No Drama Bike Ride to Huffman
No drama on today’s bike with the PowerPod back to normal it seems. My watts seem lower than previous rides but I can adjust that.
Today’s route was the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” one for a total of 33.96 miles putting me 24.4 miles from my June goal of 800 miles. Tomorrow’s bike ride should put me over the top. I started at 10:08 am and finished at 1:02 pm, a little later than yesterday because I stopped at the Huffman Chevron for a 25 minute rest break. That was 21.86 miles into the ride. It was restful sitting in the shade with a gentle breeze slowly drying up the perspiration. No snack but I drank plenty of ice water.
Before the ride I aired up the tires to 100 psi and could tell the difference both in rolling resistance and bounce whenever I rode over a bump. It is hard to tell when to air up tires and my squeeze test is not very reliable. Both tires were about 25 psi low.
Weather at the start and finish from my home weather station.
The temperature was a few degrees lower than yesterday’s ride which felt good. I thought over the ride it would get hotter.