Gum Gully Bike Ride, Not Stuck
One year ago today I was biking the Florida keys. I took two days and the first day I biked from Key Largo to Marathon where I spent the night with my wife. Today I bicycled the “Kingwood – Hare Cook Road – Kingwood” route at home for a total of 44.78 miles. The weather during the ride: start 88 (55% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind S 9 mph. Finish 90 (44% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind S 9 mph.
Now that the weather has stabilized around 90 degrees with sunshine my riding attire consists of shorts and a short sleeve jersey with sunscreen.
The ride started at 11:05 am but I wanted to start earlier since it was a rest day for the Giro d”Italia. The delay was from watching a podcast that lasted longer than I thought it would.
Out on the road nothing out of the ordinary except for a young man riding a mountain bike on Old Atascocita Road at the railroad crossing. Later on FM 2100 when I was riding north from Hare Cook Road I passed him again. Apparently when I went straight on Old Atascocita Road when I crossed FM 2100 he must have turned right onto FM 2100. I waved both times when I passed him.
On Old Atascocita Road east of FM 2100 I stopped at Gum Gully and took these photos. In the first photo way in the distance the road comes to a “T” intersection where I turned right.
The lush brush to the right of the bike helped shield me from the wind up to that point. Not too far after this spot I was out in the open where the wind tried to slow me down. The grass farms keep the trees cut down which might form a wind break.
On Ramsey Road riding south I had a headwind dropping my average speed down some until I made the right turn onto Stroker Road. Drinking some cool water at the turn helped to revive my pedaling as I headed to the left turn to ride into the wind again. Miller Wilson Road had more trees which held up the wind some but I could tell the difference when the route moved to Hare Cook Road going to the west. On Fm 2100 the tailwind was more pronounced helping me ride to Huffman.
At Huffman I decided to take a break at the Chevron station to refill my water bottle and eat a couple of granola bars. This was at the 33 mile point. This is what the Elemnt computer recorded up to there.
Cold water tasted good as I sat on a plastic milk crate in the shade. After about 20 minutes I was back on the bike to ride back to Kingwood and finish the bike ride. I made it to Kingwood Drive with a few minutes to spare before the high school traffic let loose. Winding through the side streets I finished the bike ride at 2:39 pm.
The other day I wrote about my home weather station failure. On Saturday the replacement Ambient Weather station arrived and I installed it yesterday (Sunday). It is up and running reporting to Wunderground.com. The home weather at the start and finish with the new station. I use the wind data from the airport because of the trees affect the wind in Kingwood.
More dry hot weather on tap for Tuesday. Good for biking.
SportTracks Bike Ride Summary
