Due to an unplanned early morning appointment I didn’t start today’s bike ride until 10:27 AM. The excessive heat warning had time to get in place as I rode my Lynskey Helix bike on my Kingwood – FM1485 – Kingwood route. I chose that route because it was a little shorter than my typical rides this time of the year. I finished at 1:15 PM before all of the cold water was gone from my CamelBak. When I emptied it only ice remained. Nearing the finish of the ride I tried to shift the rear derailleur to the 4th gear but it wouldn’t shift. As I got ready to leave on the ride the Bolt computer gave a warning that the rear derailleur battery was low. Usually there is enough power left to finish the ride and change gears but not today.

Wind was a problem today on the way back to Kingwood. My legs didn’t have enough power to push the 35×13 gears into the 21 mph gusting headwind as I rode south on the US59 frontage road and Valley Ranch Parkway so I used the 35×15 gears. Looking at the AXS.SRAM.com ride report the time in the 35×13 and 35×15 gears were much closer than normal. 1:07:31 for the 35×13 and 52:56 for the 35×15 gears.

Weather for the bike ride: Start 91 degrees, 68% humidity, dew point 78.7, a few clouds, wind S 10 mph gusts 21 mph; Finish 96 degrees, 56% humidity, dew point 77.9, a few clouds, wind SW 14 mph gusts 21 mph.