Walking by my Lynskey R300 bike on the way to get the CamelBak for today’s bike ride I squeezed the rear tire. It felt a little soft, softer than the front tire. Thinking it might be a slow leak I went to the garage for the floor pump. I pumped the tire up to 82 psi and got ready to ride. No bike races to watch this morning allowed me to start early (for me anyway) at 9:46 AM. This was a good thing since the temperature hit 100 yesterday at Hobby Airport and 99 at Bush Intercontinental Airport. Hopefully I finished today’s bike ride before it got near those numbers.

Riding the Lynskey R300 I set out on my “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route planning on looking at the rear tire when I got back from the ride. I didn’t ride yesterday because I drove back from Mesquite after staying Saturday night and the Mesquite Rodeo Rodeo Road Ride. I thought this would put me further behind YTD 2020 miles but with today’s 33.64 miles I still trail by 132 miles, about the same as before. YTD miles come in at 4,292 for 2021. June stands at 450 as I ride towards my 800 mile goal. This was the 9th time biking this route in 2021; 6 times on my Canyon Endurace and 3 times on my Lynskey R300. The Lynskey rolled to 4,378 miles on its odometer.

I finished today at 12:18 PM before it got super hot. Weather conditions: start 85 (64% humidity, 71.6 dew point), a few clouds, wind NE 5 mph; finish 92 (49% humidity, 70.1 dew point), a few clouds, wind variable 7 mph. With the low wind and high temperatures it felt hot during the ride. This how my bike shorts looked at the end of the bike ride.