It isn’t very often that I do a point to point bike ride but today was one of them. Yesterday I drove my Jeep Wrangler to Martin Jeep in Cleveland for the passenger airbag inflator factory recall. I got a shuttle ride back home and when they said it would be finished on Friday I planned to bike ride to pick it.

Starting out at 11:35 am I rode north into a headwind that wanted to slow me down but I pedaled hard and built my average speed up to 14.8 mph even with the wind. This one ride that I wouldn’t enjoy the tailwind when I reversed course.

The weather was a little cooler than I prefer at the start causing me to wear a long sleeve jersey and a short sleeve jersey. A good choice and I was comfortable temperature wise. The weather during the bike ride: start 75 (55% humidity), clear, wind 7 mph. Finish 79 (49% humidity), clear, wind N 9 mph, gusts 20 mph. Notice how the wind got stronger towards the end pf the bike ride. I hoped for some relief when I turned east onto SH 105 but the side wind was almost as resistance as the headwind.

On Fostoria Road I had a dog accompany but not quite a dog chase. I was on the right side of the two lane road and the large brown dog was running in the grass on the left side of the road barking some. At first I thought he would cross the road to come towards me but he stayed on the left. Back about a hundred feet another dog was racing to the brown dog barking but I sped up and left them to bark as I rode away.

When I got to SH 105 TXDot was working on the right turn lane coming from the left moving traffic to the lane next to it. Waiting for the light to change too some time with the backup. Once I was biking on SH 105 I stopped and took these photos.

Lots of wildflowers on both sides of the road. You can see the surface change a few feet east of the Liberty County line and it signaled a shift from smooth asphalt to rough and knarly chip and seal. That was the shoulder until I hit the Cleveland city limit and it went back to asphalt but not as smooth as the Montgomery County road. The Canyon handled the rough shoulder well allowing me to keep my teeth from banging together.

Arriving at the dealership at 1:41 pm I went inside and go the paperwork and key before loading the Canyon in the Jeep. I was hoping to leave the front wheel on and just remove the back wheel but it wouldn’t fit so both came off. Changing my jerseys for a t-shirt I began the drive back home.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary