JoeBlow
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Is it currently too hot to ride or am I being a "wuss"?
Al
Al
Too hot!
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fenwick458
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too hot to ride an MTB I think yeah, but perfect for the road bike 
It's fine until you stop ?
Its been hovering around 30c for weeks here and very little precip. Forest fires are raging rhroughout the province and smoke everywhere.
Im in the go high and go early to beat the heat and smoke , afterrnoon siesta, and a spin after supper when its still light and the sun dips bhind the mt.
Early and the smoke hasnt built up. Mid day we cant see more than a km or 2. Its a bit apocalyptic here atm
Im in the go high and go early to beat the heat and smoke , afterrnoon siesta, and a spin after supper when its still light and the sun dips bhind the mt.
Early and the smoke hasnt built up. Mid day we cant see more than a km or 2. Its a bit apocalyptic here atm
It's too damn hot. The problem with U.K weather is we have no time to acclimatise to sun and heat. It's wet windy and mild mostly and then out of nowhere it hits 30C
Time to man-up, brah.
Ride hard in the heat of summer, ride like a rockstar when it cools off.
Ride hard in the heat of summer, ride like a rockstar when it cools off.
Sheeeet dude, you're too 'ardcore for me. I can barely move from a fan blasting on my face. ? Us welsh folk can't take the heat.
GrahamPaul
E*POWAH Elite World Champion
It's been okay riding here near Burgos. Started early and the temperature had only hit 30°C by the time I got back to the campsite. However, heading for Aínsa tomorrow and AEMET says the temperatue will hit 38°C on Thursday. Might need to take an extra bottle of water with me...
It's hot as balls out there. Yesterday I had a solo ride at a slow pace and binned it when I ran out of water. Today I was out with a mate and we were riding at twice the pace on the climbs and got through twice as much water in the same distance so we ditched it for ice cream.
So sad to see, hope everyone can stay safe.
Lol, it’s fine mate. If you can handle sweating you can do it. Just drink fluids to replace what’s leaving the body.
I banged about 38km today…..it was fine whilst moving…..when I got home
. And I upped the assistance where I wouldn’t normally. Got to love an Eeb.
Sorry to see the flooding shit…….awful.
I banged about 38km today…..it was fine whilst moving…..when I got home
. And I upped the assistance where I wouldn’t normally. Got to love an Eeb. Sorry to see the flooding shit…….awful.
Healy
Active member
Was hot tonight. Cheeky few downs at pedals and a quick loop of the free miners. Getting flow back after a few good crashes. Followed by a pint
Too hot? Wearing full face and armour and climbing with no shade.....yes! I was at Afan earlier this week when the hot weather arrived. We were lucky to get in a good ride in c23 degrees with some pm cloud cover but the following day was zero breeze, clear sky, and 26 degrees.......too hot!!
In summer here, we long for the days that are a cool 30 degrees.....
Gordon
Gordon
Armour and a FF is a bit overkill for Afan marked trails. In this weather you're more likely to keel over from heat exhaustion in that gear!
I'm 70.....you don't bounce very well at my age! FF and armour on every ride
heat stroke is no fun it sneaks up on you (normally just after dinner), After having for the first time I found myself much more sensitive to heat, but I find I'm ok on a bike even full gear as long as I'm cycling.
I find myself moaning like goldie locks about the weather with the UK's big swings. imo perfect for outdoors for me is dry 18-21c overcast.
I find myself moaning like goldie locks about the weather with the UK's big swings. imo perfect for outdoors for me is dry 18-21c overcast.
Olof Bike Adventures
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After having lived a few years in southern Spain, my recommendation is to do morning rides and stop at your local bar/café on the way home for your morning coffee and some water (not necessary, but very nice).
Besides that the temperatures are lower in the morning, the sun is the real killer in my opinion so I used to go out at around 6 or thereabouts and be home at around 10.
Besides that the temperatures are lower in the morning, the sun is the real killer in my opinion so I used to go out at around 6 or thereabouts and be home at around 10.
JoeBlow
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There are a couple of problems with this heat in the UK. We are not used to it and it's tends to be "muggy" heat. I've rock climbed, which required a fair amount of walking, in the USA, Europe and Turkey in higher temperatures but it didn't feel as oppressive and debilitating as this does. Similarly with winter. I've ice climbed at -40 in Norway but it does not feel as bad as cold in the UK. I think both cold and heat when affected by high humidity can feel worse. Cold coupled with humidity seems to get right to the body's core.
Al
Al
Pyr0
E*POWAH Master
Just keep moving on the bike and create your own breeze
It was really nice riding yesterday.. until we stopped.
Took my mates freshly completed Dengfu E10 out for a spin locally for a few hours yesterday.
spotted this guy enjoying the sun too
It was really nice riding yesterday.. until we stopped.
Took my mates freshly completed Dengfu E10 out for a spin locally for a few hours yesterday.
spotted this guy enjoying the sun too
It is 115 in California desert and we work out in that heat. So 30 Celsius sounds amazing.
Broc
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