I am finding it too hot to ride

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 😱!
 
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mschwett said:
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.
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People in the Eastern US adopted A/C hard and fast in the 1960s heat and humidity...
 
We had an “evaporative cooler“ rooftop ac unit in the Tri-Cities. Then we had normal ac.
 
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.
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fooferdoggie said:
we left it was 84 now its 98 at 11:30 our ride averaged 93 degrees with a peak of 108
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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.
 
I was talking about real air temperatures, not heat indexes or surface temperatures that are being referenced or pictured here.
 
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.
 
GenXrider said:
I was talking about real air temperatures, not heat indexes or surface temperatures that are being referenced or pictured here.
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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.
 
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