I continued to take advantage of the warm December weather on today’s bike ride. It began at 11:13 AM as I rolled out on my Cervelo Caledonia bike. The route went south and east and this time I rode over Lake Houston on the Atascocita – Walden – Huffman route. I’m continuing to have sore neck muscles holding my head in position. Surprising how much a helmet weights at the end of the bike ride at 1:57 PM. My legs are doing much better than my neck and they turn the pedals while my head just sits there for the ride.

Nothing out of the ordinary during the ride but it was nice to see many homes decorated for Christmas. I need to get the manger scene setup this evening outside. My late starts this week probably puts other cyclists finishing before I get to see them. I’m at 47% of my 200 road miles goal for December.

Weather for the bike ride: start 81 (humidity 67%, dew point 69), partly cloudy, wind S 7 mph; finish 82 (humidity 60%, dew point 67), partly cloudy, wind S 6 mph. The light wind was appreciated. Lake Houston looked like a sheet of glass. The warm weather will probably be here until Tuesday afternoon.

On the way back to Kingwood I rode on the unopened concrete section of FM 1960 approaching Atascocita Shores Drive. The short section of dirt and debris between the end of the concrete and Atascocita Shores was challenging with depressions and chunks of stuff but I made it up. Its a good thing I shifted to the 35×15 gears before tackling that. Does that count towards gravel riding?