I tried to coax a few more degrees of warmth by reversing my typical day. Normally I run errands after my bike ride but today I did the errands first and then rode. To keep that theme going I took my Atascocita – Walden – Spanish Cove Drive route and rode as sections as I could in reverse. This resulted in a new route, Atascocita – Huffman – Spanish Cove – Walden. The scenery looks different when I ride the opposite direction. Several places I didn’t remember the last time I rode the reverse. While I tried to coax some warmer temperature I’m afraid that different really work, it was 69 when I started at 1:49 PM and 69 when I finished at 4:56 PM. Riding the reverse direction on FM2100 produced a Strava 2nd fastest time on Huffman to Old Atascocita Rd (3:13).

Preparing for my bike tour at the end of the month I rode my Canyon Endurace CF 7 with the 700×40 tires on the DT Swiss Endurace LN rims, MTB shoes and pedals. At the start I got a low battery warning on the Bolt computer. It didn’t tell me which battery so I checked the SRAM app and found it was the rear derailleur battery. I substituted a battery from my Lynskey Helix and charged the battery while I was gone on the ride. When I got home another alert came up for the front derailleur battery and I charged it after the ride. At the start of the ride the Quarq powermeter wasn’t connecting to the Bolt computer and I replaced that battery too. Good to get these set before the bike tour and I will charge the derailleur batteries before the tour to be safe.

The overcast sky and 69 degrees kept me chilly during the ride. The long sleeve jersey and wind jacket weren’t quite enough to warm me. Thankfully the wind was only 6 mph.