After watching stage 1 of the Binck Bank Tour from Belgium I got ready to ride with wheels down at 10:06 am. I didn’t ride on Sunday as planned but even if I had wanted to ride it rained as I got home from church. No rain problem for today’s bike ride which more than I can say for Binck Bank tour. It rained heavy for almost the whole stage until the last few kilometers.

Selecting the “New Caney – Roman Forest – Valley Ranch” route I biked 43.24 miles getting the week off to a good start. This improved August to 412.89 miles, leaving 387.1 miles to reach my goal of 800 miles.

Weather during the bike ride: start 86 (78% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind S 10 mph. Finish 93 (57% humidity), partly cloudy, wind SE 12 mph, gusts 17 mph. Rain probability goes down this week and it may be a couple of degrees cooler than normal. Good for bicycling.

School starts a week from today so traffic will pick up around the schools I ride by. Not a problem today though.

As I rode out of Roman Forest I took these photos.

After exiting Roman Forest my next stop was at the New Caney Mobil station at FM 1485 and I-69/US59 to refill my water bottle with ice and water. From there I rode south and into Valley Ranch behind the shopping center and New Caney ISD football stadium which become active again soon. Winding through Valley Ranch I biked back to I-69/US59 to ride south on the service road to the first entrance to Oakhurst. I was going to stop at the pool for a rest break but changed my mind and bicycled to the south Oakhurst Park and Pool. The Wahoo ride summary when I stopped.

Sitting in the shade at the park cooled me down some but I drank most of my water meaning another stop before getting back into Kingwood. This photo shows where I rested.

Leaving the park I rode south to Northpark Drive and went east to the Circle K/Valero station to refill the water bottle. I didn’t stay there long and headed to the I-69/US59 frontage road to bike to Kingwood Drive and make the u-turn to enter Kings Manor and then Kingwood. From there the ride went smoothly and I finished at 1:52 pm.

TickrFit HR monitor is still not working but I did hear from Wahoo Fitness with a couple of suggestions: clean the contacts with alcohol which I did and then use the Wahoo Fitness app to see if it is charging. At first it didn’t appear to charge but checking now it has charged from 40% to 49% in 30 minutes. That seems slow to what it sued to do. Maybe a warranty replacement is in order.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary