After exchanging posts on the Velocomp Forum about how to add my heart rate monitor to the data the PowerPod collects during a ride I started today’s bike ride with a short PowerPod calibration ride. I checked the data from the ride and the heart rate monitor is included now.

The PowerPod collects wind data which other power meters do not. This a significant contributor to effort expended while biking. The wind data shows whether I am riding into a headwind or cruising with a tailwind. In the charts above the blue/white shows the wind. When the blue is below the white I am riding with the wind and when the blue is above the white I am fighting the headwind. The burgundy chart is the heart rate data.

Once the calibration ride completed the “real” bike ride began at 11:44 AM as I set off on the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route biking 33.24 miles. I finished the ride at 2:26 PM.

Weather on the way to Huffman and back to Kingwood: start 81 (73% humidity, 71.8 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 8 mph. Finish 83 (70% humidity, 72.1 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 15 mph gusts 23 mph. No long sleeve jersey needed today. I can probably say that each day until Friday when the weather changes back to cool and maybe wet.

In an effort to prolong the GoPro camera battery I switched the resolution to 1080 at 60 fps for today’s video. It didn’t make any difference. Today the battery quit at 2 hours and 8 minutes riding time. What I decided is to change the battery after 2 hours riding time. I have the camera set to stay on all the time so I can record clips without waiting for the camera to power on and then record. I like the 1080 16:9 format and will stay with that.

Biking alone put a safe distance between me and other people for the COVID-19 precautions. Check my Instagram photos for examples of my social distancing today. I will practice more of that on Wednesday’s bike ride.

Speaking of distancing, I think USPS is keeping my new Fabric Race saddle from getting too close to me. According to their tracking information it has been resting at the Kingwood post office since 3/14/2020. I have no idea why they didn’t deliver it yesterday or today.