The last bike ride in August was subdued with the only ripple riding around the late starting Kingwood Park High School traffic. I managed to start 10 minutes earlier than yesterday at 9:03 AM on my Canyon Endurace. I rode south and east on a favorite route, Atascocita – Walden – Huffman, for the 14th time this year. The typical distance is just over 34 miles but today I tipped in at 35.6 miles. August finished with 964.3 road miles plus 12 Zwift miles. Not as many as July but close considering I didn’t bike 4 days in August due to the extreme heat on Sunday after church. I rode my Cervelo Caledonia 12 times in August, the Canyon Endurace 13 times, and my Lynskey Helix 1 time.

Another cyclist passed me in the first tenths’ of mile on a street I can’t remember seeing a cyclist on before. We exchanged hellos.

Pleasant weather for the start with lower than usual dew point and humidity. Wind was light too. This will fade away over the next couple of days. Weather: Start 81 degrees, 57% humidity, dew point 64.0, clear, wind NE 5 mph; Finish 92 degrees, 38% humidity, dew point 63.0, clear, wind E 9 mph. It was cool enough for just a water bottle but I did stop at the Exxon station on FM 1960 at E. Lake Houston Parkway to refill with some ice for the rest of the bike ride.