Talk about a windy day. It rained on Friday then stopped overnight. It was cloudy all day with high winds (20+ mph). Vanessa and I decided to do this ride because it supports a great community for adults with functional disabilities. Check it out at BrookwoodCommunity.org
The ride started at 8:00, but we got there at about 6:30 because I had a 7:00 ride marshal meeting and we wanted to be sure to park in a dry area since it had been raining on Friday. The morning started out cool in the low 50s, but the wind made it feel much colder. It was not to bad once we got to riding.
The route headed south out of Brookshire, TX. With the wind at our backs the route did not seem to bad. I stopped at rest stop 1 to wait on Vanessa and Jill. Once they got there Vanessa decided to call it a short ride and rode with Jill. I decided that since they were going 23 miles I would do the 38 mile route. Once we got to Fulshear , TX, I headed south and wound around to 359. At 359 we started the hard fight back to the north. This was where we found out how bad the wind was.
I got in a grove that was comfortable and stayed there. That ended up keeping my speed around 12 mph. Which was enough since I was passing everyone in front of me. I was only caught by one guy on atri bike, so I followed him to the second rest stop. There I ran into Rick (beertruck on bikejournal ). Rick and I rode together from rest stop 2 back to the finish. I was able to keep up with Rick along 1093 while dealing with the cross wind, but once we turned into the wind on 1489, Rick had a noticeable advantage on his recumbent.
The nice thing about this ride is they have food afterwards, and they give you a gift certificate to use in their shop. They also had a couple masseuses giving free massages.
