It’s been almost a month since I checked on the progress at the railroad overpass on Timber Forest Drive in Balmoral. I decided today was where i would bike to see how it was going. I got a late start at 10:09 AM from catching up on Texas bicycling news while I was away in Galveston yesterday. I rode my Lynskey Helix bike on the Atascocita -Balmoral – Walden route. Typically this route is 34 to 35 miles and today I rode 35.1 miles. So far this year I rode this route 11 times and most of them have been on Thursday for some reason. The video shows the railroad overpass construction. The Balmoral Blue Lagoon looks so finished and the railroad overpass so unfinished. What takes so long?

I’m making good progress for a 200 mile week with 149.03 miles so far. September is looking good as well with 514.59 miles or 71% of my 720 mile goal. Year to date 2022 stands at 7,250 miles exceeding 2021’s 7,127 miles and 2020’s 7,005 miles.

Since Monday’s minor cool front I’ve enjoyed below normal humidity, dew point, early morning temperatures. Those held for today’s bike ride but will probably go away later today on Friday. The wind was 7 to 8 mph during the ride not challenging my legs as much as yesterday in Galveston. Weather overall: start 82 (humidity 57%, dew point 65), a few clouds, wind NE 7 mph; finish 88 (humidity 53%, dew point 68), partly cloudy, wind E 8 mph.

I stopped at Balmoral and took this photo of the lagoon.

I was busy changing the Lynskey’s RD during the bike ride according to the AXS.SRAM.com ride report with 29 changes. I used the 35×13 gears the most with 1:38:03 time out of the total moving time of 2:59:29.

No Strava medals today.