Starting a new month of biking with a 36.17 mile ride on the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route. I start ed the ride at 11:36 AM and finished at 2:25 PM. My goal for June is 800 miles which means I will be busy and off days will be rare unless the weather forces me. Today was the 11th ride on this route in 2020. The bike for today’s ride was my Canyon Endurace CF SLX.

The weather could’ve been better with an overcast sky and strong humidity which made it feel cool at the start. Once I warmed up it got sticky. Weather while I biked: start 79 (78% humidity, 71.1 dew point), overcast, wind NE 9 mph. Finish 81 (73% humidity, 72.0 dew point), overcast, wind E 7 mph.

Riding to the north the wind didn’t present a problem as I improved my average speed. Once I made the turn back to the south the tailwind allowed me to push the average speed to 14.5 mph at one point but then settled in at 14.4 mph until I got to Kings Manor.