I wasn’t sure what to label today’s bike ride route. It was going to be one that I altered when I got to Fairlake Lane or not. The ride started at 12:07 PM with my riding the Lynskey R300 bike and finishing at 3:25 PM after biking 41.79 miles. This is one of the 40+ mile rides I mentioned yesterday if this week would reach 200+ miles. With today’s miles I am at 124.98 for the week and 690.65 miles for March. Of the 690.65 miles 545.9 miles are on the road and the rest in Zwift. I need 114 miles to reach my 650 road mile goal for March. I think it is in reach.

When I got to Fairlake Lane I saw fresh asphalt on one lane heading south so I changed to the route to go south on Fairlake Lane. (see the video for what the new smooth road looks like). With this change later in the ride I didn’t go to May community Center but stayed on Huffman – Eastgate Road to FM 2100. At Old Atascocita Road the equipment was laying asphalt for the lane back to FM 1960. The video shows all of the trucks lined up.

I haven’t mentioned the weather yet. I hoped the strong winds from yesterday had left and at the start of the ride the wind was a leisurely 10 mph from the west. As I rode to the east that wind picked up but i didn’t notice how much because it was helping me ride to the Liberty County Line. I got a taste of strong it was when I rode from Old Atascocita Road north on FM 2100 to Huffman but the trees sheltered me from some of the wind. Making the u-turn inside Liberty County to head back to the west the wind was waiting for me. Now it was from the NW at 15 mph with 26 mph gusts. It was hard pedaling all the way back to Kingwood. And the wind had chill to it!. I was glad of the clothing choice for the ride: no leg warmers but shorts, a heavy long sleeve jersey under a windbreaker jacket and half finger gloves. Except for the first 3 or 4 miles I was comfortable but could feel the chill from the headwind and not so much from the tailwind.

Overall weather conditions: start 67 (humidity 29%, dew point 34), clear, wind W 10 mph; finish 68 (humidity 26%, dew point 32), clear, wind NW 15 mph gusts 26 mph. During the ride the temperature didn’t reach the forecasted high of 70. Tomorrow’s forecast shows a high of 80. We’ll see if that happens. I’m ready.

No drive train for today’s ride since the Lynskey is mechanical shifting.

My ride east of FM2100 to Huffman – Eastgate Road earned me the Strava Local Legend on Huffman to Eastgate with 2 rides. This was the 2nd time riding the route in 2022 though today’s differed from the previous one by riding on Fairlake Lane.