As planned today’s bike ride on the “Kingwood-E Lake Houston Pkwy Fire Station” route was shorter than usual coming in at 23.5 miles. I left at 10:59 and finished at 12:42. Along the ride I saw several other cyclists but one in particular hung around. Biking west over Lake Houston on FM1960 I heard a different a strange sound from behind me on the left. Looking behind I didn’t see anything but looking in my mirror I caught a quick glimpse of a bike helmet and as the biker passed he was talking or singing. He rode a Cervelo with a full disk rear wheel accounting for some of the strange sounds. Biking with a disk wheel over Lake Houston can be tricky when the wind kicks up but today the wind was out of the east at 8 mph, not too strong. I kept him in sight and saw him turn right onto Atascocita Shores Drive. I expected to lose him but over the rise I passed him as he stopped by the curb checking something. Not too much later he passed me west of Sunny Shores Drive. I still kept him in sight following to W. Lake Houston Parkway and then north. I last saw him as I turned left into Kingwood Greens. He wore a jersey with the number 140.6 incorporated into the graphics. I am not sure what that meant.

No rest stop today with the shorter ride so I turned around at the City of Houston fires station on FM1960 east of E. Lake Houston Parkway. Waiting in the center of FM1960 for traffic to pass before riding west. The traffic light changed to red at E. Lake Houston Parkway and I stopped. When it changed green I started up and looking down on the other side of the intersection I saw what looked like ammunition from a rifle laying on the shoulder, maybe 10 or more pieces. I should’ve turned back and at least took a picture but I didn’t think of that at the time. I started to watch for a police car or deputy sheriff but none crossed my path. Back in Kingwood I stopped at the Houston Police station and told the officer inside about it and he said he would have an officer check it out. Maybe it was a Halloween prop?

Town Center Park was filled with booths so I changed the return route to get around the people and cross Kingwood Drive.

Beautiful fall weather continues making biking exceptional. Below is the weather when I finished the ride.

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