Not sure if I can comprehend three days in a row with the temperature in the upper 70’s or higher. Unfortunately I didn’t get to ride yesterday (Thursday) but instead I spent time with my wife. Today I got on the Stradalli Red Pro 14 and headed out on the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route for a 34.84 mile bike ride. I left at 11:27 am and it looked like the sun might hang around but as the ride progressed the clouds rolled in and the sky turned overcast. It was 80 degrees (73% humidity) and the wind was light though my legs might argue with it only being 5 mph from the west.

After exchanging emails with the PowerPod support person I think I found my problem. The PowerPod supports up to 4 profiles. Within each profile it lists the specific speed and cadence sensor id numbers. When I changed bikes with only one profile the wireless id’s were different on each bike which caused the PowerPod think I had new wireless sensors and would update the profile. I created a second profile with the sensor id’s for the Stradalli and verified the wireless id’s in the Blue Norcross profile. Now once the bike sensors connect to the PowerPod it will select the corresponding profile and the wireless sensors should connect. On today’s ride I had to do the 1 to 100 countup setup because the profile for the Stradalli was new but once that was complete the PowerPod communicated with the Elemnt computer. The test will be the next bike ride, hopefully on Saturday, weather permitting. Maybe I got this figured out.

Two other cyclists passed me riding west on Old Atascocita Road west of FM 2100 while rode to the east. I waved and they waved back. Later when I rode west over Lake Houston I passed a casual cyclist riding a MTB going the same direction. Biking across Lake Houston was hard with the wind in my face.

It was good to be back on the road in weather warm enough I didn’t have to dress so heavily. I thought biking over Lake Houston might be chilly with the wind cooling over the water so I wore a long sleeve jersey topped with short sleeve one with shorts. It wasn’t that chilly over the water but I was okay with the choice.

I finished the bike ride at 2:02 pm. The temperature dipped to 78 (75% humidity) by then. A mild cool front is supposed to arrive sometime between this evening and Saturday morning. Not sure how this will affect my bike ride.

Link to Strava ride summary

SportTracks Ride Summary