A Giro d’Italia rest day meant no delay in starting the bike ride. The route headed north to Roman Forest Blvd. making a u-turn under US59 through Tavola West, back to US59, riding Valley Ranch Parkway to FM1314. Briar Tree and Oakhurst were next, Northpark Drive and Kingwood Place and onto US59. I label this my New Caney – Roman Forest Blvd – Oakhurst route. Over the last 12 months I rode the route 8 times before today. The average distance is 34.5 miles but today I biked 35.14 miles. I took the longer loop through Brooklyn Trails and checked on a bike rodeo in the Randall Reed Stadium parking lot by Valley Ranch Parkway accounting for the extra distance. I rolled away on my Cervelo Caledonia bike at 9:42 AM, much earlier for a weekday ride. I finished at 12:25 PM in front of rain expected to arrive around 2 PM. The photos are from the West Tavola entrance.

No problem with the front tire on the Cervelo. The video details what happened yesterday with the tube.

Weather: Start 79 degrees, humidity 88%, dew point 75.2, 76% cloud cover, wind S 5 mph; @ 17.2 miles cloud cover 85%, wind S 6 mph gusts 8 mph; Finish 84 degrees, humidity 76%, dew point 76.1, 92% cloud cover, wind S 3 mph.