The sun was out and so was the wind when I started today’s bike ride at 2:00 PM; NW 15 mph gusts 27 mph. The temperature was 68 but the strong wind put a chill in it. I almost wore the wrong long sleeve jersey but just before starting I changed to a medium weight long sleeve jersey under a wind jacket. Usually when it is below 67 degrees I’ll wear leg warmers but above that my legs warm up enough that I don’t notice the coolness. Today was different but I didn’t wear the leg warmers. As the ride progressed the wind seemed to be stronger and the temperature a little cooler. When I got home at 3:38 PM the temperature dropped to 66 and the wind went up to 23 mph and 31 mph gusts. Today I rode my Lynskey Helix bike.

For the first 7 miles I rode mostly with the wind but when I turned back north at Kings Harbor the wind wanted to slow me down and make pedaling harder. After yesterday’s Zwift ride and 1198 feet of climbing I powered into the wind but it wasn’t easy when a gust caught me. When I made it back to Kingwood Drive I headed east with the wind. Winding through the side streets in Fosters Mill I was in and out of the headwind. Riding NW on Mills Branch was a headwind. Woodspring Forest and Woodstream were windy. By the time I rode into Royal Brook the temperature felt cooler and the wind stronger. I decided to settle for less than 20 miles and rode towards home rather than go to Woodridge Forest. I call this route Kingwood Streets.

This week’s bike activities totaled 216 miles. Five days on the road and two days on Zwift. The last week with more miles was October 23 – 29 last year. The maintenance jobs updated the SRAM AXS eTap firmware on each bike and replacing the CR2032 batteries on the Cervelo Caledonia. I had never done that before but it was easy once I found the battery cover. Earlier in the week I fixed a rear tire flat on the Cervelo. I’m ahead of the miles needed to reach February’s 445 goal; 92.8 miles, 21% of the goal.