7, THAT's what I want to know. How come you can do that?Originally Posted by 7rider
As the guys on the LBS's ride like to say whenever they hear whining..
WAH, WAH, WAHHHHH!!!!
As you know, mimitabby, I was in Seattle last week. With a bunch of folks from Maryland, Florida, and Louisiana. We know humidity. You don't have humidity. We didn't want to leave!
I invite you to join me on one of our famous "95/95" rides. That's 95 degrees, 95 percent humidity.
Today's ride home was a 80/80 ride. In the rain. Oh joy and rapture!
eta: See??? Zen knows....
how come I can't????
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06-30-2008, 05:20 PM #1
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06-30-2008, 05:43 PM #2
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Actually....I have no idea. I hate the stuff. I'm a delicate flower. I wilt. Originally Posted by mimitabby
Actually, it comes down to acclimatization (after 5 summers in MD, I'm ALMOST getting used to it...but maybe not), pacing, LOTS of liquid, and an adequate warm up. And a single minded focus on a cool shower and central air conditioning at the end of it!Last edited by 7rider; 07-01-2008 at 03:07 AM. Reason: mixing up my words again....sigh
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06-30-2008, 05:53 PM #3
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How do we do it???
Ideally, a bottle of water, a bottle of electrolyte solution, another bottle of water for your head. And if you keep moving, the evaporative cooling works, somewhat.
That said, I whined recently about having trouble with heat exhaustion....
I think I could easily handle humidity somewhere around 50% and a balmy 85 degrees! That would be terrific riding weather.
Just don't give me cold, nooooooo
I like x-country skiing, but biking in the cold drizzly weather, nooooooBeth
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06-30-2008, 06:28 PM #4
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+1 Originally Posted by 7rider
Actually....I have no idea. I hate the stuff. I'm a delicate flower. I wilt.
Actually, it comes down to acclimization...
The first few couple of summers after I moved out to Seattle from Tennessee, I couldn't understand what people were complaining about on the "hot" days. I absolutely remember thinking it was pleasant, gorgeous even. Now that I've been here for eight years? Nope. Uh-uh. Don't like it one bit.
When you rarely have to deal with heat and humidity, then even a little tiny bit of either or both gets really uncomfortable really fast. *shrug*
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