As promised the front arrived around 9 AM with rain and some wind. It lasted about an hour and I delayed the start of today’s bike ride until 1:22 PM to allow the streets to dry some and the temperature to recover to 70. With the late start I wouldn’t have enough time to ride too far so I shortened a route creating a new name but based on streets I ride often. The new route, “Forest Cove – Oakhurst – Kingwood”. It consists of Kingwood streets, the San Jacinto Bayou Greenway, roads to and west of US59. In the video I guess how long the ride would be and miss by almost 10 miles. The ride actually was 24.05 miles long. This put October 2021 miles above October 2020’s 822 miles with 835.65 miles. October 2019 was 625.7 miles.

With the wind and some sun the roads dried pretty quickly. Unlike the 2 days I missed earlier in October due to rain today the rain came and went leaving time to ride. I finished at 3:13 PM. Tonight the temperature may drop into the 50’s which might delay the start of tomorrow’s ride until it warms up. The wind was challenging today whenever I rode in a direction with a “W” in it. Conversely most other directions a tailwind helped me pedal the Lynskey R300 bike.

Weather condition summary: start 69 (humidity 83%, dew point 64), mostly cloudy, wind W 8 mph; finish 75 (humidity 63%, dew point 62), partly cloudy, wind NW 12 mph.

I changed my outfit some to offset the cooler wind. I wore shorts, a long sleeve jersey under a short sleeve jersey. This kept me comfortable when I hit the headwind and shade. Maybe a little overkill when I rode in the sun.

Four top results according to Strava:

• PR on Crystal Springs to Hamblen (Rivergrove) (4:07)
• 2nd fastest time on Super Secret 4×4 Shortcut (1:07)
• 2nd fastest time on Barrington to River Grove (2:17)
• 3rd fastest time on Crystal Springs to Barrington (1:30)