Summer arrived today with the sun reaching its northernmost extent and the most daytime of the year, 14 hours, 3 minutes, and 31 seconds. But who’s counting. There is another excessive heat warning today and I wanted to start today’s bike ride earlier to get finished before he heat hit its maximum. My Cervelo Caledonia is still waiting to be fixed and rotating my other bikes I chose the Lynskey Helix for today’s bike ride. The route, Community Drive – Cumberland – Oakhurst, is a shorter version of the Community Drive – Valley Ranch – Gene Campbell Blvd I biked on June 14th. I usually ride the longer route and the last time I rode today’s route was April 10th. Looking at the ride history the predominate bike is the Lynskey Helix. I didn’t start as early as yesterday but only 13 minutes later rolling away at 8:48 AM. I might’ve started a couple of minutes earlier but the Bolt computer downloaded a firmware update and took a couple of minutes to install and restart. Checking the firmware release notes there isn’t a mention about fixing the watts display but I didn’t have the problem on today’s ride. A couple of days ago I changed the front page display field from 3 sec avg watts to gear selection. I figured since the Bolt recorded the watts even when it was displayed I would change the field to gear selection and not bother stopping to restart the Bolt which didn’t fix the problem sometimes.

The tree limb that blocked the greenbelt trail along Northpark Drive was gone today. I changed the route adding the short loop through Brooklyn Trails and continuing to Eagle Drive on the US59 northbound frontage road instead of riding the TX 99 frontage road to Loop 494 and returning back to US59 on the west bound TX 99 frontage road. Eagle Drive took me to Loop 494, tuning right and then to the TX 99 west bound frontage road. The rest of the route was the usual streets. I finished the ride at 11:34 AM after riding 35.05 miles. The week now totals 101.58 miles and the month 666.5 miles. I need 134 miles to reach my goal for June.

While I rode north I lost the Strava local legend on The Library Sprint to Cindy Brittain. She rode 35 times versus my 34 times. I don’t know if I’ve seen Cindy on a ride.

Weather during the ride: Start 86 degrees, 77% humidity, dew point 77.7, partly cloudy, wind 5 mph; Finish 93 degrees, 62% humidity, dew point 78, a few clouds, wind W 6 mph.

Amazon delivered the new ICAN Cycling Alpha 46 Pro carbon wheels for the Canyon Endurace yesterday. This afternoon I will apply the rim strips, tubes, tires, disc brake rotors, and cassette. If all goes well I will ride the Canyon tomorrow.