No wet streets on today’s bike ride but the sky still had some dark clouds hanging around. I rolled out on the bike ride at 10:51 AM heading north on my “New Caney – Roman Forest Blvd – Oakhurst” route. I needed to ride at least 21 miles to reach my 660 mile goal for May. I accomplished that biking 33.7 miles and May now totals 673.69 miles. The last 10 days or so has been challenging getting to that goal with all of the rain. 2021 YTD miles trails 2020 by 159, about the same as yesterday.

Today’s bike ride weather conditions: start 81 (78% humidity, 73.4 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 7 mph; finish 84 (73% humidity, 74.4 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 7 mph. The humidity and dew point make for a sticky ride. Sometimes it felt like swimming.

I altered the starting 4 to 5 miles of the ride and reminded myself why I don’t ride that direction. I waited for the traffic light at Hidden Pines Drive and Northpark Drive several cycles for a green light and finally when the traffic was gone I rode across Northpark. The sensors cannot detect a bike, especially a carbon fiber one. I rode my Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike today.

The bike ride ended at 1:40 PM with mixed sky. To the south dark clouds hung while to the north some blue sky showed through.