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We really enjoyed our month of summer in Canada ... so much better than a Tasmanian winter ... or a Tasmanian summer for that matter.
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It is actually remarkably nice here in Sydney right now. Most but times I've been here it has been overcast and cool. Today the sun is shining brightly, and while it is still cool, the sun's warmth felt nice.
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It was strange the first time he mentioned it, and now he's mentioned it in another post. So I am just wondering why it keeps getting mentioned. We can drop it rather than having another series of interpersonal post exchanges, though. I doubt he will mention it further, though if he does it will be that much more noteworthy, won't it?
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It was strange the first time he mentioned it, and now he's mentioned it in another post. So I am just wondering why it keeps getting mentioned. We can drop it rather than having another series of interpersonal post exchanges, though. I doubt he will mention it further, though if he does it will be that much more noteworthy, won't it?
Meanwhile we've had a smooth trip through 3 countries. All our paperwork has been in order and we've been able to arrive at check - ins nice and early which makes traveling with two full sized bicycles so much nicer and easier.
It has been getting progressively cooler as we go. And darker too ... shorter daylight hours.
Our rides next weekend will likely be chilly and at least partially in the dark.
I like summer for both the heat and long daylight hours. 😊
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It has been getting progressively cooler as we go. And darker too ... shorter daylight hours.
Our rides next weekend will likely be chilly and at least partially in the dark.
I like summer for both the heat and long daylight hours. 😊
Our rides next weekend will likely be chilly and at least partially in the dark.
I like summer for both the heat and long daylight hours. 😊
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At least I found a pair of nice condition North Face cargo shorts at one of my local thrifts today for $4.
I have found three nice pairs of nylon cargo shorts at this thrift in the last two months. These kinds of shorts in medium, to small sizes are almost as hard to find as quality bikes.
I have found three nice pairs of nylon cargo shorts at this thrift in the last two months. These kinds of shorts in medium, to small sizes are almost as hard to find as quality bikes.
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It was strange the first time he mentioned it, and now he's mentioned it in another post. So I am just wondering why it keeps getting mentioned. We can drop it rather than having another series of interpersonal post exchanges, though. I doubt he will mention it further, though if he does it will be that much more noteworthy, won't it?
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I hold a dual citizenship: Canadian-Australia. I can come and go as I please between both countries.
Australia and New Zealand have an arrangement. As Australians, Rowan and I can come and go between both countries.
A month in Canada, several hours in NZ, and remaining in Australia until the next time we want to go somewhere.
I spent December touring Queensland in 2004 ... December is summer there and gets very hot. So yes, tent camping in the high 30s/low40s.
I have travelled and cycled in southeastern US. My brother and his family live there.
My ideal cycling conditions would be from 25C to about 32C, but once I'm acclimatised, hotter is OK.
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Had we gone through the US instead, however, I would have needed an ESTA. Machka would not have needed a visa, but certainly her Canadian passport to enter the US. In Europe, there are restrictions under the Schengen Zone rules that limit stays to 3 months covering all EU countries except the UK (and this applied before the Brexit vote).
Some people treat with disdain these things, but they exist for a reason which you evidently don't understand, despite the fact that you proclaim yourself as a thinker.
In fact, it might surprise you that there are people who are citizens of two countries, and conceivably could be of more than two countries at one time. They can carry two passports and have perfect right to pick which one they should use. Makes it very easy to head for destinations that have the weather which suits their activities.
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I have no interest in playing guessing games on this topic. As I suspect, however, this is more than what Machka said, that you are just reflecting on your recent travels. If so, I wonder why you talking about visa politics in your posts. If you want to discuss visas, why not do it in P&R?
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Rowan needed an ETA for Canada.
I hold a dual citizenship: Canadian-Australia. I can come and go as I please between both countries.
Australia and New Zealand have an arrangement. As Australians, Rowan and I can come and go between both countries.
A month in Canada, several hours in NZ, and remaining in Australia until the next time we want to go somewhere.
I hold a dual citizenship: Canadian-Australia. I can come and go as I please between both countries.
Australia and New Zealand have an arrangement. As Australians, Rowan and I can come and go between both countries.
A month in Canada, several hours in NZ, and remaining in Australia until the next time we want to go somewhere.
The hottest temperatures I've ridden in are over 40C with 90+% humidity. Southern Manitoba can get surprisingly hot and humid. But I've also ridden in those conditions in California, Germany, Queensland, Victoria (state in Australia), and most recently, on Vancouver Island a couple weeks ago. It's borderline comfortable. It's fine if I've eased into it and have become used to it. It can be a bit of a shock if I've gone from temps in the teens to temps in the high 30s/low 40s ... as I did a couple weeks ago on Vancouver Island.
