Got a phone mount to put on the Canyon Endurace bike while I wait for the replacement Wahoo Elemnt Bolt to arrive on Monday. I went to Tailwind Bicycles in Kingwood to buy the mount. They had three to choose from and I got the Delta Smartphone Holder XL. The smaller one was long enough but not wide enough to hold my Pixel 3XL.

The Holder XL has two mounting options: handlebar or stem cap. Neither of those work on the Canyon because of the aero shape of the handlebar and the unusual shape of the stem cap and bolt assembly. My solution: remove the insert from the out front Wahoo computer mount and put the stem mount there.

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Another potential place was to turn the out front mount over and attach the phone mount to the GoPro fingers but that required too many changes to revert back once the Bolt arrives.

With the phone mount in place I got ready to ride and left at 12:52 PM to follow the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route. With the phone out front I was sure to press the start button today at the beginning of the ride.

Weather during the bike ride: start 69 (26% humidity, 32.8 dew point), a few clouds, wind N 10 mph. Finish 72 (20% humidity, 28.6 dew point), partly cloudy, wind N 8 mph. I can’t believe the low humidity today. I hoped it would warm up so I left the leg warmers at home and wore shorts, long sleeve thermal jersey, regular gloves, and a jacket. I felt comfortable the whole ride except for a few times in the shade when a gust of cool wind hit.

The ride went well until about 23 miles when I ran over some sharp object with my rear tire with a big jolt. At the time I thought a pinch flat on the Lake Houston causeway was coming but the tire didn’t seem to suffer but by the time I got to 28.33 miles it was obvious a pinch flat happened. I thought this might be coming as I turned right off Kings River Drive and stayed on the greenbelt to cross the river rather the road like I normally do. About 200 feet later the tire wobbled and I reached down and squeezed it, flat tire. With all of the noise from passing traffic I decided to walk across the bridge to Kings Harbor on the north side to find a quiet place to fix the tire. It was a long mile but I made it. I pulled the tube out, pumped up the tube several times to locate the hole which was tiny and stuck a screw in it to mark the spot. The glue in the patch kit concerned me as I squeezed some out but there was enough to cover the area where the patch would go. I applied the patch, pumped the tube up and it held air. Back in the tire and mounted on the rim I pumped it up to hard enough that I couldn’t squeeze the tire. With the wheel back in the Canyon I put all of the parts in their place and dropped the tube of glue in the trash. While I was on the bridge one cyclist stopped to offer a tube or help but I told him I was okay. Two other bikers passed but didn’t stop.

Back on the bike I head to the finish. All went well until about 1/2 mile from the end the computer screen went black; the phone’s battery was dead. I hope that doesn’t happen tomorrow during the Gator Ride. I will save the battery until the ride begins. I finished the ride at 4:14 PM, later than planned thanks to the flat. Second ride in a row where the phone app didn’t get to record the complete ride.

Link to my SportTracks activity page.