I wasn’t in quite a rush to start today’s bike ride before 9 AM because when i got up the temperature was 65 degrees. I waited until 9:37 AM to push the start button on the bolt computer to get the ride underway. Riding my Cervelo Caledonia I headed out on the Atascocita- Walden – Huffman route wit a small addition when I reached FM 2100. I rode south on FM 2100 to Spanish Cove Drive and then turned back to the north biking to FM 1960 as I normally do on this route. This added about a mile to distance which was 35.63 miles. This my most frequently used route and today was the 24th ride in 2022.

On weekday rides I don’t expect to see other cyclists but sometimes I do. Today the first one was in Kingwood at Northpark Drive and Woodridge Parkway. Then later on Old Atascocita Road I thought it was three cyclists coming towards me but it was actually four cyclists on three bikes, one being a tandem. I don’t see tandem bicycles very often on rides around here. We exchanged hellos as we passed.

I retired a pair of Primal shorts today and added a new pair to replace them. The new pair are Primal Obsidian Black Label shorts. The padding felt thinner than the other shorts and I wondered how I would feel about that but after a few miles I think the thinner padding was better. Maybe the thicker padding was too much. I’ll see how they do the next time they come up in the bike shorts rotation.

The “cool” front from yesterday lingered here lowering the humidity and dew point again. During the ride I could tell the difference from a few days ago. The wind was 7 mph posing not too much of a headwind issue. My arm sleeves felt good at the beginning of the ride as I rode through shady places. Weather conditions overall: start 78 (humidity 63%, dew point 64), a few clouds, wind E 7 mph; finish 84 (humidity 54%, dew point 66), a few clouds, wind E 7 mph.

It took about 23 miles before I got my average speed up to 14 mph. Once there I held it until I was back in Kingwood. The AXS.SRAM.com ride report data: 35×13 gears 1:36:35 (23.6 miles) and the 35×15 gears 40:55 (8.1 miles). Rear Derailleur Shifts 19.

No Strava medals today.