The Lynskey R300 rolled out the driveway at 10:49 AM to begin the bike ride on the “New Caney – Roman Forest – Valley Ranch” route. This was the third time I biked the route in 2020 and the first time riding the Lynskey R300. The ride traveled 42.37 miles pushing the week’s total to 75.93 miles and the month to 810.28 miles. Year to date I biked 3,309 road miles and 542 Zwift miles. This puts me in a favorable spot for a 200+ mile week if the weather cooperates. The two rest days helped my legs. A summary of the three rides on this route. (click images to enlarge them)

Weather for the bike ride started perfect but as the ride progressed clouds began to gather in the west. some dark clouds appeared near the 2:03 PM finish but I made it home dry. Weather during the bike ride: start 86 (56% humidity, 68.4 dew point), a few clouds, wind SW 7 mph. Finish 89 (55% humidity, 70.6 dew point), partly cloudy, wind W 6 mph. I wore sunscreen, shorts and a short sleeve jersey and felt comfortable the whole bike ride. Because of the ride length and warmth I used the CamelBak for water and it was good having cold water up to the finish.

Before the ride I squeezed the tires on the Lynskey and they felt like they could use air so I pumped them up to about 83 psi. I felt the difference with the bumps a little harsher but when I put pressure on the pedals the bike glided forward easily.

Another ride to work on the audio for the video. Before breakfast I watched a YouTube video about the GoPro mic adapter which comes with no instructions. From the video I made some adjustments to my setup. I changed the mic from “standard mic+” to “standard mic”. Mic + raises the mic pickup by 20 db which I think caused the scratchy sounds in my video. I also change the “raw auto” from high to medium. I am not sure what raw audio is but I changed it anyway. According to the YouTube video raw auto is recorded in a separate file but I haven’t seen that file. The verdict is in: those changes made a big difference in the audio. The scratches are gone and the sound is clear even when I ride into the wind. I will look at getting a “dead cat” wind muff to help. I put the mic on the CamelBak chest strap which seems to be a good spot. The Lynskey GoPro and mic adapter setup is quite different from the Canyon Endurace because I use a dual GoPro finger mount to hold the GoPro and the PowerPod. Some pictures of the setup.

I may buy another GoPro frame that houses the mic adapter to organize the setup eliminating the Velcro strap and dangling mic adapter. A rolling studio is hard to get right.