Another great weather day for a bike ride. I managed to start a few minutes earlier at 10:16 AM. The route took me north over Caney Creek before going under I-69/US59 to begin the ride back to the south to Kingwood. I rode my Lynskey R300 bike. I label the route, “Kingwood – FM 1485 – Kingwood. The ride went 31.47 miles getting within 15 miles of a 200 mile week at 185.91 miles for the week. August increased to 205.23 miles with a goal of 800 miles. 2021 YTD dropped behind 2020 YTD by 3 miles. With a shorter ride today I finished at 12:46 PM.

Checking SportTracks I found this was the 11th ride on this route in 2021. 7 times on my Lynskey R300 and 4 times on my Canyon Endurace. The Lynskey is getting close to 5,000 miles.

I use a Wahoo TickrFit heart rate monitor during rides. Lately it started acting strange. It would pair and then lose connection with my Bolt computer. After a ride I put it on the charger and after I remove it the green sensor light comes even though I turned it off. Before today’s ride I couldn’t get it to turn on but I pushed the button several times in different positions and it started. It worked for the ride but I don’t know if it will tomorrow. I got it as a warranty replacement 8/20/2018 and it has 25,590 miles of use. I suspect the battery is wearing out from the number of charges. So I ordered a replacement. It should arrive next week.

August weather continued to be below normal during the ride. Conditions today: start 86 (64% humidity, 72.2 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind calm; finish 87 (59% humidity, 71.3 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 7 mph. At the end of the ride I saw salt stains on the red arm sleeves even though it wasn’t that hot. With the light wind I got my average speed up to 14.2 mph on the way back to Kingwood. The forecast says tomorrow will be closer to normal temperatures in the 90’s.