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Sweat has been rolling off me nonstop for the past week. Including when I'm sitting on the couch. I've got beach towels on all my furniture and it's not enough.
I LIKE to sweat. When I'm DOING something. Not when I'm just sitting on my @ss.
Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
2008 Trek FX 7.2/Terry Cite X
2009 Jamis Aurora/Brooks B-68
2010 Trek FX 7.6 WSD/stock bontrager
Ugh! We went to Red River, NM for vacation hoping to escape the heat but they were having a heat wave and no where has AC. At least in Texas we can hide with the AC going full blast.
Amanda
2011 Specialized Epic Comp 29er | Specialized Phenom | "Marie Laveau"
2007 Cannondale Synapse Carbon Road | Selle Italia Lady Gel Flow | "Miranda"
You don't have to be great to get started, but you do have to get started to be great. -Lee J. Colan
Oakleaf, I hear ya. Well, not at the moment since it's nowhere near summer down here but..It shall be here very soon...
When we returned home from the Otway in Feb, our reverse cycle air con went on the fritz.. and it was just towards the end of a week of 40C+ temps.. The only relief til it was fixed was from our bathroom tiles..
I'd like summer to return but i'm ok with the temps at the mo
It's sticky and in the 90s. I have no AC. Even the kitchen tiles are all warmish and gross. My poor fan has been working overtime the last couple days.
At least I don't leave slime trails.
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2009 Giant Avail 3 |Specialized Jett 143
2013 Charge Filter Apex| Specialized Jett 143
1996(?) Giant Iguana 630|Specialized Riva
Saving for the next one...
No AC??? Oh you poor thing!!!
We are doing a sprint triathlon today and it's supposed to be 100 degrees....I may have to walk the run or do the swim twice to cool off
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Luna Eclipse/Selle Italia Lady
Surly Pacer/Terry Butterfly
Quintana Roo Cd01/Koobi Stratus
1981 Schwinn Le Tour Tourist
Jamis Coda Femme
We didn't have AC when I was a girl - but the 1960's were a different time. I still remember what those southern summers were like without it - one summer in particular
Bike Chick - I am impressed that you are heading out in such temps.
I WAS going for my weekly long ride yesterday - bumping it to 51 miles this week - but couldn't get out until 2:30 yesterday afternoon. 93 degrees, heat index >100 and a hot wind that felt straight out of an oven.
Made it to my starting point...was ready to step on the bike...and wimped...errrrr....got wise and put the ride off until this morning. I am stubborn, but it wasn't the weather to do my long ride in. Trying to raise my mileage base, NOT a trip to the ER for heat stroke! I do want to increase my heat tolerance but it seems wiser to do this by getting out before it is the hottest part of the day and ride while the temps rise.
Hope to get started between 7-7:30 this morning. It is already 79 degrees and the sun hasn't even come up yet!
Last edited by Catrin; 07-24-2010 at 02:13 AM.
Ironic that watching TdF in the mornings occupies the only time of day when I could possibly ride.
Morning rides will be back on the schedule now, and we usually get a little whiff of fall by the middle of August. It's like an oven out there now. Yah, I know it's a dry heat, but so is the surface of the sun.
Each day is a gift, that's why it is called the present.
I've finally gotten fed up. To some extent, I enjoy riding in temp extremes. It's a challenge and I have fun in heat as long as I can go at my own pace, rest, take photos, and eat ice cream. But day after day after day gets old.
And I don't like having to use AC (though I am grateful I have it). And subway platforms are horribly hot.
How hot is it? It's so hot that there are two (2) threads going on the heat!
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The other one is in the Mid-Atlantic region.
I consider Ohio part of the Mid-Atlantic, but the last time I asked, they refused to claim us and said we belonged in North Central, which is really for states like Illinois and South Dakota.
Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
There should be a Mid-West region.... but I guess there can only be so many.
You won't find me complaining about the heat. I still remember too vividly this past winter.
Specialized Ruby/Selle Italia Flow
1991 Specialized Sirrus, steel frame
Dahon Eco C7
Surly Long Haul Trucker/Terry Fly RS
Trident TWIG Recumbent
I want to fall into that snow.
You are a sadist.
2008 Trek FX 7.2/Terry Cite X
2009 Jamis Aurora/Brooks B-68
2010 Trek FX 7.6 WSD/stock bontrager