The weather warmed up compared to yesterday, Easter Sunday. It hovered around 60 degrees then and threatened light rain. Today it was 82 degrees when I finished the ride at 3:06 and the sky was mostly cloudy. I did get a few sprinkles while I was on Fairlake Drive on the east side of Lake Houston but it last 2 or 3 minutes. Looking at the weather before I left home at 12:10 the wind was going to be a problem. It was from the SSE at 17 mph with 22 mph gusts. I could tell the wind was strong as I headed south on the usual “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route. I had difficulty getting above 17 mph but it was residential streets until I reached the west entrance to FM1960 over Lake Houston. I shifted to a smaller gear on the rear cassette as I rode east. I was able to ride at 19 to 20 mph and slowly increased my average speed. I never got it above 15.0 mph on the 32.86 mile route. For a long time after leaving the Huffman Chevron headed home I kept the average speed at 14.9 mph thanks to some side wind. Once I got into Kingwood the starts and stops pulled it down to 14.8 mph for the overall ride.

Several othr bikers were out. I saw some within the first 2 miles in Elmgrove Village in Kingwood. Later on the W. Lake Houston Parkway bridge over the San Jacinto another biker caught up with. I was on the main road shoulder and he was on the sidewalk to my right. We exchanged waves and stayed together for a few hundred feet until he had to slow for a jogger.

No dogs on today’s ride. I don’t miss them.  Tomorrow the weather looks favorable for biking: 86 degrees and overcast.

Weather while at the Huffman Chevron

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