When I began today’s bike ride at 9:56 am I didn’t expect rain but as I got closer to the eastern most part of the “Stroker Road – Huffman” route I stopped and took these photos of what looked like rain farther to the east.

The temperature went down a few degrees but the wind didn’t let up as I made the right turn onto Ramsey Road. I battled the wind all the way to Stroker Road where another right turn put the wind at my left rear quarter and stopped trying to slow me down. I heard some thunder coming from I just rode from and thought the rain moved away. Once I was back to FM 2100 another right turn kept the tailwind but I stopped at the Shell station to refill my water bottle. Back on FM 2100 I felt a light drizzle sometimes as I made my way to Huffman and the Chevron station. At the railroad tracks I again turned right to make a u-turn heading west on FM 1960 and noticed the pavement was damp. Strangely it stopped as I crossed FM 2100 and pulled into the Chevron station. The Wahoo ride summary up to then.

After sitting down on the milk crate I got my phone out to look up some help for the PowerPod which was not sending power data to the Elemnt computer. All it did was flash the LED red and then green. I didn’t find anything to help but I tried several things. Not good and the PowerPod kept flashing. Later at home I called VeloComp and the man there said the unit was in the second stage of calibrating and if I used the Isaac Software I should be able to fix it. I did that at home and the flashing stopped but I am not too sure the problem went away.

Back at the Chevron station as I sat cooling off and eating a couple of granola bars I heard several rounds of thunder to the west and sky was dark. I decided to not be in a hurry to leave to give the rain or storm time to leave. After the thunder seemed to stop and the clouds moved south I set out riding west on FM 1960. The road was dry and the wind friendly all the way to Atascocita Shores Drive where the right turn put me on the way to W. Lake Houston Parkway. In about 1/2 a mile the street starting getting wet and a few rain drops starting coming down. By the time I got to the pool and tennis courts it rained a little harder and I stopped at the pool house to get under the overhang. Not long after that it rained much harder and I waiting until it stopped. I still heard thunder to the west and south as I rode west continuing onto W. Lake Houston Parkway. The streets were very wet with puddles from there all the way home. With my jersey soaked and the temperature much lower I got chilled. Hard to do in June!

At Town Center Park I stopped in a dry spot and messed with the PowerPod again but nothing changed. Back on the Canyon to finish the bike ride at 2:04 pm very soaked from the rain and sweat. I washed the Canyon and put it away while a few more rain drops fell. Maybe Tuesday will be dry.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary