Quote Originally Posted by Dragonfly5 View Post
I'm sooo jealous. We are a couple of months from a bare arm ride. Hell, it feels like it's going to be months before I can ride at all. So Marni, when it does get really hot do you still ride? Just go out early/late in the day? I'm asking, because we eventually want to move south to NC or VA and wondering how cyclists handle the hot humid weather.
I lived in NC for most of life, and cycling in the summer, you just have to get up and get going early. But you do acclimate. It's never as hot riding, because of the breeze you create, as it would be walking, hiking, jogging, or running. But you definitely don't want to wait until 11 am to head out. I also did many after work rides (5pm or later start), and by then, even though it's still humid, the sun is low enough that I found it pretty tolerable, so long as the temp was not above 92 or so. NC and VA are not as hot as some of what they have in TX, at least!