No flat on today’s bike ride following the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route. Instead there was warmer weather, less wind and some pretty flowers. I biked 35.31 miles improving April to 333.3 miles headed towards my 600 mile goal. This time I stopped on the I-69/US59 north service road south of Porter and took these two photos (I need to remember to get my finger away from the lens).

I waited for the traffic to pass and stepped a few feet out into the road. I should’ve stopped earlier to get some purple flowers photos as well.

The weather during the bike ride: start 76 (39% humidity), clear, wind S 8 mph. Finish 79 (37% humidity), clear, wind var 5 mph, gusts 17 mph. I started riding at 12:08 pm and finished at 2:39 pm. I dressed lighter than Sunday’s ride. Today I wore shorts, long sleeve jersey, short sleeve jersey and half finger gloves.

With the wind not so strong I managed to get my average speed up to 15.0 mph and hold from Roman Forest Blvd. biking south to Kings Manor where I entered the Kingwood residential area.

The PowerPod was acting up on this ride. It connected to the Elemnt computer but would not show any watts on the Elemnt. I tried several pushes of the “start” button on the PowerPod with no change. The thing that worked was to hold the PowerPod start button for 15 to 20 seconds and then it started sending data but the first burst showed 16,800+ watts which I wish I could produce but no way. Except for that burst the watts look normal from then to the end of the ride. This happens on some rides but not with any predictive cycle.

More warm weather this week until Saturday. I plan on biking Tuesday with 80+ degrees and no rain.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary