More summer heat for today’s bike ride. I left at 10:22 AM to ride the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route. Weather during the ride: start 91 (68% humidity, 79.3 dew point), partly cloudy, wind calm. Finish 92 (60% humidity, 76.2 dew point), partly cloudy, wind calm.

The ride totaled 33.39 miles, a mile or so shorter than normal because I left a couple streets out to get back home in time for an appointment. I am up to 121.73 miles for the week and 335.41 miles for the month; 42% of my goal for July.

With the heat I stopped two times for ice and water; the Mobil station in New Caney and the Stripes station on FM 1314.

The last few rides I noticed some wildflowers growing along the roads and I don’t think to take photos. By now the mowers have been through once and the tall wildflowers have been cut.

I finished the ride at 1:05 PM. Biking time: 2:31:56.

Last night I replaced the Ultegra R8000 pedals on my Canyon endurace CF SLX with a new pair. I think the clipping in and out went smoother. The old pedals had 11,400+ miles on them plus a couple of crashes on the sides.

Thursday looks good for biking.