More cool temperatures when I woke up this morning. While waiting for it to warm up a little more I watched stage 2 of the Tour of Turkey and a YouTube video. The bike ride rolled away at 10:28 AM with me aboard my Canyon Endurace bike using the ICAN cycling Alpha Pro 46 carbon wheels after using the DT Swiss wheels last week. The route went north through Porter, New Caney and into Tavola. The bridge over Caney Creek on Loop 494 looks almost complete with the stripes on the asphalt and the construction equipment almost gone. On the way back I rode through Tavola on the west side of US59 for the second time. This gets me around a section of the frontage road where the barriers block the shoulder leaving a short ride to the end of barriers rather than a longer ride. Most of this bike ride was in Montgomery County except for the first 5 miles and the last 4 miles. I’m riding to make up for the lost miles from the rain and trying to catch up with YTD miles of 2022 which I trail by 89 miles. Today’s ride of 38.12 miles helped but more to go. Two Strava results, one intentional (local legend) and one not: Local Legend on Kris Spraggins Memorial Route and 2nd fastest time on Kris Spraggins Memorial Route (2:26). The trip into Tavola west made the distance above the 2023 average for the New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch route of 37 miles. Weather: Start 73 degrees, humidity 52%, dew point 54.1, a few clouds, wind calm; Finish 80 degrees, humidity 39%, dew point 53.1, a few clouds, wind SW 6 mph. Link to the AXS.SRAM.com ride report.