With all of the wind lately I decided to get a haircut yesterday to see if that improved my aerodynamic profile. Today’s bike ride would be the test of that theory. Before leaving on today’s bike ride I watched stage 1 of the Giro d’Italia. It was about as flat as the roads where I ride. When that finished I got ready for my ride rolling away at 10:57 AM on my Cervelo Caledonia bike. I chose the “New Caney – Roman Forest Blvd – Valley Ranch” route which is similar to the “New Caney – Roman Forest Blvd – Oakhurst” route. Maybe I need to combine those two. So far I rode today’s route 2 times in 2022.

The 32.8 miles boosted the week’s total to 196.34 miles, probably the closest I’ve been to a 200+ week without getting there on Saturday. May totals 217.73 miles. YTD I am at 2519 miles, trailing 2021 by 20 miles.

My new aerodynamic look didn’t get much of a test because the wind never got in the double digits before I finished at 1:33 PM. Last night’s rain storm brought different weather with slightly cooler temperature and a shift in the wind direction.

How the weather looked for the bike ride: start 80 (humidity 66%, dew point 68), fair, wind calm; finish 84 (humidity 59%, dew point 68), a few clouds, wind NE 9 mph.

The AXS.SRAM.com ride report shows a big difference in time spent in the 35×13 gearing versus the 35×15, 1:30:24 and 32;10 respectively. I made 35 RD shifts, 1.06 per mile on average. Total riding time was 2:22:35.