My two ride experiment of narrowing the width of the BiSaddle on my Cervelo Caledonia and Lynskey Helix bikes came to an end this morning before eating breakfast. As I watched the women’s Scheldeprijs race from Belgium replay I worked on restoring the saddle width to almost as wide as before the experiment to around 152mm. My sit bones told me to do this after 76 miles of testing. Yesterday afternoon I ordered a Velo Senso TT+ saddle to see how it feels on a 40+ mile ride. The BiSaddle is good for long rides but maybe the Velo is even better. I’m starting up a new Holy Grail Saddle search again for the first time since I started using the BiSaddle. I’ll see how long this lasts. I was much more comfortable on today’s ride on the restored width BiSaddle.

Then I watched the Itzulia Basque Country stage 3 race from Spain while eating breakfast. I wanted to get started on today’s bike ride before 11 AM which I did rolling out at 10:51 AM but I should’ve paused the race and left sooner. A front with rain was approaching from the northwest and I didn’t want to get caught in the rain.

I chose the shorter Kingwood – Community Drive – Valley Ranch route hoping to not get wet. In the past this route is usually 26 to 28 miles depending on the streets I include or exclude. Today I didn’t add any extra ones to try and beat the rain. I was okay weather wise as I rode north to Community Drive only feeling a couple of rain drops and seeing a couple on the Bolt’s screen. As I made the turn back to the south at Community Drive the clouds ahead of me looked like they held rain. I kept riding to the south thinking I could back home and stay dry. That was okay until around the 18 mile point in Oakhurst light rain started. I paused for a couple minutes under some trees on Mills Branch Drive to give the rain time to stop. It slowed to but didn’t stop. From there to the finish at 12:54 PM back home I rode in light rain. You can see the streets in the video. The March 3rd ride was shortened by the 2″ deck screw in the rear tire.

Back home as I washed the Cervelo the rain increased and the temperature dropped a few degrees and I was glad I finished before it got harder. Towards the end of the ride I heard thunder several times. My home weather station showed .09″ of rain when I finished but as I write this it is up to 1.59″.

Weather at the start and finish: start 79 degrees, 83% humidity, dew point 73, overcast, wind S 17 mph gusts 22 mph; finish 74 degrees, 92% humidity, dew point 72, light rain, wind variable 5 mph. I was comfortable wearing shorts, arm sleeves, and a short sleeve jersey until the rain caught me.

I reclaimed the Strava Local Legend on Kris Spraggins Memorial Route on today’s bike ride.