I managed to leave home at 10:31 proving I can start a bike ride before 11 AM. My plan was to ride the “Stroker Road – Huffman” route and possibly take pictures of other bicyclists. This didn’t get off to a good start as the first biker passed me riding on the trail along Kingwood Drive. I didn’t see him soon enough to stop and take that picture as he rode by. The next cyclist I met was on Old Atascocita Road east of FM 2100 and I missed that picture too. Number three was not far behind this one and I got my phone out in time and snapped a picture but he almost got out of the shot because my phone was slow taking it and this is what it looked like.

Old Atascocita Road East of FM 2100 pic.twitter.com/szylMn4FDo

— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) April 15, 2017

As he rode by he asked if I was okay and I said yes. From there I rode to Ramsey Road and turned right. About a mile after that the next biker passed but I didn’t see him in time but I thought I could take a picture of the rider that was following but I was too slow again. I need a better plan of action.

The weather was nice for riding with the temperature in the low to mid 80’s, partly cloudy sky and a south 10 mph wind. The wind was a problem riding south on Ramsey Road but the rest of the rime isn’t too bad. The wind helped me ride north from Stroker Road to Huffman where I took a 15 minute rest stop at the Chevron station before riding the last 11+ miles to the end of the ride at 1:46 PM I refilled my water bottle and ate a trail mix bar at the station letting the cool breeze dry my long sleeve jersey out some. I was glad I chose the long sleeve jersey because the wind had a chill to it.

At the end of the ride I looked at my Elemnt computer and was surprised to see my max speed was 77.4 mph. I can’t remember biking that fast. Strava calculated a more realistic 20.1 mph as my max speed.

Link to RideWithGPS.com data and map.

Strava.com Extended Statistics

Golden Cheetah Ride Summary