After getting soaked biking south yesterday I figured going north might be drier. It was. I picked a route I’ve ridden once before this year, Kingwood – Splendora – Kingwood. The other ride was May 8th on the Lynskey Helix for 44.04 miles. Today I rode the Cervelo Caledonia for 45.15 miles. I selected this route for the extra distance to make up for the shorter ride yesterday due to the rain. Thanks to those miles my week is up to 178.47 miles, within reach of 200 with tomorrow’s bike ride. YTD 2023 closed to within 37 miles of last year with 8,554 miles.

Road construction at SH 242 going north meant riding on one lane for several hundred yards. On the way back I took an unopened road where the construction barriers begin passing the Big Rivers Water Park, crossing SH 242 onto Speed Street back to the south bound frontage road. I rode through Tavola West skirting around the construction barriers on the frontage road.

Riding to Splendora the ESE wind assisted my pedaling. I expected some headwind on the way back but it was not too much. I built my overall average speed to 14.1 mph. Started at 10:44 AM and finished at 2:12 PM.

The sky was cloudy but no rain though the humidity and dew point were high enough to keep me moist. When I stopped for traffic lights I felt the sweat running down the inside of my jersey. Overall weather: Start 76 degrees, humidity 99%, dew point 75.8, cloudy, wind ESE 7 mph; Finish 84 degrees, humidity, 72%, dew point 73.8, mostly cloudy, wind ESE 9 mph.

No problem with the Rode Wireless mic slipping off of the GoPro media mod mount. I put a piece of foil from a tire patch in the cold shoe slot and the extra friction kept it in place. I need to remember inserting the foil for each ride.