You guys in Florida, got it made ! - Page 2

[QUOTE=slyjackson]I ride in those at home(Bryans Road Maryland)...like yesterday for instance. 22+mph wind in my face on the way back on my 25 mile training route that has 3 hills, one is at least a 7% grade hill thats about 100 yards long which is at the end of the 25 mile route. Do that with the wind blowing 20 mph in your face. I know pain by it's first name.

I'm doing a ride next week that I did this past March. It's 40 miles long with over 4000 ft. of climbing.

Fairwheel Bikes rents bikes AND will let you drool over--and even give them money for--the massively cool kit in their store.

Iffin' you want company on some rides, I'm hip to that, and I've got pockets full of good rides. As it happens my grad school spring break is from March 14-22. I can prolly/maybe/possibly ride before that, depending on my test/work load.

PM me iffin' you want to know more.

I go to Florida, Punta Gorda, to visit my mom, and rent a road bike while I am there. I did a trip in the third week of June. Besides that the humidy was really high for the entire week, the worst was the bugs. Everytime I stopped for a break I got swarmed.

I much prefer to ride in Washington over Florida. But then in January I can't ride, but you can in Florida.

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High humidity is a bleak, living hell. Two summers ago, I flew back to Ohio with my daughter to drop her off for a month long stay with our families there. I took my bike. The temp there never went above about 85, and one day had a high only in the upper 60's. The humidity, though, was soul shredding. Sweat never seemed to evaporate, and there was always that ever present "heaviness" in the air. When I flew back to Tucson 10 days later and I walked out of the airport, the air felt so good and was nearly orgasmic compared to the hell that is Ohio.........and the temp in Tucson was 106° that day.

Now, we're knee deep in the monsoon season, and our humidity is highest this time of year. Right now, our humidity is a whopping 45%. I think that's a dry/arid day in Ohio.

From one who knows, you got that right!

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Pa. is the same way

I'll second that. It really actually feels like you are cutting through the atmosphere, if that makes sense.

Did a century in Tahoe last year. I thought it would be slower because of the altitude. A friend that did it previously told me he actually finds it easier (provided you hydrate properly the week prior) because the lower humidity means you don't have to cut through the air per se. Boy was he ever right. That, coupled with the much better scenery, and it was pure heaven.

And, I didn't think there was any such thing as flats without wind . . .

I'm just not sure which is worse. Running four miles in 102 degree heat in Las Vegas one July and finishing without a drop of sweat on me, or taking my dog for a five-minute walk this afternoon in Florida, wearing only shorts (me, not the dog), and having to wash the sweat off my face when I got back.

I guess the former is more "comfortable" and convenient, but I tend to think the latter is healthier. All I know is that every time I've spent time in the southwest, within a day my skin looks like a mummy's.

When given a choice, I far prefer dry heat. But I will ride in whatever nature provides, and given Rome's traditional weather, it tends to be hot, sticky and quite humid. Oh well...

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