I paused watching stage 20 of the Giro d’Italia in order to get ready for my bike ride at 70 km remaining. The temperature was in the upper 60’s while I ate breakfast and when I started getting ready to ride. At first I put on a long sleeve T-shirt under my Texbiker.net jersey but changed my mind when it had moved up to 75. I took off the T-shirt for arm sleeves and the short sleeve jersey. That settled I rolled the Cervelo Caledonia outside to begin the bike ride at 8:28 AM. Last Saturday I was driving home from Biloxi, MS but today I chose my typical Saturday route, “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden”. My legs felt good and the weather was beautiful. With a somewhat early start I hoped to see other cyclists along the route.

Several other cyclists passed along the route. You can most of them in the video.

The construction at Atascocita Shores Drive and FM 1960 is far enough along that I rode through it to avoid riding on FM 1960 beside the barrier.

Today’s ride was the 7th time in 2022 on this route, all on my Cervelo bike. Today’s 34.05 miles was the longest of the 7. So far I’ve rode 188.14 miles this week and 681.14 miles in May. I need 19 miles to reach my 700 mile goal for May.

Weather conditions for today’s bike ride: start 76 (humidity 65%, dew point 63), fair, wind SE 4 mph; finish 86 (humidity 62%, dew point 71), a few clouds, wind S 6 mph.

From the AXS.SRAM.com ride report I found I spent a lot of time in the 35×13 gearing thanks to the light wind. Total moving time was 2:27:09. The time in 35×13 was 1:26:55 (21.7 miles). Only 38:28 using the 35×15 gears. 35 RD shifts during the ride.

I’m looking forward to the first ride on my new Lynskey Helix bike tomorrow. I need to install the chain and it is ready.

The graph below shows the year progressions since 2010. 2022 is getting closer to 2021 and 2020.