Quote Originally Posted by marni View Post
I rode south and west of Houston so I also ride in heat, humidity and headwinds. Today's heat index was 105.

I have discovered Craft brand sleeveless wicking shirts as an under layer for my jerseys. The craft under layer soaks up the sweat, keeps the jersey from being clammy against my skin, encourages cooling evaporation and covers me decently enough so that I can strip down my jersey during a break and cool off. I also ride with arm coolers, which are white, sun resistant, Uv shielding , wicking and prevent me getting sunburned.

I ride early and get off of the road before noon.

I ride somewhat shorter and harder distances, take a good break at the halfway point and step down and stretch during the ride.

I carry two bottles, one of water that is just for dumping and the other with FRS. I carry extra tubes of FRS powder and stop in gas stations and convenience stores to refill the water as needed.

I keep an eye on the weather and on the sky and will call a ride if the weather looks chancy. I have spent far too many times crouching in a ditch with my bike in a ditch across the road in the middle of a thunderstorm. I would rather do that than try to ride in the wet and danger of lightning.

I also ride all summer long , even in the dog days of August, but cut my daily rides from 40-50 to 25-40 or start at the butt crack of dawn to get the miles in.

I am also very careful to hydrate and stretch after the ride, plus take a cool shower.

After a while feeling like you just rode through a shower of warm spit get to feel almost normal.

marni
Hello there,

I live in Dallas. I was looking into getting the arm coolers/sun sleeves. Could you tell me if you like them? Do they keep you cool or are they more to prevent sunburn?

Thanks.