What do do when it's THIS hot??

[Roadtrip]

No bike today, nor likely tomorrow. I cannot believe how hot it is. Simply cannot. When I stepped out after work I was just hit in the face with it. Nearly took my breath away. Weather guy says it feels like 112.



Shannon

[Owlie]

I saw 113 for the heat index--so it feels like Arizona out there, without the benefit of evaporative cooling. I went out to get the mail and felt like I was in an oven. It's brutal. No riding for me for the next few days. Hopefully this weekend's a little cooler...

[Orange utopia]

It isn't that high here, only mid 90's but the humidity is a killer. I am going to get up before it is light out and try A short ride in the wee hours of the morning tomorrow.

[Blueberry]

Nice VW

I'm doing lots of work in the early days this week, in the hopes that I'll have more outside time at the end of the week with the (slightly) cooler weather.

[KnottedYet]

We got up to 63 degrees today.

Woohooo.

I'm sitting here in a wool shirt and thick sweater and sweatpants. I'm so tired of being COLD.

[Biciclista]

the one day it got hot like that (2 years ago?) I rode to work and back. 4 miles each way, very exciting, it was 104 when I got home. maybe you should do short rides?

[KatzPajamas]

Ride early or ride late...We don't ride until about 6:30-7pm on weeknites and on our weekend rides we are out the door by 7-730am. You can get in an hour or two before the oppressive stuff starts. Plus, the breeze factor is increased by the speed of the bike. I haven't had much trouble with the heat this way, and I am not a person who can normally deal well with heat and humidity.

[Owlie]

We got up to 63 degrees today.

Woohooo.

I'm sitting here in a wool shirt and thick sweater and sweatpants. I'm so tired of being COLD.

Wanna trade?

[Trek-chick]

When it gets hot on my commute home I stop and wet my jersey and hair down for the ride home. I am also lucky to pass by a local swimming hole on my way home. Pit stop there for sure

[Tri Girl]

WOW- you guys are sweltering. We normally have 10 days above 100 a summer. We are on day 21 at over 100- and the 10 day forecast doesn't have us any less than triple digits. For crying out loud-it was 110 on Saturday- the hottest July day in over 100 years of records. This heat is insane. I rode at 6:30 am on Sunday, but it was 100 when I finished at 11:30. I can't go out for my long training rides in the dark at 4 am.
We're in OK, not AZ- but I think the state is confused. This extreme heat is killing me.
I'm trying to just grin and bear it. Stick it out. I've been doing my weekday rides at 5:30- just as the sun is coming up- before work. I'd rather sweat to death than die of boredom on the trainer.

Hope it cools down for ALL of us soon. Until then, I hope you can find a way to ride and not die of heat exhaustion.

[KnottedYet]

Send some of your heat to Biciclista and me! We're freezing up here!

[OakLeaf]

I think it's the air quality I'm struggling with more than the heat (which is bad enough when you're not acclimated to it, which none of us here are - it's been three days of 90° and three days of 70° since June). Heat = ozone = shortness of breath.

[Bike Writer]

For me, that's just too hot to ride in. We hit 100 over the weekend and it was oppresive. I got up early and rode in the early morning and was off the bike before it got real bad. I live on a lake it it was too hot to even go out and swim. I either ride early or late on days like that. I just can't take the heat and humidity. Some people are not bothered by it, like my sister, she enjoys the heat. We're all different.

[Roadtrip]

Wanna trade?

Yeaaaa, I second that!!

[bmccasland]

Send some of your heat to Biciclista and me! We're freezing up here!

Notice that I'm not the one complaining. Lived in hot country. I rather enjoy the fact that I was able to sit out at noon and not break a sweat. (but I'd like to be a little warmer)