Hot Weather - Where Do You Draw The Line?
06-26-09, 06:06 AM
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Lately here in Baton Rouge when riding through the neighborhoods on black asphalt my gatorskins sound like peeling off duct tape ...............................
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06-26-09, 09:05 AM
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Although it rarely will hit over 95F here there is high humidity. I don't have any don't ride days (for a commute), but combined with air pollution some days are fairly miserable/ride slow/suck back water like crazy days. When its about 30C and up its definitely no-helmet days as I hate super-sweat-head. Also when its too humid out I bring a change of clothes to work while I almost always ride in what I will wear.
06-26-09, 09:59 AM
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Here in Southwest Georgia the heat index has been over 100 for over two weeks now. I just try and stay hydrated and keep moving to keep a breeze going. The stoplights are the toughest. But honestly I find the heat easier than the cold. I get whiney when temps dip below 40 and am amazed by conditions that you Northern riders take in stride. Different strokes I guess...
I commute in some nasty cold weather including one morning last year when it was -21, but I can't imagine going 30 miles in those kinds of temps and associated conditions. It would take me all day and parts of me would be falling off before I was done. Don't think I could keep my feet warm that long.
06-26-09, 09:08 PM
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Commutes only 3 miles one way.
I ride to work, back home for lunch,
back to work, and home again.
The back to work after lunch is the hardest.
last several days 92 to 95 with heat index of 106 from the humidity.
I ride to work, back home for lunch,
back to work, and home again.
The back to work after lunch is the hardest.
last several days 92 to 95 with heat index of 106 from the humidity.
06-27-09, 07:20 AM
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Here in Southwest Georgia the heat index has been over 100 for over two weeks now. I just try and stay hydrated and keep moving to keep a breeze going. The stoplights are the toughest. But honestly I find the heat easier than the cold. I get whiney when temps dip below 40 and am amazed by conditions that you Northern riders take in stride. Different strokes I guess...
I read somewhere that it takes 4 - 6 weeks to acclimate from one season to another that is why in the fall when the temperature dips everybody runs for his or her jackets. The same temperature in the spring after a long, cold winter, you are walking around in a T-shirt. This morning on my ride in I almost went back for my arm warmers at only 57* F, that is almost half of what you poor bas#@*!s are feeling in the south. It is all what you get used to except for the extreme changes.
