{"id":64807,"date":"2024-03-13T17:09:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T22:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=64807"},"modified":"2024-03-13T17:09:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T22:09:37","slug":"pedaling-past-progress-observing-us59-overpass-on-a-familiar-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2024\/03\/13\/pedaling-past-progress-observing-us59-overpass-on-a-familiar-route\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedaling Past Progress: Observing US59 Overpass on a Familiar 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=\"Pedaling Past Progress: Observing US59 Overpass on a Familiar Route 3\/13\/2024\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6AADbziOoU4?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 made sure to not forget my water bottle on today&#8217;s bike ride. I rode north on a route I haven&#8217;t been on since <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/31428149\">October 13th, 2023<\/a><\/strong>,<strong> Kingwood &#8211; SH 242 &#8211; Kingwood<\/strong>. It would interesting to see how the construction work on the US59 overpass progressed in the intervening months. The video shows the overpass status. I aired up the tires on my Cervelo Caledonia before starting since the rear tire felt a little low during yesterday&#8217;s ride. It turned out to be about 25 psi low from the 80 psi I prefer. The rear tire has the TPU tube I put in after the trouble patching the rubber tube. Sometimes TPU tubes lose air sooner than rubber tubes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ride rolled away at 12:19 PM following the <strong>Kingwood &#8211; SH 242 &#8211; Kingwood<\/strong> route. The last ride was 38.24 miles, a little longer than the 37.5 mile average. I knew the streets and roads but not sure where I rode to add the extra 3\/4 of a mile. Today I biked 38.11 miles. Comparing today&#8217;s route with the October 13th ride I left out the loop through Tavola West but added a couple of streets in the final mile. The south wind assisted my pedaling to SH 242 and became a headwind on the way back to Kingwood. The headwind contained some 23 mph gusts affecting my pedaling. My legs felt tired by the 3:22 PM finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weather: Start 74 degrees, humidity 80%, dew point 67.7, overcast, wind S 12 mph; Finish 81 degrees, humidity 70%, dew point 70.0, overcast, wind S 12 mph gusts 23 mph. It didn&#8217;t get as warm as the forecast called for and I was glad I wore a wind jacket over a long sleeve jersey riding into the headwind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><div class=\"fatmap-embed-placeholder\" data-type=\"lived-adventure\" data-id=\"114202524\" data-screen=\"elevation-profile\"><\/div>\n<script defer src=\"https:\/\/embeds.fatmap.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/10953430505\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1036\" height=\"594\" data-attachment-id=\"64806\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/3-13-2024-strava-ride-summary-kingwood-sh242-kingwood\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-13-2024-Strava-Ride-Summary-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.png?fit=1036%2C594&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1036,594\" 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=\"3-13-2024 Strava Ride Summary Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3-13-2024 Strava Ride Summary Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;3-13-2024 Strava Ride Summary Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-13-2024-Strava-Ride-Summary-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.png?fit=600%2C344&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-13-2024-Strava-Ride-Summary-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.png?fit=800%2C459&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-13-2024-Strava-Ride-Summary-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.png?resize=1036%2C594&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"3-13-2024 Strava Ride Summary Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood\" class=\"wp-image-64806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-13-2024-Strava-Ride-Summary-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.png?w=1036&amp;ssl=1 1036w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-13-2024-Strava-Ride-Summary-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.png?resize=600%2C344&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-13-2024-Strava-Ride-Summary-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.png?resize=800%2C459&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-13-2024-Strava-Ride-Summary-Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood.png?resize=640%2C367&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1036px) 100vw, 1036px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">3-13-2024 Strava Ride Summary Kingwood-SH242-Kingwood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/center>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made sure to not forget my water bottle on today&#8217;s bike ride. I rode north on a route I haven&#8217;t been on since October 13th, 2023, Kingwood &#8211; SH 242 &#8211; Kingwood. It would interesting to see how the <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2024\/03\/13\/pedaling-past-progress-observing-us59-overpass-on-a-familiar-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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22],"tags":[2560,212,5297,4719,5553,5294,1424],"class_list":["post-64807","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-kingwood-sh-242-kingwood","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-gRh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64807","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=64807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64808,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64807\/revisions\/64808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}