Wheels rolled at 8:13 AM to start the bike ride. The Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike and I set out on the “Atascocita – Huffman _ Walden” route to ride at least 18 miles to reach 200 miles for the week and to see other cyclists. I accomplished both of those biking 32.58 miles and seeing numerous bikers. The week’s total now stands at 214.68 miles and July is at 595.65 miles leaving 205 miles to reach my goal for the month. I biked this route for the 12th time this year. Sunday will be a rest day. A summary of the week and rides on this route are below.

For the first time in many bike rides the starting temperature was not in the 80’s but a humid 77 degrees. By the 10:40 AM finish it was “only” 88 degrees, almost a cold front compared to the 100 degree days earlier in the week. The forecast calls for several days of low 90’s high temperature. While the temperature stayed low I sweated a lot today, feeling like I swam at the end when I sat on an old T-shirt on the patio to absorb some of the sweat before going inside. Weather conditions: start 77 (96% humidity, 75.4 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind calm. Finish 88 (74% humidity, 78.5 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind calm. The calm wind didn’t help evaporate the sweat.

Saturday bike rides are special when I see all of the other bikers along the route. If I got out of bed earlier to get to Bike Barn at FM 1960 I could ride with the group from there but that’s too early. Some times I see many bikers with today being average. When organized rides fall on Saturday the number drops off. I always try to wave or say hi when we pass.

Summary of the rides on today’s route in 2020

This week’s rides summary. Of the last 12 weeks only 1 fell below 200+ miles.