Florescent Rims With A Pearl Coat
After a trip to the Medical Center my wife and I stopped at Carls Jr. at Kingwood for lunch. The inside was like a freezer. When we finished we walked outside and just stood there for several minutes to thaw out. That is unusual for my wife who likes it cool. This set the scene for my late afternoon bike ride. Normally I leave in the morning when the weather is just getting started. Today the temperature was 94 when I left on the ride at 3:27. The sky had some clouds and the forecast said some afternoon showers were possible but I didn’t see anything to make me not bike.
With the late start a shorter ride was all I had time for. I rode a shorter version of my “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route totaling 30.57 miles. The average speed was 15.4 mph. When I was riding south on W. Lake Houston Parkway I found out the road reconstruction had moved over to the southbound lanes. Traffic was backed up to Kings River Drive. I managed to move across the left lane and into some side streets to get around the road work. This means for the next week or so I will need to change my route when I go to Huffman.
I stopped at the Huffman Chevron for a short rest, snack and drink before riding the last 11 miles home. While I was there a brand new Mustang pulled in. I should’ve taken a picture of it. The color was a deep pearl but what really stood out was the florescent orange rims and accents. They jumped off the pearl paint. The topper was the lady driving. She was wearing a dress that matched the florescent orange. She and the Mustang were one.
During the ride home from Huffman I felt a few rain drops when I was riding on Atascocita Shore Drive and Kings River Driver. Not many drops. When I reached Town Center in Kingwood the streets were slightly damp and north of Kingwood Drive it had rained heavily while I was gone. After reaching home at 6:00 I hosed down the Stradalli from the road spray. As I write this I can hear thunder in the background. The forecast says rain is possible Friday morning.
July biking came in above my 716 mile goal with a total of 837.44 miles for the month. I was too pessimistic on what I could do, I guess. Some other statistics for July:
- biked 24 days out of 31 (I might have increased the riding days if we had not went to Florida for 4 days)
- my average ride was 34.89 miles long
- I rode a total of 53 hours and 5 minutes
- my average speed was 15.8 mph
- my longest ride was 48.57 miles
- my shortest ride was 15.62 miles
- my highest average speed was 16.4 mph
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