After a 3 month hiatus today I returned to the “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” route. This was the 15th time biking this route in 2020; 12 times on my Canyon Endurace bike and 3 times on my Lynskey R300 bike. Starting at 11:23 AM I began the bike ride on my Lynskey R300 bike under a sunny sky and cool temperature. The construction along FM 2100 reached a point where I thought riding north on FM 2100 from Old Atascocita Road to FM 1960 no longer pushed me to biking west on Old Atascocita Road. The distance came in at 30.98 miles (I should’ve bike a tiny bit farther). December road miles total 244.49, passed my goal by 94 miles. I still need 77 miles to reach my Zwift goal which probably will fall short. My mileage goal status.

I wanted to start biking earlier but I waited for the temperature to get to 66 degrees. I took a chance leaving my leg warmers at home and counting on the sun to minimize the chill on my legs. Generally that worked except for biking in the shade in the early part of the ride. The rest of me covered up with shorts, a long sleeve thermal jersey, and windbreaker jacket. I wore half finger gloves to push the GoPro buttons. Weather conditions: start 66 (58% humidity, 50.8 dew point), fair, wind S 10 mph gusts 17 mph; finish 69 (43% humidity, 45.7 dew point), a few clouds, wind S 6 mph. Fortunately the wind calmed from the beginning of the ride.

For Christmas I received a new Saramonic microphone to use with my GoPro Hero 7 black camera and today I tried it out. Unlike my Comica mic the Saramonic is omnidirectional. I wasn’t sure how the sound would be. As you watch the video the mic picks up some road noise but my voice comes through above it. The mic setup on my Lynskey R300 bike.

The left side of the mic is shielded by the GoPro. Maybe this reduces passing traffic pick up? It was windy during part of the ride and I don’t hear that in the audio.

Since replacing the Fabric saddle with the Koobi PRS Century saddle my sitting comfort has improved. I don’t remember what prompted me to remove the Koobi.

After not biking outdoors since December 23rd it was good to feel the road moving under the wheels. Strava again said the ride was harder than my usual efforts. I saw my power output in zones 3 to 7 hit 57% of the ride time which is good. Zones 6 and 7 totaled 14% of the ride time. Average watts was 114 and I reached 458 watts maximum. No Strava medals on this ride. Ride summary data from Golden Cheetah.

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