Wednesday’s bike ride headed north through Porter and New Caney before looping through Tavola. I call this my “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route. I rolled away at 9:24 AM on my Cervelo Caledonia bike and finished at 12:35 PM. I rode 38.33 miles and now my Cervelo has 3003 miles. This was the 8th time riding this route in 2022. I modified the route in Kingwood riding on some different streets adding about 1 mile to the typical distance. After the ride I’ll watch stage 5 of the TdF with cobbles and lots of dust.

Weather conditions: start 86 (humidity 73%, dew point 77), a few clouds, wind S 7 mph; finish 93 (humidity 55%, dew point 75), mostly cloudy, wind S 8 mph. The headwind on the way back to Kingwood was challenging but not too hard. I used the 35×13 gearing mostly except when I rode up an incline on Valley Ranch Parkway from SH 99 Grand Parkway overpass.

Total moving time was 2:56:41 and I used the 35×13 combination 1:55:53 or 26.4 miles. I turned the pedals 7,363 revolutions with an active cadence time of 1:51:24.

I saw streets under construction and homes filling in the open areas in Tavola. A new development called Peppervine has one house under construction. A few casual cyclists were out too.