin-pearland-heavy-rain-and-lightening-stayed-east-wind-didnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Rollin&#8217; Pearland. Heavy Rain And Lightening Stayed East, Wind Didn&#8217;t"},"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=\"Rollin&#039; Pearland. Heavy Rain And Lightening Stayed East, Wind Didn&#039;t 9\/9\/2023\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DV9ADcWPzYE?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 backed the Jeep out of the garage to drive to Pearland for the Rollin&#8217; Pearland bike ride. Rain starting falling but I decided Pearland was about 45 miles to the south and maybe the rain would not be there. I ran into heavy rain on US59 but I continued driving. After turning onto TX 288 traffic backed up due to the freeway closure because of an accident. Slowly moving I wondered if I would make the start time. The rain slowed to a light drizzle but the sky was dark with lightening. Traffic exited onto the frontage road and then back on TX 288. A wrecker passed with a burnt and crashed Ford Mustang that looked like the car on the freeway. As I got close to Pearland the rain stopped and the streets were dry, a good sign. I parked the Jeep at the starting area at 6:30 AM with 30 minutes before the start time. I picked up my packet and went back to get the Cervelo Caledonia and me ready to ride. Glad I drove to Pearland for the ride as the weather improved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sky looked threatening to the east but the rain stayed away. I rolled out at 7:05 AM with the C group and the ride began. There were a few light sprinkles of rain early but as the ride progressed the sky began to clear. The route differed from last year&#8217;s due to construction. Last year I rode 43.75 miles and this year 49.29. There was one &#8220;big&#8221; climb up a railroad overpass but generally the roads were flat since this is coastal area land. I stopped at most of the rest stops more for video than necessity. At the 50 mile route turn from the 70 mile route a cyclist was stopped with a flat tire. He fixed one flat with a new tube but it flatted again. Now he was down to walking until someone picked him up. I told him I would tell someone at the next rest stop or sag that I saw which I did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around the 24 mile point when the route started turning back to Pearland the sky turned mostly blue but the wind increased. Riding north the headwind was strong. When I finished and checked the weather the wind was 21 mph. My legs were strong and powered me into the wind to the finish. Looking at my<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/axs.sram.com\/activities\/wahoo-262128671__1694261120\"> AXS.SRAM.com ride report<\/a><\/strong> I used the 35&#215;15 gears the most: 1:47:14 (25.3 miles) versus the 35&#215;13 gears 1:21:58 (20.1 miles). I think this allowed my legs to have the power for the wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weather: Start 74 degrees, 88% humidity, dew point 70, thunderstorms in the area, wind NE 21 mph gusts 36 mph; Finish 85 degrees, 53% humidity, dew point 66, mostly cloudy and breezy, wind NE 21 mph. No 100+ temperature for this ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strava shows 1 Personal record and 11 2nd fastest times. Four of those: <strong>PR<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/9816451059\/segments\/3135646622679698818\">MRE TT<\/a>\u00a0(7:12), <strong>2nd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/9816451059\/segments\/3135646622678384002\">Fight Club Sprint<\/a>\u00a0(1:12), <strong>2nd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/9816451059\/segments\/3135646622678963586\">west CR60<\/a>\u00a0(13:03), and <strong>2nd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/9816451059\/segments\/3135646622678031746\">Kingsley Trinity Bay to Regents Bay<\/a>\u00a0(2:05).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/9816451059\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1042\" data-attachment-id=\"63261\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/9-9-2023-strava-ride-summary-rollin-pearland\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9-9-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Rollin-Pearland.png?fit=1044%2C1042&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1044,1042\" 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=\"9-9-2023 Strava Ride Summary Rollin Pearland\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;9-9-2023 Strava Ride Summary Rollin Pearland&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;9-9-2023 Strava Ride Summary Rollin Pearland&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9-9-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Rollin-Pearland.png?fit=451%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9-9-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Rollin-Pearland.png?fit=601%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9-9-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Rollin-Pearland.png?resize=1044%2C1042&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"9-9-2023 Strava Ride Summary Rollin Pearland\" class=\"wp-image-63261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9-9-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Rollin-Pearland.png?w=1044&amp;ssl=1 1044w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9-9-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Rollin-Pearland.png?resize=451%2C450&amp;ssl=1 451w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9-9-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Rollin-Pearland.png?resize=601%2C600&amp;ssl=1 601w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9-9-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Rollin-Pearland.png?resize=481%2C480&amp;ssl=1 481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1044px) 100vw, 1044px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">9-9-2023 Strava Ride Summary Rollin Pearland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<center><iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&#038;id=134100683&#038;sampleGraph=true&#038;distanceMarkers=true\" style=\"width: 1px; min-width: 97%; height: 1000px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/center>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I backed the Jeep out of the garage to drive to Pearland for the Rollin&#8217; Pearland bike ride. Rain starting falling but I decided Pearland was about 45 miles to the south and maybe the rain would not be there. <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/09\/09\/rollin-pearland-heavy-rain-and-lightening-stayed-east-wind-didnt\/\"><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":[2560,212,5297,4719,5553,1424,5583],"class_list":["post-63262","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-road","tag-rollin-pearland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-gsm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63262","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=63262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63263,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63262\/revisions\/63263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}