Due to an afternoon appointment for a haircut I started today’s bike ride a little earlier than usual for a weekday with wheels rolling at 10:40 AM. I chose a slightly shorter route with “Kingwood – FM1485 – Kingwood” riding 31.65 miles. This is about a mile longer than the typical bike ride on this route. So far in 2020 I rode this route 8 times, 5 times on the Canyon Endurace CF SLX and 3 times on the Lynskey R300. Today I rode the Lynskey R300. A summary of those bike rides below.

Weather at the beginning looked iffy with a fine mist off and on until I reached Woodridge Forest. After that some of the roads were damp on the edge but dry where traffic traveled. I washed the Lynskey after the ride because of the grit and mud picked up on the damp to wet shoulders, mostly north of Community Drive. Overall weather during the bike ride: start 77 (90% humidity, 73.8 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 8 mph. Finish 86 (64% humidity, 72.4 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 10 mph. Today I wore shorts and a short sleeve jersey, no long sleeve jersey this time, and I felt comfortable. Probably the light wind and higher humidity helped my comfort. By the time I finished at 1:17 PM the threat of rain vanished. I have an opportunity to ride 200+ miles this week if the weather cooperates.

I continue to search for an audio solution in the video. Today I used the GoPro, the GoPro mic adapter, and a USB-C microphone. This did not work except for one clip when I slowed down on Loop 494 at the bridge closed barriers. That is why the video has music instead of my voice. I will continue to try different settings. I think I need to select which mic picks up the sound.

With the earlier start and shorter route I passed Pat’s donuts in Porter before they closed. I tried to resist but one of the two remaining apple fritters called my name so I stopped and bought it. I waited until after finishing the bike ride to eat it. I was hoping they would give the other one since closing time was about 40 minutes away but not today.