What better formula to make today a great riding day. Even with the winds the ride was great. Just as they can be a headwind they also turn into a tailwind sometime. Today was one of the longest rides for the area around where I live. Today’s ride was mostly in Montgomery County to the north and west of Kingwood. I did not see any other riders today but I did get to pass out a Texbiker.net business card to a man in New Caney when I stopped to re-fill my water bottle. He said he was thinking about starting to ride a bike and I told him that Texbiker.net could help him get started.

Riding home I realized that I know riders’ names in the European peloton but I do not know players’ names on the Houston Astros or the Houston Texans. We have been watching the Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatio stages races in France and Italy, respectively. The names of the riders are familiar.

Today’s ride statistics:

• miles = 45.97
• ride time = 3:06:57
• average pace = 4.04 min/mile
• average speed = 14.8
• max speed = 21.4 mph
• average cadence = 79.6 rpm
• max cadence = 109 rpm
• climb = 369 ft., descend = 424 ft.
• ytd miles = 665.67

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