Two Ghost Bikes, Ride of Silence
Late start on today’s bike (12:46 pm) after church. I selected a shorter route, “Atascocita – Walden – E. Lake Houston Parkway”, which I biked for 27.78 miles. This moved the week’s total to 210.82 miles, the second week in a row of 200+ miles. May is up to 172.14 miles with a 660 mile goal.
When I got to Town Center Park in Kingwood a car show filled the streets surrounding so I rode around it. The car show takes place two times a year. I guess I missed the announcement. The variety of cars is big and usually the local Shelby Cobra club has a number of cars on display. On the return trip the show was till going on.
Weather during the bike ride: start 88 (47% humidity), few clouds, wind NE 7 mph. Finish 87 (50% humidity), few clouds, wind 6 mph. I think of this as “beach” weather even though Kingwood is 60 miles from Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. The light breeze and comfortable temperature made riding great. I wore a short sleeve jersey and shorts.
As I rode through Walden and Atascocita on the way to FM 1960 I started to see pink “RouteArrows” on the street. I was not aware of a bike ride or other event yesterday or today and I didn’t see any sign that might give a clue. These continued going east over Lake Houston until one point to the right to go on Fairlake Drive. My route went straight at that point.
The Ride Silence is coming up on May 16th. Sadly there are two ghost bikes on FM 1960, one on the west side of Lake Houston and one at the FM 1960 and E. lake Houston Parkway intersection. I took these photos today. Both happened in 2016.
The ride back from the turn around point went quickly with the wind not posing a problem. My legs were up to the task and I built my average speed up to 14.6 mph before it slowly fell once I was back in Kingwood. I finished the bike ride at 2:51 pm.
More fantastic biking weather next week with the temperature probably hitting 90+ for the first time this year. I am loving it!!
SportTracks Bike Ride Summary
