I wasn’t sure if I would get to ride today between some chores I needed to do and the cool temperatures but by the time I ate lunch the temperature moved up to 68 degrees, warm enough for a mountain bike ride. The chores were completed so I donned my usual cool weather wardrobe: long sleeve and short sleeve jerseys, shorts, leg warmers and windbreaker jacket. It was warm enough to wear half finger gloves. Mostly cloudy skies kept the sun from warming things up too much and the light 5 mph variable breeze didn’t cause much of an issue either.

Wearing my regular gloves I decided to take my RCA video camera to get more use to using it while I ride. While I am using the mounting bracket on my mountain bike I don’t think I will use it on my road bike. The reason is that it sticks up too high and seems to pick tire noise easier than when I hold it in my hand. Granted the hand held videos shake more but I also can tell when the camera is on which I cannot do easily on the bracket. Maybe the more I use the bracket I will figure out how to solve these problems. I will upload the video to Youtube.com later and add it to this.

Riding my Motobecane 700HT MTB today on the Kingwood trails I wanted to go at least 15 miles and I managed to ride 17.85 miles at a 12.4 mph average speed. If February had 30 days I would be on target to reach my 369 mile goal for the month with 182.15 miles for February. But with only 28 days I am behind so I need to get busy. Tomorrow the Humble Lions Ride is not far away but the temperature is only supposed to reach 59 which is below my 60 degree cutoff. At the start of the ride it could be in the low 40’s, definitely below my tolerance level. My next likely riding day will be Monday which could be in the low 70’s but with a 40% chance of rain.

See the slides below for other data. Links to Garmin Connect and RideWithGPS.com.

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