Not my typical Saturday bike ride start time today. I started the ride at 9:50 am after waiting for a man to arrive to purchase my Motobecane 700HT mountain bike. I haven’t rode it in over 7 months and didn’t know when I would. Since I bought the Blue Norcross AL bike the Motobecane hasn’t been necessary if I want to ride the Kingwood greenbelt trails. Craigs List helped the buyer and I connect.

Choosing the “Kingwood to Ramsey Road – Huffman” route I didn’t expect to see any other cyclists and that was almost the case except for two. One was on Atascocita Shores Drive south of FM 1960. I don’t think he saw me as he made a right turn onto a side street. The other biker passed me on Old Atascocita Road going west while I headed east.

After yesterday’s rain seeing the blue sky and warmer temperature was great. Weather during the bike ride: start 82 (83% humidity), partly cloudy, wind E 9 mph. Finish 91 (65% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind E 9 mph. Maybe we are getting several dry days as fall approaches next Friday. With the rain days I am just keeping up with miles to reach my 700 mile goal. Biking 37.22 miles today I am at 359.3 miles for the month, 51% of the goal.

While biking east on Old Atascocita Road towards Ramsey Road an antique car passed going in the same direction. I was hoping to get a photo but he was too quick. Watching the car drive away I wanted to see which direction he turned at Ramsey Road. The car stopped and waited several minutes before turning right. He went a short distance and backed up and into a pasture opening on the side of the road. When I got to Ramsey Road I saw the car was overheated and the driver was pouring water into the radiator. I rode up and stopped and we chatted. The car was a 1928 Ford. The owner said the cooling system was a free flow type which I think means no pressure . He recently bought it and told me he carries extra water for just this reason. He put the cap back on and got ready to drive and I did too. A photo of the car and driver. Later in the bike ride while I rode west over Lake Houston on FM 1960 he passed me again.

After turning around at Ramsey Road I biked west back to FM 2100 where I turned right to go to Huffman.As I rode west on Old Atascocita Road I stopped at one of the few houses on the east side of FM 2100 and took these photos. The clouds looked interesting and in the second photo there were a bunch of white birds that flew around the fence before settling back down when I took the photo.

I stopped at the Chevron station long enough to refill my water bottle before resuming the bike ride. Enjoying a nice tailwind I made good time on FM 1960 across the lake. Bicycling through Atascocita the wind continued helping. Biking north on W. Lake Houston Parkway took me back into Kingwood and I finished the bike ride at 12:47 pm.

Even though I have a couple of rain days this week I will rest on Sunday and bike on Monday. The Vuelta a Espana will be over and not delay my start.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary