When I woke up this morning it looked like rain coming my direction but by 9:48 AM when I started the bike ride it moved to the northeast. I chose the “Kingwood – FM 1485 – Kingwood” route riding to the north and back for a total of 32.3 miles. The Canyon Endurace CF SLX carried me and after the 12:18 PM finished I decided to wax the chain. Some squeaks from the chain signaled me it was time. The last time was April 14th at 15,881 miles and today the Canyon has 17,588. 1,700 miles is about right between waxing. I prefer wax over other chain lubes because it isn’t messy.

Today was the 9th time biking this route. This ride was slightly longer than the others because I added to the route at the beginning and end. 9 times I rode the Canyon Endurace and 3 times on the Lynskey R300.

Weather conditions: start 85 (85% humidity, 80.3 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind W 5 mph. Finish 88 (76% humidity, 79.7 dew point), overcast, wind SW 10 mph. The humidity made for a muggy ride. After getting home taking my bike shorts off was like getting out of the pool, it clung to me. Wind was friendly today.