Start Time: 17:55
Moving Time: 1:41:35
Elevation(M): 126
Avg Speed(KPH): 20.5
Max Speed(KPH): 42.8
Avg Cadence: 71
Avg HR: 113
Max HR: 133
Temp Out: 96
Temp In: 90
Good ride! I felt good! I had a nice nap beforehand. Plenty of fluids. New front tire. No wind. Reasonable temperatures. The only problem is that somehow I stopped Strava when I put the phone back in my pocket after taking some pics at the airport so I only have Strave map and stats to the airport. I have pieced together the whole ride by combining Strava with my bike computer numbers.
I put a new front tire on today. I bought a pair about 2 years ago. I put one on the back and rode it until it blew out near Tara's house in LA a couple of days before Xmas last year. I went to the local Performance and got a very nice $40 house brand tire on sale for a bit over half price which I am still running. In the process of mounting the new tire today I pinched the new tube I put in Saturday. I put my last new long valve tube in and patched an old one for a backup. I will stop in JT and get some new ones tomorrow. I do not trust patched 23mm tubes. I may carry a short valve tube and valve extender instead. I am pretty sure I still have some. I forgot about that option.
Just did some checking and I bought new tire set in January of 2012 and the rear blew out in December, after about 11 months. Not so good. The Performance rear tire I am running now has a bit less than 8 months on it. So far it looks good but this indicates it may be worth a few more dollars to buy better tires. The cheapies (IRC) are 2 of $30. The Performance looks to have many miles left on it. One factor may be that in 2012 most of my miles were on the road bike and this year I did substantial miles on the touring bike so the new tire has not had as much use and abuse.Some evening when I am up to it I will see hat kind of mileage I am getting on the IRCs.
The HRM definitely causes me to push more. I worked hard to stay above 70% today and made it except for a few seconds and on the two brief stops I made. My weight seems to have dropped 2-4 pounds in the last two day, rather abruptly but that is how it works for me. Plateau, drop, gain, drop, gain, drop, plateau, repeat.
I put my decent Night Rider light on but made it home before it got seriously dark.
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