A wobbly breakfast table held me up from starting today’s bike ride until the temperature got hot. I left home at 11:14 AM to ride the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route for a total of 36.00 miles. The table finally bugged enough to try and figure out why it wobble whenever someone leaned down on one end. I tightened two loose bolts but the wobble was still there. Then I took the leaf out and saw a split in some wood allowing the top to move up and down. Elmer’s glue into the crack and maybe that will fix it.

Weather during the bike ride: start 93 (55% humidity, 74.8 dew point), a few clouds, wind NW 8 mph. Finish 98 (35% humidity, 66.0 dew point), partly cloudy, wind SE 6 mph. Thanks to the lower humidity the heat didn’t feel so intense but I knew it was hot.

Yesterday when I was out driving I discovered the detour on the I-69/US59 north bound frontage road was no longer in place. So today I returned to my usual riding route and stayed on the frontage road when I crossed FM 1314. The entrance to Community Drive now comes before going up the incline. I show this in the video. This takes out one of the climbs riding up to the traffic lights at the Grand Parkway intersection.

I stopped at the New Caney Mobil station for ice and water and then in Porter I stopped at the Circle K at FM 1314 for a x-Large Polar Pop Fruit Punch PowerAde. I sat out by the pumps in the shade drinking the PowerAde. It took extra effort to get up and get ready to go out into the sun to continue the ride.

My timing was such that I avoided school dismissal traffic at every school along the route. I finished the ride at 2:26 PM, an hour and 11 minutes later than yesterday’s ride exposing me to more heat.

Saturday I plan on starting much earlier.