Some Heat, Some Wind, Dog Encounter Saved By Car
No Giro d’Italia racing today so I got ready and left a little earlier at 9:38 AM riding my Cervelo Caledonia bike. I chose a northerly route, “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch”, taking advantage of a tailwind on the way to Tavola and paying the headwind tax on the way back to Kingwood. I biked 35.35 miles. Summer is getting closer with the temperature at 84 and the wind from the south at 12 mph. When I finished at 12:31 PM the temperature was the same but the wind increased to 21 mph from the SE. No wonder pedaling back to Kingwood took so much effort.
Five times I’ve rode this route in 2022. Four times on my Cervelo and one time on my Lynskey R300. The image above compares the five rides.
Looking at the AXS.SRAM.com ride report the total riding time was 2:51:00. I made 33 RD shift changes. The longest gearing used was the 35×13 for 1:18:49 (19.4 miles) followed by the 35×15 at 1:11:51 (12 miles). RD Shifts/Mile 0.93/Mile.
The brown and white dog returned to the Rock Creek and Northpark intersection. He was extra aggressive today but fortunately I got on the other side of a car to shield me from him.
Weather conditions: start 84 (humidity 75%, dew point 76), mostly cloudy, wind S 12 mph; finish 88 (humidity 69%, dew point 76), partly cloudy, wind SE 21 mph.