Second day in a row with a start time before 9 AM at 8:54 AM. The secret is to not watch bike racing before starting my bike ride. I watch them when i get back home. Today I rode north over Caney Creek and then back to the south through Valley Ranch, Oakhurst, Kings Manor, and into Kingwood. I call this route “Kingwood – FM1485 – Kingwood”. I biked 31.83 miles, about the average for this route. This is a popular route for me with 12 rides so far in 2021. The week now totals 186.19 miles leaving 14 miles for a 200+ mile week. I rode my Lynskey R300 bike which is up 5,038 miles on the odometer. 441.17 miles so far in August, 55% of the way to my 800 mile goal.

Below is a comparison of YTD miles from 2011 through 2021. Currently 2021 leads 2020 by 14 miles and all other years by much bigger differences as show by the red numbers on the right.

With the early start the sky was not cloudy but as the ride progressed clouds gathered with some looking laden with some rain. I finished at 11:32 AM without any rain falling. I could’ve finished sooner but I stopped to talk to a Tachus employee about the status of running fiber optic internet cable on my street. Weather conditions: start 86 (77% humidity, 77.9 dew point), partly cloudy, wind SE 4 mph; finish 86 (71% humidity, 75.6 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind variable 4 mph. Not much wind which is a blessing but maybe a few more mph would helped with the cooling as I rode.

I am enjoying the smooth silent ride on the Lynskey R300 since I installed the the Robert Axle Project Lightning through axles.