The weather warmed up for today’s bike ride but I wasn’t sure why until I passed by the New Caney ISD football stadium on the way back to Kingwood. On the giant scoreboard was the biggest fireplace I think I ever saw. It burned full force with the flames dancing across the screen from the Yule Time screensaver many of us have seen n our computers. With a fire that big no wonder it warmed up the low 60’s yesterday to 74 degrees today!

Punching the start button on the Wahoo Elemnt computer at 11:56 AM I set out to ride the “Kingwood – FM 1485 – Kingwood” route. I didn’t think too much about the two horizontal lines on the Elemnt’s screen where the cadence shows until after I began the ride and the two lines stayed there rather than numbers. I pushed the left side button on the Elemnt to see what sensors connected and the cadence sensor wasn’t connected. I continued riding and decided to circle back home and get a new battery. (After the ride I found that I replaced this battery on 11/3/2019. I think it should have lasted longer. I tested the old battery and it showed low power.) The new battery put the cadence sensor back online and I went back to biking.

Weather during the bike ride: start 70 (73% humidity, 60.6 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SW 9 mph. Finish 74 (55% humidity, 56.7 dew point), partly cloudy, wind SW 8 mph. Being cautious I probably over dressed some with shorts, leg warmers, thermal long jersey, and jacket. I didn’t feel overly hot during the ride but near the end of the ride I looked at the jacket sleeve and saw spots where moisture came through. What started as a mostly cloudy ride changed to partly cloudy by the time I finished at 2:28 PM. Saturday’s weather looks like a repeat and I plan on biking.