Today’s bike ride continued the string of road rides I began on Monday. The weather warmed a little faster this morning allowing me to wear light clothes: shorts, long sleeve jersey, and wind jacket. The below freezing weather faded into the past. I pulled out at 11:40 AM on my Lynskey Helix bike heading north on the New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch route. The last time I rode this route was October 9th, 2023, covering 38.13 miles. I wanted to ride around that same distance today to narrow the miles I will fall short on my 334 mile goal for January. I came close with 37.99 miles today. That put my road miles total for January at 203.2. My legs felt good with plenty of sun and a light wind.

In Tavola I rode on several streets not included on the Bolt computer map. That reminded me a map update was available and I downloaded it when I finished the ride. Over in Tavola West I went on some new streets to avoid some of the home construction and I suspect those streets aren’t in the new map. The number of homes in Tavola West has exploded from the 5 or 6 several months ago to probably 10 times that many. I saw many nails on the streets but most were finishing nails laying flat so no flat tires today.

No other cyclists crossed my path today.