Not the End of the Bike Ride Season Here
This morning as I looked at the Bikeforms.net posts one poster said he stored his bikes for the end of bike ride season and asked what now (I didn’t look to see where he was at). Thankfully I have not stored my bike. The weather is still warm (81 degrees today) and I am riding. Today’s bike ride went on the “New Caney – Roman Forest Loop – Valley Ranch” route for a total of 40.00 miles. A great start for the week. The ride started at 11:47 and I finished at 2:54. The mostly cloudy sky meant the sun couldn’t heat the air completely so at times I felt a coolness in the air particularly in the shade.
Traffic was light riding north to Roman Forest and while I rode the loop into Roman Forest. Riding around Tavola I saw a couple of homes under construction and when I exited back onto Roman Forest Blvd. a new convenience store was pouring concrete in front of the building and around the pumps. A lot of concrete. At the entrance on Roman Forest Blvd. another building is under construction too but it is too early to make out what it will be. Where I turn around on Dogwood Lane in Roman Forest a new school is being built on the old Aiken Elementary school land. I am guessing this will be a middle school.
Setting a good pace the wind did not interfere too much as I rode south along I-69 to Valley Ranch where I made a right turn to go to the Stripes station at FM1314. I built up my average speed to 15.4 mph when I arrived at the Stripes station.
Arriving at 1:44 I left at 2:05 after quickly eating a Kashi Trail Mix bar and a package of animal crackers. I skipped the Gatorade and drank water. While I was at Stripes a man who was pumping gas near where I was standing started up a conversation and we chatted for a few minutes until he finished.
The New Caney ISD schools were not in class today so traffic at the schools in Briar Tree and Kings Manor was not a problem even though I rode by them at the usual heavy traffic time. I read that they would out on one of the message boards last week. Teh Bear Branch Elementary school was not let yet when I rode by there.
More weather like today for the rest of the week which means more bike riding for me.
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