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« on: July 26, 2015, 01:03:27 PM » |
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My wife and I just took a ride to have lunch, maybe 200 miles roundtrip. It was 90 with high humidity. I don't do well with heat/sun these days. Makes me wonder how I made it to Colorado Inzane during one the hottest weeks on record, supposedly. Sipping ice tea in A/C and trying to recover. what a wimp I've become.  |
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« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2015, 01:30:52 PM » |
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Damn heat is a killer. Been in Phoenix over 100 and had heat exhaustion an had to get back up to higher elevation fast. I stopped in McDonalds to cool off with water ice cream and more water then made a beeline up the freeway to 5500' and was ok . Now living here in Or and the temp has broken records with temps between 105 and 111. Where is that mini ice age their talking about?
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« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2015, 01:35:01 PM » |
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It goes with age, Ron.
I drove my MX5 up to a state park on the 4th., took the back roads with the top down. Very nice drive, wind and blue sky, leisurely drive.
I came back on the interstate. 84 degrees, high humidity. Put the top up, rolled up the windows, turned on the cruise and the AC. 75mph. Came back relaxed and cool. i'm not getting to be a wimp, I am one!
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« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2015, 01:38:58 PM » |
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Far as the wimp part goes-don't feel like the lone stranger!  This past Friday I went to Waynesville Mo. for a P G R thing-bout 85 miles one way-hot humid and VERY miserable. Tween the heat and humidity it wore my ass out.  I could have ridden my beast to Church today-COULD HAVE!  When I left just before 0800 it wuz already hot and sticky headed straight for hot and shitty and continued hot and shitty.  I'm thinkin bout washing my bike this evening-thinkin bout.  Tween the C O P D and them there sorry azzed rightus brothers!  RIDE SAFE. |
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« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2015, 01:47:51 PM » |
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COPD (asthma & emphysema) here also. Yesterday had to pass on a IA VRCC ride because of the humidity. Hoping for a little cooler weather.
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« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2015, 02:44:58 PM » |
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I picked up some mesh riding pants and a gray starter heat shirt. I may look a little goofy but it feels better than shorts and a t shirt.
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« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2015, 03:21:37 PM » |
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Humidity. Left it behind in New England some 41 years ago and haven't missed it a bit. Gimme that "dry" heat even when approaching triple digits; just grab for some shade and siesta the afternoon away. Better yet, fire'er up and get climbing to 7-9 thousand feet and enjoy the breeze. Did about 175 miles yesterday near the Cimmaron, Blue Mesa, and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in western Colorado. Great day, great ride. Hope you had one too.  |
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« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2015, 04:38:31 PM » |
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Hate to say I'm a sissy, but getting older I can't tolerate the extremes like I used to. All of my life I have worked out in the elements, so when I'm not working the last thing I wanna do is to go out in the extreme heat or cold...a fair weather rider. Uhhh, I guess that is a sissy.  |
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« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2015, 08:52:24 PM » |
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Today it was 105 with 7% humidity. Nice day to ride. After 43 yrs in the PHX area, I have cranberry juice for blood. On the other hand, I rear jackets when it hits 60.
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« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2015, 05:12:50 AM » |
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Stuff kills me to. After about 85 with humidity it isn't worth it to me. I quit sweating fighting a barn fire years ago when it was in the 90s. Haven't been able to do heat very well since and that was 25 years ago.
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« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2015, 05:42:50 AM » |
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Hate to say I'm a sissy, but getting older I can't tolerate the extremes like I used to. All of my life I have worked out in the elements, so when I'm not working the last thing I wanna do is to go out in the extreme heat or cold...a fair weather rider. Uhhh, I guess that is a sissy. My wife and I are the same way, although we can tolerate colder temps on the bike much better than hot. Coming back from Inzane in Lacrosse, WI, just about kick our butts for good. We had to stop every 1.5 - 2 hours and get into some AC and drink ice water or a cold sports drink. When the temps get to 90 F and over, we're pretty much relegated to the cage and the AC. |
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« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2015, 07:04:36 AM » |
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Thanks guys, misery likes company. |
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« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2015, 07:18:55 AM » |
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I am the same way, 90 or above and I don't enjoy it as much for sure and usually avoid going for rides over 1 hour long. Dual barefoot willie cupholders help say at McD's getting the large stryofoam cups filled with pop/water/tea and plenty of ice, but even that doesn't cool the body down all the way.
Has anyone tried those body vests you wear that are supposedly filled with cool water? I wonder how long they keep your body cool and how do you recharge the coolness once on the open road for longer rides?
Someone needs to invent, or have they?, a very thin cooling vest that you plug in while riding and it keeps the body temp cool without water, much like a bunch of coils inside the vest that has like freon (??) or something inside.
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« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2015, 08:15:21 AM » |
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I said the same thing to my wife. There should be something invented to keep us cool on a bike.
I should have dug out that kerchief thingy we all bought during the "hell ride" to Colorado. You soak them in cold water and wrap around the neck. Cools that blood running through the jugular...seemed to help for quite a while.
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« Reply #16 on: July 27, 2015, 10:14:36 AM » |
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I have a couple of those. Each bought at an IZ. They do work for a while. That's why I have two. When traveling I keep one in a cooler.  |
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« Reply #17 on: July 27, 2015, 04:19:54 PM » |
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I've found a sweatshirt soaked in cold water under a mesh jacket works best for me. Resoaking every hour is best.
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« Reply #18 on: July 27, 2015, 05:39:56 PM » |
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I've found a sweatshirt soaked in cold water under a mesh jacket works best for me. Resoaking every hour is best.
I tried that once coming back from Inzane in Frisco. When we left Show Low, it was 95°. Descending into the valley, it immediately went to 108° and 10 minutes later, 116°. We stopped in a fast food place and I saturated my T shirt and walked out with it dripping wet. It was completely bone dry again in 10 minutes at highway speed (but for 10 minutes, it was nice). -RP |
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« Reply #19 on: July 27, 2015, 06:25:39 PM » |
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I've found a sweatshirt soaked in cold water under a mesh jacket works best for me. Resoaking every hour is best.
I tried that once coming back from Inzane in Frisco. When we left Show Low, it was 95°. Descending into the valley, it immediately went to 108° and 10 minutes later, 116°. We stopped in a fast food place and I saturated my T shirt and walked out with it dripping wet. It was completely bone dry again in 10 minutes at highway speed (but for 10 minutes, it was nice). -RP When I was working in Parker about 45 miles each way, I would stop and cool off in the Colorado River. But as you said it only lasted for a short time. I have refined the technique to a thick sweatshirt under a mesh jacket. It will work for about an hour tops when it's really hot. |
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« Reply #20 on: July 28, 2015, 10:12:18 AM » |
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Man riding in the heat SUCKS BIGTIME. Left Winston Salem at 6:30 am to ride 563 miles home to Pa. It started out warm at 83 then north of Roanoke it was 97 on the high way by 2pm I had to take a break for a few hours. I got back on the road and was only able to make 1 hr, stopped at a rest area in Carlisle Pa and decided to stay in the shade till sun set. Kept soaking my head and shirt, then my helmet and mesh jacket. That made the difference still hot high 80's but without the sun it was like night and day and very enjoyable it got quite cool the remainder of the way home but hell I loved it plus no traffic. There was a time there I wished I was dead but just stuck to it and rolled in by 9pm
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