I spent December touring Queensland in 2004 ... December is summer there and gets very hot. So yes, tent camping in the high 30s/low40s.
I have travelled and cycled in southeastern US. My brother and his family live there.
My ideal cycling conditions would be from 25C to about 32C, but once I'm acclimatised, hotter is OK.
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There are so many different reasons, it would be better to start a thread in P&R to discuss them. The question is which reasons are legit and which are just discriminatory, and whose interest they serve. I appreciated the Trump campaign metaphor of not wanting to gamble on a handful of skittles from a bowl where just a few random ones were poisoned, but I don't think security is the main interest behind visa restrictions, and that it has more to do with nationalist economic control. It's not nice to want to live somewhere for cultural reasons and then be forced to leave for economic/political ones; but again this is something to discuss in P&R, since we don't want to hijack the Heat thread, do we?
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Well, it was a pretty pointless thread in car-free anyway. As it was, it evolved into discussing alternatives for those who dislike heat, and one of those options is to move to a more temperate climate. And further, one of those options is to move to another country, or at least spend the summer (or winter) there. But to do that, you also have to have some freedom of movement. Evidently, some don't have as much as they like because of their disdain for the law.
Anyway, there are whiners in this world, and there are doers.
Where do you stand on that one?
Anyway, there are whiners in this world, and there are doers.
Where do you stand on that one?
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I have no interest in playing guessing games on this topic. As I suspect, however, this is more than what Machka said, that you are just reflecting on your recent travels. If so, I wonder why you talking about visa politics in your posts. If you want to discuss visas, why not do it in P&R?
An ETA is a type of visa, an electronic one ... and I believe Rowan used the terms "paperwork" and "legal obligation" in reference to our situation.
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How do you sweat out heat when the air temperature is higher than body temperature? Was the humidity low enough for the wind to cool you? How much water did you go through? I tried hiking with a fairly heavy pack last summer in the high 90s and it was all but impossible. I had to stop so often and I didn't bring enough electrolytes so I started getting numbness and muscle cramps. I was drinking filtered river water, which some people don't seem to mind, but I found it hard to stay quenched with all the tanin.
Did you go to sleep without washing, or did you have shower options? Did you hand wash clothes and, if so, how many days would you leave them dirty before washing them? Were you able to keep them as clean as you'd like, or do you just settle for what you can achieve with hand-washing?
In Germany we did camp now and then (designated campgrounds, of course) but usually stayed in hotels.
On Vancouver Island, our "tour" was an overnight thing with a 210 km randonnee the first day, an overnight stay in a lovely B&B, and then a ride back to our starting point.
Most of the other hot weather situations were randonnees or in Manitoba, we called it "summer" and I experienced that for 13 years from where I lived.
Many of the hot weather rides I remember were on randonnees. On randonnees, you take what you get and deal with it. That's all part of the randonneuring experience. If they weren't randonnees, they were training rides or tours ... and again, I just ride in whatever's there.
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The best parts of a summer day are morning and evening. I avoid the midday sun and heat. Having celtic and nordic ancestors means I don't have skin that can take much sun.
I have observed that most people in hot pre industrial societies also avoid the midday sun and heat.
There was a saying "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun".
I have observed that most people in hot pre industrial societies also avoid the midday sun and heat.
There was a saying "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun".
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Same way air conditioners work. Evaporative cooling. I've lived in the SE for 57 years. Shade and wind and sweat is the way to stay cool. I'm cooler on the bicycle. Even though I'm working harder than walking, making my own wind more than makes up for that.[/QUOTE]
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I agree. I can bike easier in the high 90s than hiking, especially with a pack. But Machka was talking about the 40s, which I believe translates to the 100sF, so I wonder if some people have a special ability to sweat out 98F body heat into 100+F air. How dry does the air have to be in the hundreds to evaporate sweat?
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I agree. I can bike easier in the high 90s than hiking, especially with a pack. But Machka was talking about the 40s, which I believe translates to the 100sF, so I wonder if some people have a special ability to sweat out 98F body heat into 100+F air. How dry does the air have to be in the hundreds to evaporate sweat?
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There is a guy at my course with a golf bike, but he doesn't get going fast enough to generate a cooling breeze.
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Of the countries I have visited personally I find traveling in places warm to hot to be easier then cool to cold.