Amen on the humidity!! If you can't get evaporation going because the air is already saturated, you over-heat so fast. 98 didn't seem too awful a couple of weeks ago but the humidity was probably lower than 50% (I just checked - it was in the 40/30% range).
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07-07-2005, 05:17 PM #1
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07-07-2005, 05:44 PM #2
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I've ridden in Death Valley when it's been over 100 and here in the Delta when it's been in the high 90s. I take the heat pretty well once I'm acclimated. I find that if I keep moving and can create my own evaporation system, I do okay. Jobob can attest to how much I sweat even on a coolish day.
But you have to be sure you stay hydrated. Everyone is different. There were other folks on that Death Valley ride who cramped up and couldn't move.
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07-07-2005, 06:29 PM #3
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Hey Nuthatch, the MS150 was 103-111 at the pavement
That was hot. 102 with high humidity would really be pushing it without frequent stops to cool down. I was pouring water on myself on the MS150 and making stops every 10 miles or so, especially Sunday which felt more soupy.
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07-07-2005, 08:27 PM #4
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102!
Dang, I'm cooked if it's 80-85 degrees! I don't handle heat at all.
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07-08-2005, 06:07 AM #5
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As the old saying goes, it ain't the heat, it's the &*^%$!! humidity. When I lived in S. Colorado, I was personally hurt and offended when the high for the day this time of year was below 100F. But there was effectively no humidity, and things cooled off nicely at night. And yes, I was active. Here in the Midwest, I wilt at about 85, and things just stay hot (and humid).
I'm wilting now.
FWIW, I just ran into an old email from DH that he sent sometime this last spring "It's 40 degrees out, I hope you're on your bike." (I think I was...)Give big space to the festive dog that make sport in the roadway. Avoid entanglement with your wheel spoke.
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07-08-2005, 09:55 AM #6
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I have no problems with the heat! I'll hike, ride, run when it's 115. Humidity isn't my favorite thing at night when I'm trying to sleep (or when I just get out of the shower) but I used to ride and run in Indiana in the summer during the middle of the day. Now Cold OTOH: man I Hate Cold!!!!
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07-08-2005, 10:01 AM #7
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I'm with you on the cold. I can ride at 40 degrees, but I'm not happy about it.
It's certainly not too hot here today. 82 with a ENE wind at 2mph. Sunny. Yeah, I'll be riding in a few
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