My Cervelo Caledonia bike returned from Kingwood Bicycles with the disc brakes now working great. I almost had cake and ice cream yesterday when I picked it up but decided today’s bike ride would be the celebration. By the way, Kingwood Bicycles will close the store front and change to mobile bike repair in the next few days.

Being Saturday I started the bike ride early with wheels down at 7:49. I have fewer things to do on Saturday morning and get out the door early. The ride went south and east through Atascocita to Huffman and on the return looped into Walden, what I label the Atascocita – Huffman – Walden route. Some rides are on a similar route, Atascocita – Spanish Cove – Walden. I like the early Saturday start because other cyclists are out riding too. Today I saw numerous cyclists and caught them in the video. My ride made it a 200+ mile week (210.98) and got me to 775.89 miles for the month, 25 miles away from my goal.

Humidity can be heavy with the early start and today it was 92%. Almost like swimming. When I finished at 10:30 AM shorts and jersey were soaked. I thought my legs were tired but the wind increased to 13 mph and the headwind back across Lake Houston made pedaling hard. Weather: Start 81 degrees, 92% humidity, dew point 78.2, mostly cloudy, wind S 8 mph; Finish 90 degrees, 67% humidity, dew point 77.2, partly cloudy, wind SW 13 mph.

Speaking of pedaling, looking at my cadence data from rides can be enlightening.