End 2021 Biking Kingwood Streets and San Jacinto Bayou Greenway
The last bike ride of 2021 began at 10:44 AM. I wasn’t going on a long bike ride because this afternoon at 2:30 PM the University of Cincinnati Bearcats play football and I didn’t want to be late. The route covered some Kingwood streets, greenbelt trails and the San Jacinto Bayou Greenway for a total of 19.69 miles, longer than I guessed it would be. With the football game I wore my UC Bearcats cycling jersey complementing red trimmed shorts and the Canyon Endurace bike.
December weather continued to be warm making for a great bike ride. I finished at 12:24 PM with the temperature at 80. The wind increased a couple of mph from the start but not really a problem. Weather summary: start 77 (humidity 83%, dew point 71), mostly cloudy, wind S 7 mph; finish 80 (humidity 74%, dew point 71), mostly cloudy, wind SW 9 mph.
It has been a great month and year though I missed a week of biking this month due to sickness. Below are summaries of the month and year.
12-31-2021 December Bike Rides Summary 
12-31-2021 SportTracks Year Bike Rides Summary
I exceeded all of my goals for months and the year except for Zwift miles where I fell 49 miles short. The reason Zwift miles fell short was all of the warm December weather and biking outside rather than bad weather and indoors. 298 rides leaves 67 days not riding. The 15 non-mileage workouts are maintenance entries into SportTracks.
One statistic I recorded was the bike shorts I wore on each ride. The reason I started recording this was the Bellwether Endurance Gel shorts didn’t seem to last and I wanted to keep track of usage to see if I was right. I made a change about mid year to Primal Prisma shorts which seem to be more durable and comfortable. I use 5 pairs of Prisma shorts. The breakdown by pair:
- Primal Obsidian Prisma Shorts 6-21-2021 29 rides
- Primal Pink Floyd Prisma shorts 6-4-2021 30 rides
- Primal Ebony Men’s Red Prisma Shorts 12-14-2019 39 rides
- Primal Prisma Ebony Red Shorts 7-4-2021 30 rides
- Primal Obsidian Prisma Shorts 8-16-2021 20 rides
Miles by bike: Canyon Endurace start of the year 20199 miles, end of year 25588 miles. Lynskey R300 start of the year 3020 miles, end of the year 6349 miles. I use the Blue Norcross AL for Zwift for 751 miles.