I decided to ride on Kingwood Streets today. My Lynskey Helix wheels rolled away at 1:46 PM. It was going to be a windy bike ride even if I just rode in Kingwood. At the start the wind was from the south at 14 mph and when I finished at 3:47 PM it was stronger with 14 mph and 27 mph gusts. No wonder it was so hard riding into the wind. I’m glad I wore a long sleeve jersey and a wind jacket. The temperature was 71 and the wind made it feel a little chilly.

Not too long after I started as I rode through Bear Branch Village 2 cyclists came out of a side street and passed me. You can see them in the video. I saw some other bicyclists and 1 more cyclist.

Weather: start 72, humidity 63%, dew point 59, mostly cloudy, wind S14 mph; finish 71, humidity 68%, dew point 60, mostly cloudy, wind S 14 mph gusts 27 mph.

After 3 days riding inside it felt good to be back on the road. I thought today’s ride would be around 20 miles but I added a couple of streets that I don’t normally include and ended up riding 25.74 miles. This brought my week total to 172.48 miles and the month’s road miles to 258.1 leaving 42 miles to reach my 300 mile goal for January. Combining road and virtual miles the month totals 393. January 2023 year to date continues to lead years 2011 through 2022.

On most bike rides I don’t think too much about Strava local legends but today I rode on Adams Street to build up my number of rides in the last 90 days to recapture that local legend. Weather permitting this coming week when I ride north I’ll include Adams Street. I set a Strava PR on Pin Oak Creek Sprint – Northbound (1:30) off of Mills Branch Drive.