{"id":65265,"date":"2024-05-24T17:46:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T22:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=65265"},"modified":"2024-05-24T17:46:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T22:46:16","slug":"another-route-exploration-after-5-years-sr242-old-houston-rd-fm1314","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2024\/05\/24\/another-route-exploration-after-5-years-sr242-old-houston-rd-fm1314\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Route Exploration After 5 years. SR242 &#8211; Old Houston Rd &#8211; FM1314"},"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=\"Another Route Exploration After 5 years. SR242 - Old Houston Rd - FM1314 5\/24\/2024\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VobVWBCCzfs?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\">Back on May 1st when I biked to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/32011520\">SH242<\/a><\/strong> I noticed the construction barriers were gone and traffic was on the previously closed lanes. Exploring SH242 was the focus for today&#8217;s bike ride. The last time I rode on SH242 was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/21846754\">July 8th, 2019<\/a><\/strong>. That&#8217;s how long construction made riding there not possible. I wasn&#8217;t sure the work was finished all the way to Old Houston Road but I wanted to find out. It took a couple searches in SportTracks to find the route name and map to replicate for the ride; <strong>SR242 &#8211; Old Houston Rd &#8211; FM1314<\/strong>. The July 8th ride was 46.01 miles but today I left off about 2 miles riding through Kingwood to US59. From there I followed the same route. I should&#8217;ve started earlier than 10:54 AM to avoid some heat. With the longer ride I left the waterbottle at home and took the CamelBak. The bike for the exploration: Canyon Endurace CF 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I rode north on the US59 frontage road I saw the GoPro camera bouncing around a lot more than usual. Looking at the Garmin mount on the GoPro one of the tabs broke off. At first I was going to keep the GoPro in a jersey pocket but that is awkward to get out. The computer mount on the Canyon has GoPro tabs under the computer so I decided to put the GoPro there. No hand video shots but the wireless mic solved the reason I don&#8217;t put the GoPro there anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-GoPro-Mount-Under-Computer-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"797\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"65262\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/5-24-2024-canyon-endurace-gopro-mount-under-computer\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-GoPro-Mount-Under-Computer-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1928&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1928\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.68&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 8 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1716550614&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;21&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001423&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5-24-2024 Canyon Endurace GoPro Mount Under Computer\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;5-24-2024 Canyon Endurace GoPro Mount Under Computer&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;5-24-2024 Canyon Endurace GoPro Mount Under Computer&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-GoPro-Mount-Under-Computer-scaled.jpg?fit=598%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-GoPro-Mount-Under-Computer-scaled.jpg?fit=797%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-GoPro-Mount-Under-Computer.jpg?resize=797%2C600\" alt=\"5-24-2024 Canyon Endurace GoPro Mount Under Computer\" class=\"wp-image-65262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-GoPro-Mount-Under-Computer-scaled.jpg?resize=797%2C600&amp;ssl=1 797w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-GoPro-Mount-Under-Computer-scaled.jpg?resize=598%2C450&amp;ssl=1 598w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-GoPro-Mount-Under-Computer-scaled.jpg?resize=638%2C480&amp;ssl=1 638w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-GoPro-Mount-Under-Computer-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1157&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-GoPro-Mount-Under-Computer-scaled.jpg?w=2400 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">5-24-2024 Canyon Endurace GoPro Mount Under Computer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SH242 sports a concrete shoulder about 10 ft. wide. There was a place west of FM1485 where the shoulder narrowed because the new east bound lane aren&#8217;t open and a left turn lane used the available space. That was about 100 feet long. I can now put this route back on the list riding both directions. I took this photo at FM1485 and SH242 at the store where I stopped for a short rest break.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-SH242-at-FM1485-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"797\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"65263\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/5-24-2024-canyon-endurace-sh242-at-fm1485\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-SH242-at-FM1485-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1928&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1928\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.68&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 8 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1716554475&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;21&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004257&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5-24-2024 Canyon Endurace SH242 at FM1485\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;5-24-2024 Canyon Endurace SH242 at FM1485&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;5-24-2024 Canyon Endurace SH242 at FM1485&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-SH242-at-FM1485-scaled.jpg?fit=598%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-SH242-at-FM1485-scaled.jpg?fit=797%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-SH242-at-FM1485.jpg?resize=797%2C600\" alt=\"5-24-2024 Canyon Endurace SH242 at FM1485\" class=\"wp-image-65263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-SH242-at-FM1485-scaled.jpg?resize=797%2C600&amp;ssl=1 797w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-SH242-at-FM1485-scaled.jpg?resize=598%2C450&amp;ssl=1 598w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-SH242-at-FM1485-scaled.jpg?resize=638%2C480&amp;ssl=1 638w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-SH242-at-FM1485-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1157&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Canyon-Endurace-SH242-at-FM1485-scaled.jpg?w=2400 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">5-24-2024 Canyon Endurace SH242 at FM1485<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<center><iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&#038;id=181891363&#038;sampleGraph=true&#038;distanceMarkers=true\" style=\"width: 1px; min-width: 90%; height: 800px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The headwind gave me a hard time on FM1314 back to the southeast. I stopped at the Circle K at sorters Road for some PowerAide and leg recovery. Weather: Start 86 degrees, humidity 73%, dew point 76.8, cloud cover 61%, wind SSE 14 mph; Finish 89 degrees, humidity 70%, dew point 78.1, cloud cover 26%, wind SSE 13 mph gusts 19 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/11488618739\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1033\" height=\"1040\" data-attachment-id=\"65264\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/5-24-2024-strava-summary-sr242-old-houston-road-fm1314\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Strava-Summary-SR242-Old-Houston-Road-FM1314.png?fit=1033%2C1040&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1033,1040\" 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=\"5-24-2024 Strava Summary SR242-Old Houston Road-FM1314\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;5-24-2024 Strava Summary SR242-Old Houston Road-FM1314&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;5-24-2024 Strava Summary SR242-Old Houston Road-FM1314&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Strava-Summary-SR242-Old-Houston-Road-FM1314.png?fit=447%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Strava-Summary-SR242-Old-Houston-Road-FM1314.png?fit=596%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Strava-Summary-SR242-Old-Houston-Road-FM1314.png?resize=1033%2C1040&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"5-24-2024 Strava Summary SR242-Old Houston Road-FM1314\" class=\"wp-image-65264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Strava-Summary-SR242-Old-Houston-Road-FM1314.png?w=1033&amp;ssl=1 1033w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Strava-Summary-SR242-Old-Houston-Road-FM1314.png?resize=447%2C450&amp;ssl=1 447w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Strava-Summary-SR242-Old-Houston-Road-FM1314.png?resize=596%2C600&amp;ssl=1 596w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-24-2024-Strava-Summary-SR242-Old-Houston-Road-FM1314.png?resize=477%2C480&amp;ssl=1 477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1033px) 100vw, 1033px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">5-24-2024 Strava Summary SR242-Old Houston Road-FM1314<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/center>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back on May 1st when I biked to SH242 I noticed the construction barriers were gone and traffic was on the previously closed lanes. Exploring SH242 was the focus for today&#8217;s bike ride. The last time I rode on SH242 <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2024\/05\/24\/another-route-exploration-after-5-years-sr242-old-houston-rd-fm1314\/\"><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":[2560,212,5297,4719,5643,1424,3976],"class_list":["post-65265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-bicycle","tag-bicycling","tag-bike","tag-biking","tag-canyon-endurace-cf7-rival-axs","tag-road","tag-sr242-old-houston-rd-fm1314"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-gYF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65265","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=65265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65266,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65265\/revisions\/65266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}