Forgot CamelBak , Dog Returned, A Hot Day Coming
I managed to start today’s bike ride at 9:31 AM after watching the Women’s Tour (2.WWT) and Critérium du Dauphiné (2.UWT) on GCN+. They were in a hurry and finished a little earlier than expected. I chose the “New Caney – Roman Forest Blvd – Valley Ranch” route riding north through Porter and New Caney then making the u-turn at Roman Forest Blvd. In my haste to get started I left my CamelBak at home and circled back to get. With the hot weather it is not a day to ride without water. Fortunately I realized I left it before getting too far from home.
So far I biked this route 4 times this year. With the extra distance to get the CamelBak this ride was 33.82 miles, not the longest of the 4 but next to it. The miles today put my week total at 189.51 miles, within 1 ride of a 200+ week. June totals 349.53 miles, 44% of the way to my 800 mile goal.
The route went through the Rock Creek and Northpark Drive intersection. I’ve been avoiding it because of the dogs but the City of Houston Animal Control officer said they could find the dogs so I decided to see if they were still there. The brown and white dog was there and I stopped to call the officer. She said she would ask another officer to go by and check. Not sure where the dogs go.
Weather conditions: start 85 (humidity 75%, dew point 76), mostly cloudy, wind SW 10 mph; finish 92 (humidity 59%, dew point 76), partly cloudy, wind SW 7 mph. The wind wasn’t too bad. With the heat thankfully the humidity was decent.
The Lynskey Helix crankset has been replaced and I will pick it up this afternoon. I plan on riding it on tomorrow’s bike ride.
Link to the AXS.SRAM.com ride report. To see the Google Earth route map this link at Relive shows the interactive ride.