Inspired To Ride Some Hills and Mountains, Oh Wait …
After watching stage 16 of the Tour de France this morning it inspired me to ride some hills and mountains. Oh wait, Houston has no hills or mountains. So I settled for riding the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route for 34.28 miles, a whole lot less than stage 16. My week total stands at 77.13 miles.
Weather during the ride was in the low to mid 90’s but the low humidity and dew point made it feel slightly cooler. I still managed to get salt deposits on my bike shorts and arm sleeves though. Weather at the 11:29 AM start and 2:08 PM finish: start 90 (68% humidity, 78 dew point), a few clouds, wind NE 6 mph. Finish 94 (55% humidity, 75.4 dew point), partly cloudy, wind NE 12 mph. Generally the wind wasn’t a problem except biking across Lake Houston headed east.
My assault on reaching my monthly goal of 700 miles continued. Now over 100 miles ahead of the minimum pace puts me in a good place but “don’t count your chickens before they hatch”.
My Bolt computer arrived at Wahoo today and they are processing the warranty replacement. In the meantime I am getting better acquainted with it’s back up, the Lezyne Macro Plus computer. The live track works nicely and appears to be more consistent than Wahoo’s version. I am not sure about the power readings though. I will do some research.
Link to the bike ride activity on Strava.
