A very late start for today’s bike ride. It was a special new bike day ride, a triple play ride. I finished getting my Lynskey Helix bike ready to ride last night and this was the get acquainted ride to check my work. I started the ride at 3:42 PM and finished at 5:32 PM after riding Kingwood Streets and the San Jacinta Bayou Greenway covering 21.78 miles. Those miles made it a 200 mile week and put me over my 700 mile goal for the month of May.

The Helix sports the SRAM Rival eTap AXS electronic shifting which performed flawlessly during the ride. In the video I note which things I need to adjust but only a couple. The Helix runs on ICAN Cycling Alpha 46 carbon rims with Continental GatorHardshell 700x28c tires. Maybe my new bike adrenaline was flowing heavy but pedaling the bike was almost effortless despite some strong headwind. Th AXS.SRAM.com ride report gives the details of the gearing I used along with other data.

Weather conditions: start 88 (humidity 59%, dew point 72), partly cloudy, wind S 15 mph gusts 22 mph; finish 87 (humidity 58%, dew point 70), partly cloudy, wind S 9 mph gusts 35 mph. Starting this late in the afternoon I thought it would be hotter but I’m not complaining. The humidity and dew point helped it feel okay which are low for Houston.

While I wasn’t trying to ride fast I set 2 personal records in Strava: PR on Soccer/Lacrosse Road to Crystal Springs (3:23), 2nd fastest time on Deer Springs to Lake Village Sprint (1:30).