The temperature dropped 10 degrees from yesterday changing my wardrobe choice to shorts, long sleeve jersey, and short sleeve jersey. The bike ride began at 11:25 AM and finished at 2:09 PM. During that time I biked 37.26 miles boosting my March total to 411.29 miles leaving 249 miles to reach my 660 mile goal.

Weather during the bike ride: start 74 (78% humidity, 67.2 dew point), overcast, wind SE 15 mph. Finish 75 (78% humidity, 67.4 dew point), overcast, wind S 4 mph. Maybe a long sleeve thermal jersey would have been a better choice with the strong wind during the early part of the ride. By the time I made the back to the south at SH 242 the wind slowed which probably accounted for my ability to increase my overall average speed to 14.7 mph. The overcast sky looked threatening on the horizon but rain came.

In the search for longer GoPro battery life during the ride I changed the resolution from 1440 to 960 but the battery lasted about the same 2 hours 24 minutes riding time. Next ride I have it set at 1080 in the 16:9 ratio. Also I have additional batteries. I don’t shot continuously but in short clips as I see something of interest. This almost eliminates editing, either a clip is good or not.

TXDoT is expanding SH 242 from 2 lanes to 4 lanes as I say in the video. Without a shoulder and a barrier this means no biking on SH 242.

Tuesday’s weather may warm up and the chance of rain increases slightly but biking is on the agenda.