I surprised myself by starting today’s bike ride at 7:46 AM. I wanted to get an early start to see other cyclists along the route. I rode the usual Saturday route, “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” on my Cervelo Caledonia bike. At the start I needed 20 miles to reach 200+ for the week and I biked 33.45 miles so I accomplished that. I saw other cyclists and some of them are in the video. There was a group of 6 to 8 passing me near the end of the ride but my GoPro camera froze so I didn’t record them. They may have been from Trek Bicycle Kingwood or Kingwood Bicycles. A minute or so later 2 more passed.

Biking this route on Saturdays I used it 13 times in 2022, 12 of the rides have been on my Cervelo. I change the order of some roads to get to FM 1960 earlier than the other route and then cross Lake Houston to improve my chances of seeing other cyclists.

With the early start the weather hadn’t warmed too much. I thought the wind would stay in the single digits but riding west back over Lake Houston it felt strong and I was using the easier 35×15 gearing. When I got home I saw there were 21 mph gusts and I changed my mind on how my legs were handling the wind. Riding east enjoyed a tailwind most of the time. I used the 35×13 gearing most of the ride according to AXS.SRAM.com at 1:15:11 compared to 56:45 for the 35×15. Below is the cadence data. Weather at the start and finish: start 81 (humidity 90%, dew point 77), partly cloudy, wind SW 4 mph; finish 88 (humidity 67%, dew point 76), mostly cloudy, wind W 12 mph gusts 21 mph.