I dusted off a seldom used route for today’s bike ride: New Caney – Roman Forest – Splendora. I haven’t rode this route many times over the years and the last time was July 17th, 2023.

It all began at 10:02 AM as I rolled out on my Lynskey Helix bike. Before the ride I looked at the route map from last year to see which streets I used. The plan was to follow most of them but there would be a few changes. Last year I rode 46.61 miles and with the changes today I wasn’t sure if I would ride more or less. The changes started when I got to FM1314 on the US59 frontage road. Today I went straight instead of turning right. I planned on riding to Community Drive but when the new street to the under construction apartments came up I took it to see what was going on. This was open to Loop 494 so I continued there and then north. From there I think I followed most of the same streets as last year.

Another change I made was the wireless mic for the GoPro video. The Hollyland mic used for since I returned the Rode mics for warranty replacement did not have consistent audio. The Rode Wireless Me mics have much better audio in today’s video. There is a tapping sound when I ride over a bump in the video. I think is from the Rode RX unit bouncing on the cold shoe slot. I put a piece of electrical tape between the clip and the RX mic. Tomorrow’s ride will test that.