I am finding it too hot to ride

[PatriciaK]

I have heard that many people in your area don't even have A/C because they didn't need it in past years. True ?

Yep!

 

[PatriciaK]

Today, tomorrow, and likely Tuesday, are too hot for my asthmatic senior butt to be on my bike (contemplating trying a ride really early tomorrow morning, but probably won't) . And, to think I came home from NC for this !

 

[GenXrider]

I ride for exercise, so when it gets over 100, I just ride late. I ride in the dark plenty.

 

[Art Deco]

I ride for exercise, so when it gets over 100, I just ride late. I ride in the dark plenty.

Do you use any special lights? @fooferdoggie had a wild set of LED lights on his bike.Maybe still does.

 

[GenXrider]

Do you use any special lights? @fooferdoggie had a wild set of LED lights on his bike.Maybe still does.

My Ride1Up 700 has a built-in headlight and taillight, but I added an 800 lumen headlight that I bought off Amazon. It's pretty bright. I also ride mostly on rural low traffic roads.

 

[Art Deco]

My Ride1Up 700 has a built-in headlight and taillight, but I added an 800 lumen headlight that I bought off Amazon. It's pretty bright. I also ride mostly on rural low traffic roads.

https://electricbikereview.com/forums/attachments/1602707724308-png.68605/

 

[Art Deco]

https://electricbikereview.com/forums/attachments/1602707724308-png.68605/

My setup is similar. The Specialized stock lights are OK for dusk, but not enough for a railroad tunnel . But I was asking about spoke lights, reflective vests, and such.

 

[GenXrider]

My setup is similar. The Specialized stock lights are OK for dusk, but not enough for a railroad tunnel . But I was asking about spoke lights, reflective vests, and such.

Ahhh... ok, I don't have any lights like that or reflective vests.

 

[mschwett]

Yep!

i’ve lived on the west coast my whole life, various places around the bay area, and oregon, southern washington, etc.

never lived in a house, dorm, apartment, or condo that had air conditioning.

 

[fooferdoggie]

I ride for exercise, so when it gets over 100, I just ride late. I ride in the dark plenty.

it was 107 of when got dark last night.

 

[Art Deco]

i’ve lived on the west coast my whole life, various places around the bay area, and oregon, southern washington, etc.

never lived in a house, dorm, apartment, or condo that had air conditioning.

People in the Eastern US adopted A/C hard and fast in the 1960s heat and humidity...

 

[Dallant]

We had an “evaporative cooler“ rooftop ac unit in the Tri-Cities. Then we had normal ac.

 

[fooferdoggie]

Man it was 102 at noon today so I said I need to get home before it gets too bad. drank a can of highball to get some water and caffeine. my ride was 8 miles and I cranked it up to turbo so I was not working and monitored my heart rate. I stopped half way at a convince store got another quart of water and some gum as my mouth was so dry. cooled ff a but then rode mire. stopped in the shade once more to finish off the water. it was a bad ride so hot it almost hurt. if I had too there were plenty f stores I could go into to cool off so I was not too worried. but this is the temp my garmin got on the roads.
and the asphalt temp a hour later at home and even the sidewalk temp.

 

[ActionJackson]

we left it was 84 now its 98 at 11:30 our ride averaged 93 degrees with a peak of 108

We typically see only max highs (94°F/34.5°C) in that range mid-summer in August in Tokyo and the surrounding region. You won’t do your health any favor out in that type of weather unless you’re well acclimated and it’s dry as a bone. Basically at 35°C everything shuts down outside. On the other hand 45°C + high humidity is typical in parts of India!

Riding (or charging) in very hot weather is bad for your battery though.

 

[GenXrider]

I was talking about real air temperatures, not heat indexes or surface temperatures that are being referenced or pictured here.

 

[Art Deco]

Snip ... Basically at 35°C everything shuts down outside. On the other hand 45°C + high humidity is typical in parts of India!

Shutting down at 35C (95F) makes sense to me. Working outdoors at 45C (113F) seems crazy.

 

[fooferdoggie]

Yep riding in 100+ with the sun out is no fun at all I tried riding on shady roads as much as possible but it still was miserable and like getting blasted bu a furnace most of my ride my Garmin was showing 120.

 

[Art Deco]

Speaking of 45C in India ... Canada just exceeded that.

Canada weather: Heat hits record 46.6C as US north-west also sizzles

Lytton in British Columbia breaks an 84-year-old record, as the US Pacific north-west also sizzles.

www.bbc.com

 

[ActionJackson]

Speaking of 45C in India ... Canada just exceeded that.

Canada weather: Heat hits record 46.6C as US north-west also sizzles

Lytton in British Columbia breaks an 84-year-old record, as the US Pacific north-west also sizzles.

www.bbc.com

That’s insane. Also 5.5°C higher than any temperature recorded in all of Japan (41.1°C).

 

[ActionJackson]

I was talking about real air temperatures, not heat indexes or surface temperatures that are being referenced or pictured here.

For the most part people here are talking about outside ambient air temperature. There’s a large swath of the PNW where many conventional small aircraft can’t fly right now - that’s never been the case ever.