No bike races to watch or delay today’s bike ride. The early morning fog and clouds slowed the temperature increase and the start of my ride though. I rolled out at 11:45 AM on my Cervelo Caledonia following a route I’ve rode twice before. In the video I said three times before but my memory was wrong.

The Porter- Woodbranch – Valley Ranch route goes north through Kingwood and Woodridge Forest to the US59/I-69 northbound frontage road. I stayed on the frontage road until TX 99 where I went right to Loop 494 and then north. At Payne road and Loop 494 I turned left back to the frontage road. I was supposed to turn right at Via Principal Parkway but the road was closed because Union Pacific was working on the railroad crossing. I detoured to Roman Forest Blvd. and took Tavola Drive south to Via Principal Parkway to get back on the route. Via Principal ends at Aragoste Parkway where I turned left riding to Roman Forest Blvd. I crossed over Roman Forest Blvd. into Woodbranch Village on Linwood Drive. The streets in Woodbranch Village not marked in some places so I turned on the Bolt map screen to make my way to Railroad Avenue. I woke some dogs as I rode to Railroad Avenue but none came to the road. Going left on Railroad Avenue I returned to Roman Forest Blvd. to go under US59/I-69 and onto the south bound frontage road. Stopping at the FM 1485 traffic light I continued south to Valley Ranch Parkway which took me to FM 1314. Riding across FM 1314 I entered Old Sorters Road then Briar Berry Lane and then into Oakhurst. Kingwood Place was next before I returned to the US59/I-69 frontage road to make the u-turn at Kingwood Drive. A short ride north and I turned right on Kingwood Parc to get back to Loop 494. The construction lanes on Loop 494 are still not opened and after waiting for traffic I rode onto them and north to Kings Manor. It wasn’t a long ride through Kings Manor and back into Kingwood. That is about 4 miles from the end of the ride which I finished at 2:38 PM riding 37.11 miles in the middle of the previous two rides mileage.

While the sky was overcast and the temperature slow to rise the light wind was nice versus the strong winds from last week. For a change the ride back to Kingwood was with a tailwind which helped me get my average speed up to 14.4 mph and hold it there until I was back in Kingwood. I overdressed wering a long sleeve thermal jersey when a lighter one would’ve probably been enough. The wind jacket helped. After about 16 minutes into the ride body heat kicked in. I braved the chill at the start by not wearing leg warmers.

Weather during the ride: start 67 degrees, 88% humidity, dew point 63, cloudy/fog, wind NW 6 mph; finish 72 degrees, 81% humidity, dew point 66, cloudy, wind N 10 mph.

I reclaimed the Strava Local Legend on Kris Spraggins Memorial Route after losing it a week or so ago and set the PR on Kris Spraggins Memorial Route (2:31) at the same time. I didn’t think i was going that fast.

Gear usage from my AXS.SRAM.com ride report.