Never ride a bike in Florida

[Mark Hickey]

Marlene Blanshay <[email protected]> wrote:

>Ive been in FL in the summer- i have no idea how people live. You'd have
>to ride at 6 am or forget it. Even at 8 am it's already like an oven.

It's not so bad... I rode there for years and years, through all kinds
of weather (up to and including tropical storms with winds in the
40mph range). Yes, it's hot in the afternoon, and yes, you get soaked
almost immediately (whether it's raining or not). Most rides in the
summer afternoon would end up with me literlly looking like I just
stepped (fully clothed) out of the shower.

Riding in Arizona now, where the temperature is MUCH higher, but the
humidity is MUCH lower. All in all, pretty much a wash - probably
feels about the same all in all (since evaporative cooling works SO
well here). I ride quite often with the temperatures in the 105-110 F
range without any problems. To do so, I follow a couple rules (not
suggestions...).

1) Start slow (cranking it up before you build up a good sweat is
deadly).
2) Drink lots of water, before, during and after the ride.

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 ti frame

 

[Michael J. Klein]

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:06:07 -0500, Neil Cherry <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On 29 Aug 2005 09:00:13 -0700, Maggie wrote:
>
>> I on the other hand think that anyone who rides for miles when it is 90
>> plus degrees and humid is out of their mind.
>
>Uhm, you just missed (Aug 13?) the hotest day of the year. My friends
>and I attempted a Century but abandoned after 97 (we decided to take
>the straightest router back at mile 55). We had reports of 100F+ (my
>weather station reported 104.9). After that ride I have to agree, we
>were out of our minds!

I ride in 90+ degree weather all the time here. not much choice, its
what we get about 21 degrees of the equator. one does get used to it
though.

Michael J. Klein & Asian Castings Consortium
[email protected]
Yangmei Jen (Hukou), Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan, ROC
Please replace mousepotato with asiancastings
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[Chris Zacho The Wheelman]

Do what I do here in SC (not as bad, but still uncomfortable for someone
used to the drier south west). Leave as early as possible, and be done,
preferably, before 1 pm.

- -

"May you have the winds at your back,
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

Chris'Z Corner
http://www.geocities.com/czcorner

 

[andy gee]

[email protected] (Chris Zacho "The Wheelman") wrote in news:12776-
[email protected]:

> Do what I do here in SC (not as bad, but still uncomfortable for someone
> used to the drier south west). Leave as early as possible, and be done,
> preferably, before 1 pm.
>

That is, of course, a best practice. But when I'm on vacation, I'm lucky
to get out of wherever I am before 1:00.

--ag

 

[Maggie]

andy gee wrote:
> [email protected] (Chris Zacho "The Wheelman") wrote in news:12776-
> [email protected]:
>
> > Do what I do here in SC (not as bad, but still uncomfortable for someone
> > used to the drier south west). Leave as early as possible, and be done,
> > preferably, before 1 pm.
> >
>
> That is, of course, a best practice. But when I'm on vacation, I'm lucky
> to get out of wherever I am before 1:00.
>
> --ag

The only time I am happy to arise early is when I am on vacation. Who
wants to get up early to go to work? I rode my bike on vacation this
summer more than I did at home. At home during the week I wake up at
5:00 a.m.........I think its 110 and humid today in Jersey....I am
debating whether I should ride. When I am on vacation I can't wait to
get out of bed and get going.....unless of couse I had been in a casino
until 3:00 a.m. the night before. ;-) I just spent two days in AC. I
admit I slept in. And I did not ride the rental bikes. ;-) Anyone
ever ride a rental bike on the boardwalk. Before I knew what a real
bike was, I thought they were pretty darn nice. ;-)
Maggie

 

[andy gee]

"Maggie" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> When I am on vacation I can't wait
> to get out of bed and get going.....unless of couse I had been in a
> casino until 3:00 a.m. the night before. ;-) I just spent two days
> in AC. I admit I slept in. And I did not ride the rental bikes. ;-)
> Anyone ever ride a rental bike on the boardwalk. Before I knew what
> a real bike was, I thought they were pretty darn nice. ;-)
> Maggie
>
>


If you like to get up early, like the Jersey Shore, and like riding on
the boardwalk, check this out --

Next time go over the Longport Bridge to Ocean City and rent a surry for
your whole family. It's a real hoot.

Atlantic City? Everyone knows the only way to travel on the boardwalk
is those thinks that people push you around on.

--ag