A change of pace on today’s ride. I rode my Motobecane 700HT on the Kingwood greenbelt trails. The trails I chose took me by most of the Kingwood village pools where a few people were getting the last swim in before they close for the season. I rode 20.38 miles among trees with darting squirrels every so often. The squirrels managed to avoid my spinning wheels thankfully.

Summer only lasts another 2 weeks so I thought it would be cooling down at least a tiny bit but when I got ready to walk to the garage (12:22) I looked at my home weather station and 100 degrees. It dropped to 99 as I watched but that is still hot. BY the time I got back home (2:23) it had “cooled” to 98. Riding on the trails in the shade helped to keep me somewhat cooler but I still drank a full water bottle and stopped at the Greentree Village pool to top of the water.

Earlier I rode through Kingwood Park at the southern end of Woodland Hills Drive. A bunch of cars and trucks were parked with empty boat trailers with the occupants out on San Jacinto river and Lake Houston enjoying the sun and heat. I took these pictures.

In the second picture there is a boat moving beyond the sandbar with some people and their dog on the sandbar.

I circled through the park and headed north back onto the trails. As I rode the trails there were a number of walkers and other bike riders. One group coming towards me on the trail near the Kings forest Village pool had 5 or 6 riders in jerseys. A couple were on road bikes and I could hear the leading woman telling the other people about the trails. Later as I rode along side Kingwood Drive east of W. Lake Houston Parkway I caught with a man and woman riding the same direction. I waited for a place to announce “on your left” but the traffic drowned out my voice. As I rode behind then I couldn’t help but notice the rear wheel of the woman’s bike had a severe wobble. I rode behind them for about a mile until I turned into a church parking lot and circled around it to give them time to get further ahead of me. I got back on the trail but I caught up with them at one of the traffic lights. After going through the intersection I found a spot to yell “on your left” and startled the woman. They moved over and I passed. After that there weren’t many encounters with other riders. A couple of times i came around curves in the trails to greet other bikers coming. Fortunately we were keeping to the right and passed without issues.

The Motobecane has disc brakes and the front disc was not adjusted correctly. When I squeeze the lever the brake engages but does not slow the bike by itself. This was a problem when I exited a trail to cross the street to continue the trail. I saw a car approaching from the right and slowed to let him pass but on my left the trees blocked my view until I was at the street. The brakes would stop in time if I rode straight so I turned to the right along the curb as the car passed on my left. They slowed down as the passed which helped. When I got home I looked at the disc brakes and figured out how to tighten the action. Now the brake lever stops the front wheel from turning.

Tomorrow I am back on the road bike riding to reach my 340 mile goal for September. As of today I am at 206.67 miles.

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