Today was a change of pace ride on my mountain bike. I wanted to try a camera mount to see what the video looked like and how the mount worked on the handle bar. Also I only had a short amount of time to ride because we are going to the Arena Theater later this afternoon to see the Gaither Vocal Band and Friends in concert. I rode the trails in Kingwood for 11.8 miles under a blue sky with 69 to 72 degrees and a light 6 mph variable breeze. The breeze was barely noticeable among the trees. One thing I noticed quickly was that my road bike legs do not transfer to mountain bike legs. Maybe the extra weight slowed me down. I squeezed the tires before I left and they seemed to be the right pressure but I labored up the smallest incline. On the road I have no problem with similar changes in the elevation.

The camera mount held the RCA pocket camera perfect and I started and stopped the clips easily. In the bright sun it was a problem to see if the red “record” light was on or off so a couple of the clips ended up a lot longer than I wanted. I like to keep the clips under 15 seconds and some exceeded that 3 or 4 times. When I got home and watched the videos on the camera the loud noise from my tires over powered the natural background sounds. My goal is to spend as little time as possible editing the videos so the sound is an issue. I used this camera in Coldspring but without the mount while riding my road bike with minimal noise. This leads me to think the tire noise is not tied to the mount but just the noisy MTB tires. They are rather knobby. I don’t know if I will include the video or not.

Tomorrow I will not be able to ride due to a meeting. Sunday and Monday show a 50% chance of rain in the forecast. I want to ride the Humble Lions Bike Ride on Saturday February 16th subject to the weather but I have not preregistered in case the weather is bad. One ride I have preregistered for is the Baytown Gator Ride. Last year the Gator Ride got rained out but I am optimistic this year. I may end up with a $30 T-shirt and no ride. I always enjoy the Gator Ride because we ride over the George Hartman Bridge and then go on the Lynchberg Ferry. Other than the bridge it is a flat ride.

Links to Garmin Connect and RideWithGPS.com.

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