I casually mentioned the threat of rain at the start of the bike ride in the video. That threat became real as I rode hard from Atascocita shores to home trying to not get soaked. I almost made it home. The streets were wet the last half of a mile but the rain wasn’t coming down hard. As I pulled into the driveway the wind let up some, I got of the bike and walked into the garage just before the rain and wind increased. When the bike ride started at 10:26 AM I was thinking a recovery ride after yesterday’s 51+ miles. Not ride too hard. That was the plan until I saw the severe thunderstorm alert on my watch. That’s when I upped the pace. Back in Kingwood the wind gusts arrived and the temperature went down at least 15 degrees. I was riding the Cervelo Caledonia which can be fast if the guy pedaling can out put the power. The ride finished at 1:16 PM. I stopped at several places on FM1960 prepared to buy a PowerAide fountain drink but the prices was too high. I ended up getting ice for my waterbottle at the Exxon station at E. Lake Houston Parkway. Maybe I could’ve beat the rain without those stops. The bike ride was on the Atascocita – Walden – Huffman route.

Weather: Start 84 degrees, humidity 78%, dew point 76.9, cloud cover 53%, wind ESE 8 mph gusts 13 mph; Finish 69 degrees, rain/thunderstorm, humidity 100%, wind N 23 mph gusts 37.

I installed a new GoPro magnetic mount on the Cervelo replacing the Garmin twist mount. The magnetic mount has a twist ring to lock the GoPro. I didn’t try it using only the magnet but I may in the future. This puts the GoPro about 3/4″ higher than the Garmin mount. I think the camera is more secure with the magnet and twist ring.

I collected 3 local legends on this ride according to Strava. Local Legend on Bridge Drag (2:11), Local Legend on Havenbrook sprint (1:03), and Local Legend on Lake Houston Bridge – EB (5:33).