The ride started a little earlier than yesterday with wheels down and rolling at 11:21 AM. I headed south to bike the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route. Optimistic about the weather I dressed lighter than yesterday with shorts, thermal long sleeve jersey, and a short sleeve jersey. The optimism proved correct and I felt comfortable the whole ride. The one iffy segment came while biking over Lake Houston with the water cooled from the recent cold weather.

Weather during the bike ride: start 74 (62% humidity, 59.8 dew point), a few clouds, wind W 5 mph. Finish 77 (50% humidity, 57.4 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SW 5 mph. It should warm up a couple of degrees more for Wednesday’s bike ride.

I thought I would be the only biker out but I passed two others which I caught in the video.

Sadly I saw tragedy on FM 1960 as I rode west approaching E. Lake Houston Parkway. Red flashing lights and two lanes of traffic blocked meant something bad happened. You see it in the ride video about 2:20 into the video. A white cover on the ground over a body, a crumpled motorcycle laying in the grass, and emergency people on the scene. As I passed the fire truck in the grass a policeman talked to a person beside a white pickup. I thought I heard sirens as I rode east on Old Atascocita Road to FM 2100 but the City of Houston fire station is on FM 1960 so those sounds are not out of the ordinary.

My average speed did not match yesterday’s but I felt good and my legs powered the ride nicely. This route has a lot of starts and stops which can impact average speed.