I decided to forego watching stage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné in order to work on my new bike that arrived yesterday. I got it out of the box and all of the parts assembled but I’m waiting on some accessories before I can take the first bike ride. I watched some YouTube while eating breakfast and then it was off to get ready for today’s bike ride. Some obstacles appeared though. I check the battery on my GoPro before attaching it to the bike and it wouldn’t turn on. It has a new battery but for some reason it discharged after charging yesterday. I didn’t want to wait for it to charge up so I put the spare battery with the most power in and went to get dressed. I put the new battery in the charger to refill while I was gone. Back again to leave I lifted the Cervelo Caledonia bike to head for the door but a flat rear tire changed that plan. Rather than take time to fix the flat I moved to the Lynskey Helix bike. The Texbiker Team had it ready and the ride started. I rolled away at 10:30 AM. The weather was good but the forecast showed afternoon showers were possible.

Biking north on my New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch route faced a 6 mph NW breeze but no problem. I’ve ridden this route many times averaging 36 to 37 miles. I needed those miles to close the gap on my June goal. Up through yesterday the average miles per day was 20 but the goal requires 27 miles per day. I rode 37.61 miles today upping the average miles per day to 23.55, only 3.45 miles per day below what I need. This looks good.

I added two loops in Tavola for more miles, rode through Brooklyn Trails earlier, and took the longer lead in through Elm Grove Village.