Another October week begins with warm weather fitting for a great bike ride. I selected the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route and rode 33.34 miles. Weather during the bike ride: start 86 (75% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind ?. Finish 89 (64% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind SE 16 mph. The wind at the start of the ride wasn’t available due to the NOAA website being down but my home weather station showed 2.5 mph.

The ride began at 10:36 am as I rolled out the driveway. Today traffic was light probably because schools and most government offices closed for Columbus Day. No other cyclists out along the route either.

Getting to Tavola wasn’t too hard with the wind helping from the back. Expecting that to change on the way back I was surprised to find the wind not holding me back so much. I built up my overall average speed to 14.1 mph and held it there until I got back to Kingwood. I finished the ride at 1:05 pm and now need to catch up on the Astros vs. Indians baseball game.

After finishing the bike ride I looked at the weather radar and it looks like I missed some rain back towards Roman Forest and Tavola. Good timing for a change.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary