You're right about the trade off. From late May to late September, the only time to ride is at the crack of dawn until about 8:00 AM. After that, it is 90 degrees and rising rapidly. Forget about riding in the evening - that's our hottest part of the day.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot: "It's a dry heat..." (Then how come I'm sweating bullets?) The sun is relentless. It burns holes right through you. Sunglass companies test their sunglasses here. We're the skin cancer capital of the U.S. Imagine turning your oven onto 450 degrees and sticking your head in it. That's what going outside feels like.

So, this is the time of the year that I can kick back & be glad I live in Arizona. Rattlesnakes are hibernating. If we could get rid of the snow birds, this would be a decent place to be. Gotta watch those little Q-Tips behind the wheel - they haven't a clue what a bicycle is and why they can't just swerve right in front of us. After all, we can stop on a dime, right?

But, that's a different forum

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