A pleasant change in the weather after rain during the night awaited the start of today’s bike ride. With the temperature staying around 71 degrees I decided to not rush to start. I got ready and rolled away to begin the bike ride at 10:25 AM. I chose the ” New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route going north into a 10 mph headwind. But it didn’t seem very strong compared to yesterday’s 23 mph gusts. I varied a few streets on the route and ended up riding 35.55 miles, about what I guessed in the video. I rode my Canyon Endurace bike today. 14 times I biked this route so far in 2021, eight of those on my Canyon Endurace bike.

With the complimentary weather and light tailwind I hit 14.3 mph as the overall average speed on the way back to Kingwood. Depending on which direction you looked the sky was blue or dappled with clouds. Weather summary: start 74 (70% humidity, 64 dew point), partly cloudy, wind N 10 mph; finish 79 (59% humidity, 63 dew point), partly cloudy, wind variable 4 mph. When I finished at 1:03 PM I was surprised the temperature had not made it to 80 degrees.

E. Knox Drive between Loop 494 and the US59 frontage road has numerous potholes and cracks. Maybe someday Montgomery County will resurface it. The rest of the roads are in decent condition.