Not as early of a start as last Saturday for today’s bike ride. I did manage to get the Cervelo Caledonia wheels rolling at 8:22 AM. The route was my typical Saturday one, Atascocita – Huffman – Walden where I hope to see other cyclists. I saw a bunch today. This was the 20th time biking this route this year and today I rode 33.11 miles, about average for the route.

I started seeing other cyclists On Kings River Drive on the way to FM 1960. Once I started crossing Lake Houston the number of cyclists went up in groups of 3 to 4 though there was a larger group on Fairlake Lane as they passed the church. A number of cars and pickups were in the church parking lot indicating some cyclists out riding.

The weather was friendly but humid at the start. Wind was calm but increased a little during the ride to 8 mph from the SE. Weather conditions: start 75 (humidity 99%, dew point 74), mostly clear, wind N 0 mph; finish 86 (humidity 73%, dew point 76), partly cloudy, wind SE 8 mph. Headwind wasn’t much of problem during the ride.

From my AXS.SRAM ride report it showed using the 35×13 gears for 1:28:11 (21.6 miles) and the 35×15 gears for 40:31 (7.4 miles). I changed the RD gears 26 times during the ride, mostly getting up to speed and then stopping and restarting at traffic lights.

Below is a chart showing my fitness trend for a 6 month period. This comes from my Strava ride data and the Stravini Chrome browser extension. Lot of lines but overall I think it looks favorable.