Unfortunately, biking doesn't always make pretty rainbows and sunshine magically appear. My sister has the same problem you experience with hot flashes. She takes along icewater when she exercises, which helps a little.

For me, I have restless legs syndrome. It is bad enough that I must take drugs or I will not sleep for hours. It is far worse on days that I bike a lot. Right now it is an hour before bedtime and my legs are already going weird on me. I live with it and am thankful they now have drugs, despite all the jokes about the drugs being a cure in search of a disease.

I love the Team Estrogen forums but when medical matters are discussed the "woo" tends to come out, which drives me a bit nuts. For example, people saying they won't take drugs but will take "natural Chinese herb preparations" that their acupuncturist suggests.