Originally Posted by tomcat
yes, it helped alot. But why would you think the ride a few weeks later back at low altitude was more difficult? I wouldn't say it was due to me having a bad day as I felt the same on both rides. But, the heat that day in AR climbed to near 100 degrees by the time we finished around 11:00 a.m. It just seems to me that it's harder to ride in high temps with high humidity than at dry crisp altitude. Our summers are more brutal than you can imagine. Gives a whole meaning to the smell of road kill.
tomcat
Weather is the same here on the east coast - high 90's temp/humidity combined. Does not hit 100 often but does occasionally. I have never been west or at atlitude, so I can't compare. All I know is when we get some west coast transplants they strugle with the humitity and percent of grade.