Another bike ride start at 10:24 AM for the third day in a row. Stage 3 of the Vuelta a Burgos finish kept me from starting earlier. I chose a route to the south and east to ride on my Canyon Endurace bike. Before starting I fiddled with the rear disc brake using a business card to adjust the spacing of the disc to the caliper. I don’t know if it made much difference. I think the chain needs waxed to quiet it and then I can listen for the brake rubbing. I thought I rode today’s route (Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman) more than the previous 3 times but maybe I combined the similar “Atascocita South – Walden – FM 2100” route. I biked 35.47 miles getting me in good position for a 200 mile week with 154.45 miles so far.

Combining the two similar routes I biked them 7 times in 2021. Today’s mileage kept YTD 2021 11 miles in front of YTD 2020.

Unusual August weather for today’s bike ride. The temperature stayed the same at the 1:10 PM finish as the start. To compliment that the humidity and dew points went down between the start and finish. This made it feel cooler but near the end I looked at the blue arm sleeves and saw streaks of salt from sweating. Weather conditions: start 86 (54% humidity, 67.2 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind E 12 mph; finish 86 (49% humidity, 64.9 dew point), overcast, wind SE 5 mph. The strong headwind didn’t stay strong when I turned to the west hoping for the tailwind version.

At FM 2100 a big flashing signed alerted drivers that on August 6th at 6 PM until August 9th at 5 AM Old Atascocita Road would be closed at FM 2100. I think the closure is for pouring concrete. The high weeds covering the sidewalk along northbound FM 2100 met the mower. The mower left some but it was much better. My Saturday ride will stop at FM 2100. I wonder how the other bikers will handle this, especially coming from the east on Old Atascocita Road.

While waiting for the traffic light to change at FM 1960 and FM 2100 I chatted with two men collecting donations. One of them I met before and the other was new to me. Their group does that each Thursday.