If you would have asked me yesterday if the weather would clear up enough to ride today I not said yes. It turned out the front moved through quickly and the rain was gone. A mostly cloudy sky stayed around and a brisk 14 mph NW wind was blowing. The wind was chilly but the 70 to 76 degrees offset it as long as I was in the sun.

With all the rain we got I was thinking some roads on the “Cumberland – Valley Ranch” route might be wet, particularly Knox Road west of Loop 494 but not so. This route keeps me east and south of the Gran Parkway construction north of Porter. I need to be a little creative to get 30 miles and today I rode 30.1 miles. That brisk wind battled me all the way to Cumberland and whenever I rode north. I managed to get my average speed up to 15.1 mph but it dropped down to 14.8 mph overall by the time I biked back through Kingwood at the end of the ride.

The new Continental Gatorskin Hardshell tires performed great. It will take some miles to wear off the rubber flashing from the tread. There is plenty of room between the tire and left chainstay now. I can’ tell if there was any rubbing until I take the wheel off.

I saw one other biker on FM1314. I was head west and he was going east around Timberland Blvd. He was in an aero tuck on his bars and I didn’t see him in time to wave.

With today’s ride I just barely got over 300 miles for March at 300.25 miles. The week’s total miles are 169.13 and 735 miles YTD.

Monday through Wednesday look like great weather for biking. I will do my best to be out there.

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