Favorite Cycling Weather

[kfergos]

I'm loving the spring weather, if only we could ditch all the pollen and grit that gets in your eyes. I think my favorite time of day is early mornings, especially if we have those big huge clouds that make shadows on the ground, when it's still cool outside but you can tell it's going to be warm.

What's your favorite weather to ride in and what's your favorite time of day to ride?

[Aggie_Ama]

I like spring for the wildflowers and baby farm animals. My allergies go wacky but it is so pretty. That time of year I like to be able to sleep in then ride around 10:00. Of course by late March it is usually sweltering here and I have to get up early.

[Geonz]

45-50 degrees... 10-13 mph wind. This 80 degree stuff is for the birds. If I'm riding hard, I want air conditioning!

[HillSlugger]

Fall mornings.

[makbike]

I know this is going to sound crazy but I love to ride when it is really hot (85 -95 F) and humid (60% or higher). We typically have a warm but humid free summer (May - June) but the hot humid weather has arrived early and I'm enjoying it to the max!

[F8th637]

I know this is going to sound crazy but I love to ride when it is really hot (85 -95 F) and humid (60% or higher). We typically have a warm but humid free summer (May - June) but the hot humid weather has arrived early and I'm enjoying it to the max!

My husband is like that too. He likes working out in the hot, heavy, oppressive stuff. No thank you! My favorite cycling weather would be no humidity, a slight breeze, blue skies and temps in the mid to upper 60s and low 70s.

[shootingstar]

I know this is going to sound crazy but I love to ride when it is really hot (85 -95 F) and humid (60% or higher). We typically have a warm but humid free summer (May - June) but the hot humid weather has arrived early and I'm enjoying it to the max!

YOu are atypical.. I lived in Ontario where summers are often 90-100% humidity before moving after 41+ yrs. I look to those former summers back in time...as a different sort of toughening up while cycling.

Best type of air quality for a city, is where we live now, fresher air... and temperatures during summer here are heavenly to me..just perfect. I like cycling around 18-22 C. with moderate humidity and no pouring rain.

I actually still have not yet fully acclimatized to pacific sea air totally...I always feel a slight cool edge in the air in non-sleeved garments. It's ok..I still want to adjust to high humidity when I visit elsewhere.

Enjoy late spring, summer and early fall the best here for cycling.

[Bad JuJu]

Fall mornings.

That's a big +1! Fall is my favorite season, hands down, and IMO, better cycling weather is not to be found.

I hate riding in high, humid temps. So why do I live in Florida, you ask? For regular paychecks, of course, so I can continue to support my addictions of the two-wheeled kind.

[cyclechick2008]

I like 70-90 F and wind under 20mph sustained. Like that happens in Kansas.

No it does if you ride between 6:30 and 8 am.

I don't ride then much.

Kim

[elk]

cool and cloudy for me...

[BarbaraAlys]

I have ridden when it was in the 40s, too cold on the hands, and as high as 104, hot but as my friend says "you make your own breeze, so lets ride!" My favorite is when it is about 70, with little wind or humidity. Since I've been living in Dallas/Fort Worth I've become a real humidity weeny. I can take it, but prefer not to.

And by the way, over here in Fort Worth we do have hills...not mountains mind you, but hills.

Barbara

[OakLeaf]

Last week people in my club were making comments about my wool jersey, full finger gloves and Lycra tights when it was 70 degrees and sunny. I knew it was going to drop into the mid to high 60s by the end of the ride, and as the sun got lower I'd be chilly. I was dressed perfectly.

Perfect for me is 80-85. I'm not particular about the humidity - I'm not a huge fan of high humidity, but I don't mind it. One thing about high humidity is it really concentrates the flower aromas, and I just love that!

But no wind. I hate wind. For itself, and for the way it stirs up the pollen.