Vicelord

I'm going riding anyway. I hate summer. This is my first summer being dedicated to riding.

Wish me luck.

theREEDeffect

Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.

zonatandem

Have bicycled in Tucson in 117 degrees back in the 1980s . . .
Wet your cycling cap, wear a wet bandana and keep drinking.
A-a-a-h global warming anyone?

Vicelord

definitely global warming. I like how it went from unseasonably cool and around 90 straight to 113....

LarryMelman

Just like it does every year. Nothing new at all.

BS87

I have family out in Queen Creek, we were just out there at the beginning of the month when it was "cool" (90s). My wife wants me to move out there in a few years because it's nice weather all year *except* the summer, but I don't know if i could do it. It's too... flat. And hot. And desert-like. I need my trees and green grass. The lack of humidity is nice however...

Vicelord

ive lived here my whole life, and I don't remember such a shocking jump.

djlarroc

i knew this was going to be in arizona. i have family there. don't like. i call it "the valley of the AC".

LarryMelman

The temp always jumps up to 110+ in mid June. In a couple weeks the humidity will go up and the temp will back off a little. I didn't ride much in July and especially August last year, just no desire for it.

mrrab

My parents just moved to Peoria, AZ and I visited them for the first time back in May when it was still relatively cool. Overall, I thought riding in AZ was great. With AZ not having daylight savings time you could get up around 445 or so and ride until 1000-1100 and temperature would be perfect. Don't think I'd ever ride in 108 degree weather. And don't tell me HTFU!!!

Spookeay Bird

Same problems here in Alabama but at least it cools off at night. Problem for me is, I live in a rural area and it's way way to dark at night here.

LarryMelman

We will be riding at 6 tomorrow. If I'm not inside or very close to it by 9, I will be very worried about the heat. I sweat way more than I can drink in, and the heat really gets to me.

surgeonstone

Not sure about that. Here we are into summer and it's 61 degrees. Coldest and wettest spring I can remember.
Try a knapsack filled with ice cubes while you ride.

Jakedatc

threw arm warmers in my pocket today in case it started to drizzle.. ended up just staying cloudy 70's..

bahahaha payback for winter!

surgeonstone

Dinotte lighting. 800 lumen front, 400 lumen rear....safer than daytime riding.

shopgirl

I would hate to live there. We just had a couple days of what I thought was blistering heat at about 100 degrees. Fortunately it cooled down for my day off today to 86.

LarryMelman

And for the really curious or those who still insist that this year is different, here are the daily highs in June, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. We always coast along in the high 90's or low 100's for a while, then someone upstairs flips a switch for the 110's. Same thing every year. And it will stay there for quite a while. 110+ is forecast for all of next week.


1 101 100 99 94
2 101 102 97 95
3 100 106 100 97
4 96 107 103 102
5 91 95 107 105
6 98 91 109 96
7 103 92 108 96
8 100 93 107 97
9 105 96 106 98
10 108 95 103 100
11 101 93 96 101
12 101 98 87 103
13 107 97 93 101
14 110 95 101 106
15 112 97 104 110
16 112 97 104 105
17 113 96 105 105
18 112 99 108 106
19 112 95 104 100
20 114 100 105 103
21 115 101 105 109
22 111 105 104 112
23 113 103 109 111
24 111 108 113
25 109 98 110
26 107 105 107
27 107 109 108
28 110 111 112
29 112 108 111
30 110 108 113

DonDenver

I remember all the years flying into Sky Harbor getting in from 9PM to 10PM then off to the Hertz bus grabbing the rental racing off to the hotel. The thermos on the car dashboards would read at least 116 F after the sun was down.

Often a co-worker would have me over for a late dinner and a swim in the pool (only if a huge block of ice had been delivered…splashing right into that pool). God it was stifling hot in the Phoenix area. I hated that office down there. While older folks (god bless ‘em ) seemed to move about at warp speed all I could do was lift my shoes off the pavement to keep them from melting.

Good luck on your riding OP…I think your effort is even harder pushing that melting, sticking rubber around your rims

terrain

AZ or LV. Perhaps its time to move.

Spookeay Bird

Yes,,, but do they have the anti monster lurking off the side of the road function? This is the main and most important question.
I'm scared of the dark. For years I have not seen some of the most frightening things one could never see at night in the dark around here.

surgeonstone

Lots of nots and nevers to be fearful of.

Vicelord

Annnnnnnnnnd I'm back. I have been riding 3 nights a week all through June, but this is the first time it's been borderline overwhelming. Still 101 outside and I don't think I'd want to push much more. The 6 or 8 stop lights I had to stop at were like a gift from heaven, lol. I definitely just HTFU'd.

Kind of Blued

Why people build cities in the desert is beyond me.

Vicelord

Hm. What does snowed in mean?

WHOOOSSHHH...

Isn't that just dry heat though?..LOL.. That's what I was told, when I headed out there a couple of years ago. Yeah right, dry heat my ass. It was 115 degrees, no one was on the streets, and I thought that I was gonna melt into the sidewalk..