New bike jersey day on today’s bike ride. You can see the short sleeve jersey in the video.

As I waited for the temperature to get warmer this morning I ate breakfast, watched the Tour of The Alps and Ronde de Mouscron bike races. I got ready and rolled away on the Cervelo Caledonia at 11:09 AM. I wanted to start the week with a bang and chose the “New Caney – Roman Forest – Valley Ranch” route. This is a 40+ mile bike ride and today I stretched it to 42.3 miles. I rode this route one time so far this year on March 14th. That ride was about a mile shorter and the average speed was a little slower.

Strong wind returned today which slowed the ride heading north to Roman Forest but helped me on the return to Kingwood. I dressed for some chill with shorts, long sleeve T-shirt, and the new Primal Backstitch short sleeve jersey. Until I warmed up about 15 minutes into the bike ride it felt chilly into the headwind and shade. Once I warmed up I was okay. Weather conditions: start 71 (humidity 64%, dew point 58), fair, wind N 16 mph gusts 25 mph; finish 77 (humidity 56%, dew point 60), fair, wind N 13 mph gusts 22 mph.

The Rival AXS components powered the Cervelo Caledonia into the wind and tailwind. I didn’t shift the RD much today with 27 gear changes. Riding time in the 35×15 gears was 1:45:32 and the 35×13 trailed that with 1:03:05. The total riding time was 3:08:48. Normalized Power® 116 W, Elevation Gain 95 ft, Average Speed 14 mph, Average Heart Rate 121 bpm from the AXS.SRAM.com ride report.

The ride video is longer than normal because I forgot to turn off the GoPro twice. I’m still adjusting the GoPro Garmin mount position. The GoPro wasn’t tight enough in the adapter tilting forward after I rode over a bump.