I want my ride videos and blog posts to inspire people to get on their bike and ride. It doesn’t have to be like my rides.

Normally on Saturday I try to start my rides around 8 AM but today the temperature was below 60 then so I waited until 9:10 AM to mount my Canyon Endurace and roll away. Starting later I thought I might have missed seeing other cyclists but that wasn’t the case. I rode my typical Saturday route, “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden”. I needed 12 miles to hit 200 for the week and 15 miles to reach my 700 mile goal for September. I accomplished both riding 32.56 miles today. 7 times I biked this route in 2021. YTD I am at 7,492 miles.

I dressed warmer than other rides this week with a long sleeve jersey under my short sleeve jersey. It replaced my arm sleeves. I’m glad I made that choice at the beginning because the shade felt chilly. When I finished at 11:44 AM the temperature had not moved above the upper 70’s. Lots of sun made for a gorgeous day to ride. The weather summary for the bike ride: start 69 (76% humidity, 62 dew point), a few clouds, wind var 5 mph; finish 78 (52% humidity, 59 dew point), a few clouds, wind calm.

Last night I applied Chain L #5 chain lube to the Canyon Endurace. Recently the chain made noise and I wondered if putting the Chain L #5 on would reduce the noise. It ran smooth and quiet during the bike ride. The drawback is if I need to touch the chain I will get black marks on my fingers. I wax my chains to reduce that problem.

The light wind helped my legs keep power flowing even crossing Lake Houston.