Warmer weather than last week arrived today. After watching stage 1 of Itzulia Basque Country I was ready to get on my bike and ride. I readied myself and rolled my Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike to the driveway. A car drove by and I pressed the start button at 11:47 AM. Riding north I began the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route finishing at 2:36 PM biking 35.17 miles in 2:31:15. A good start for the week. I plan on riding 200+ miles this week if the weather will let me. I might ride another charity ride Saturday if I convince myself to get up at 4:30 AM to drive there.

This was the 4th time riding today’s route in 2021; 3 times on my Canyon Endurace and 1 time on my Lynskey R300.

While it wasn’t quite as warm as I liked at the start it was better than last week. I wore shorts, a long sleeve jersey, and a windbreaker jacket. Weather conditions: start 73 (69% humidity, 62 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 10 mph; finish 77 (56% humidity, 60.1 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 10 mph. I thought the wind might be a problem on the way back to Kingwood but it was just enough off a headwind to give me some relief.

Wildflowers along the route nestled low in the grass. I not sure what the pinkish flowers are. Sometimes Indian Paintbrush flowers stand above the grass but not yet. Bluebonnets usually are more north of today’s route near Splendora.

An overview of today’s bike ride from Golden Cheetah.