112 in the shade in Sedona area

[Kidd]

tooooo  hot to ride , I know cuzz I tried it  , the faster you go , does not get any cooler
It was 110 at 10 am this morning on the back porch  in the shade

[Kidd]

oh yeah , forgot to mention , our air conditioner is broken  since  Sunday morning .
Should be fixed  this afternoon

[bscrive]

AC units always break at the worst time.  Murphy's Law.

[hungryeye]

In 2013 our A/C went out on a Sunday afternoon in August, was only 107, somehow I found a company in the valley that came out at 5pm, said we needed a new unit, went and picked one up somewhere (Sunday evening) and was installed and working by 1am. $50 tip to that guy.

[Kidd]

One of the guys came over on  Sunday and discovered the problem and I tipped him $50  for working on a Sunday , damn and he didn't even fix it

Living up here means  a few days for many things like repairs and parts

[dinosnake]

That's when you have redundancy, you have an in-wall or, say, a window unit kept in the garage in case of emergencies.

[Jess from VA]

I remember reading somewhere that at some point, heat and speed on a bike, turns into a convection oven and you're the turkey.  (110-15?)

[dinosnake]

Last year I did 110 while in the California high desert in July.  When it went to 106 in the late afternoon we were like, "Wow, this is much better!"   ???

It was strange, but 110 certainly felt hot while 106 felt tolerable.

Or maybe we had just been driven to psycho crazy by that point 

[CajunRider]

A quick tip for hot weather riding...

You wouldn't think it, but wear a leather jacket (WITHOUT the liner, of course).  It actually does help. 

When the ambient air is above body temp, you end up with convection HEATING from the wind instead of cooling.  The leather keeps the hot air, and thusly the heating, off of your skin.