With April in the rear view mirror I started May biking to the north on a route I haven’t done since March 6th this year. In fact that is the only time I’ve been on the route this year. I wondered how the road construction progressed. The route, Kingwood – SH 242 – Kingwood. In 2022 I rode the route 10 times and the average distance is just over 37 miles. I didn’t have any computer or sensor issues mainly because I rode my Lynskey Helix bike rather than the Cervelo Caledonia from yesterday. There shouldn’t be any issues when I ride the Cervelo tomorrow because I replaced the speed sensor battery. Today’s ride was 37.15 miles. My goal for May is 750 miles. I need to average 24.2 miles per day. Today was equivalent to 1.53 days.

I pressed the ride start button at 11:11 AM rolling away on the Lynskey Helix bike. The weather looked good but not as warm as yesterday’s ride later in the day. Today’s weather for the ride: Start 74 degrees, 55% humidity, dew point 57, mostly cloudy, wind variable 6 mph; Finish 81 degrees, 41% humidity, dew point 55, mostly cloudy, wind variable 5 mph. I wore a long sleeve jersey and a short sleeve one on top. I was comfortable the whole ride. The wind on the way to SH 242 was a nuisance but not requiring extra effort. The ride back south from SH 242 enjoyed a slight tailwind helping me get my overall average speed up to 14.3 mph.

In the first few minutes of the ride a middle size white and brown dog decided to bark and run beside me. You can see it in the video. I don’t think he was ready to bit but I was concerned he would run in front of the bike and I would run over him and crash. Fortunately that didn’t happen and he gave up after a couple hundred feet.

When I reached Tavola Drive I stopped to take these photos. The yellow lantana and red Knockout roses were eye catching.

The video shows the road construction status at SH 242. After two months it doesn’t look much different.

Like most of the Houston area the ride elevation changes were small. The biggest climb was at Community Drive on the frontage road up to TX 99 and that overpass. Railroad Ave. slowly went up to Woodbranch Drive but not very high.