Originally Posted by snowape
My wife and I are making the move in august. We are moving from Albuquerque, Nm. to Waldorf. I have a few questions for you Md. Bikers.
1. How friendly are the buses/trains to bikes. (do they have racks on the front of the buses?)
2. I know that I am going to a lot less elevation but to higher humidity. How do you think this will play into fatigue/diffuculty to cycling there, and or commuting to work. Right now I commute 9 miles work one way and we are at about 5500 ft. elevation. I work nights so it is usually a cool ride home, but my ride to work is in the hottest part of the day. Its been peaking around 100-104.
Thanks for your time, and I look forward to moving out of the desert!!
The Washington area is generally good with bikes but there are exceptions. WABA is a good resource of info.
http://waba.org/areabiking/
I lived in Phoenix AZ and I have not found the temp/humidity thing here to be that big of a deal, that is to say if you can tolerate 105-110 there you’ll do fine in our 90 degree heat. Though I do find from time to time I need to supplement sweat with some water pored over head and limbs.