During Thursday’s bike ride going west over Lake Houston I commented during the Strava “Bridge of Death” segment about having flat tires. Little did I know that I would get one of those during that segment over Lake Houston on today’s bike ride. Around mile 21.9 I heard a clicking sound from the rear tire and suspected something was stuck in the tire. I stopped but didn’t get off the bike to inspect the tire. My quick look missed the nail sticking out of the tire and I continued on. A man in a white car pulled over in front of me asking if I was okay. At that point I thought I was but not long after he drove off the rear tire went flat. I walked from there to the Chevron station at Atascocita Shores Drive where I fixed the flat with an adhesive patch. I’m becoming a fan of those patches. The rear tire fixed I was back on the Cervelo Caledonia bike to ride the remaining 11 miles back to Kingwood.

It all began at 9:03 AM, the earliest start in sometime. This meant I had an opportunity to see other cyclists and I did. Most of them are in the video. I missed one on W. Lake Houston Parkway north of Kings River Drive while I rode south. In order to get where I usually see other cyclists on Saturday I skipped some streets in North Woodland Hills and Bear Branch villages but I still labeled the route Atascocita – Huffman – Walden. The ride was a couple of miles shorter because of that plus walking about a mile on the Lake Houston causeway coming in at 32.97 miles. This was just enough to put me at my 200 mile goal for December with 200.38 miles. The week stands at 168.41 miles.