Texas riding
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From: Lafayette, Louisiana
Use ball spray before you head out. Also use foot spray. Make sure your socks and underwear are fresh and clean.When you stop for gas, drink a bottle of water. Check your tire pressure before heading out.
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2014
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From: usa
I have an old license plate in my side pack that I throw down...no fear of dirt parking lots or fresh asphalt parking lots!
Yep....feels like 106 today with humidity. It just does not break...even at night. I rode in around 7pm today and my liquid cooled bike was throwing out some freaking furnace like heat out the lower vents!
When I got into the tree lined roads it was ok...direct sun is brutal.
Yep....feels like 106 today with humidity. It just does not break...even at night. I rode in around 7pm today and my liquid cooled bike was throwing out some freaking furnace like heat out the lower vents!
When I got into the tree lined roads it was ok...direct sun is brutal.
Tourer
Joined: Jun 2017
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From: Texas hill country
This is my kind of weather. As others said, hydrate and keep moving. I also take frequent breaks under big ole oak trees while on backroads. North wind should keep temps below 100 today... Enjoy!
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From: Central Texas
Those of us that was born and raised here in Texas don't give it much thought, we just jump on our bikes and go. Kinda like the northern people, when it starts cooling off you don't think about, it if there is not any ice on the road, you just jump on the bike and go. I have seen times in August I would have to put on a jacket to go to work, if the sun wasn't up yet,
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From: Windwardside, Saba N.A.
Get a big bandana, wrap ice cubes in it and tie it around your neck. Ice on your neck keeps your whole body cool and as the ice melts the water soaks your shirt and evaporation really cools you down.
And as we learned from oldtimers in the 1960's, wearing white is a good idea. I've got a pair white jeans for hot days. All this black clothing got started in the 1970's by posers.
And as we learned from oldtimers in the 1960's, wearing white is a good idea. I've got a pair white jeans for hot days. All this black clothing got started in the 1970's by posers.
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From: West Texas Sandhills
I don’t mind riding in hot weather, but the past couple of weeks has been brutal. I had planned on riding after I changed the oil on my RGU, but it took almost all day to do it because of the heat. By the time I finished, the temperature was between 110 and 112. I parked the bike and will ride another day. In west Texas, today is the only day for the next couple of weeks it’s supposed to be under 100, and dammit, I have to work.
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From: Arizona
I keep frozen solid bota bags in the freezer. They melt just fast enough to have ice water all day. The flexible skin allows for expansion and when they are empty they are flat. Don't bang around either like hard containers.
I don't ride on or off road in the desert when temps get over 110...it's just painful at that point. You'll lose more water than you think.
I'm a brown person conditioned to the heat, if you're a pale Irish redhead you may want to adjust accordingly. Know your limitations and dial it back a notch, probably two.
I don't ride on or off road in the desert when temps get over 110...it's just painful at that point. You'll lose more water than you think.
I'm a brown person conditioned to the heat, if you're a pale Irish redhead you may want to adjust accordingly. Know your limitations and dial it back a notch, probably two.
Sun screen and loose long sleeves (light colored tee-shirt). Lots of water and light meals.
I work in it so I'm a little better prepared, but a long run will still drain you. I find if you start out early, you adjust as the temp climbs and you can ride through it if you feel the need.
One of the few times riding you welcome clouds and even a light shower or two.
When you stop, some addressed the jiffy stand, it's also important to cover your seat. Sucks to come out from lunch, into an oven, and then sit on a frying pan seat.
I work in it so I'm a little better prepared, but a long run will still drain you. I find if you start out early, you adjust as the temp climbs and you can ride through it if you feel the need.
One of the few times riding you welcome clouds and even a light shower or two.
When you stop, some addressed the jiffy stand, it's also important to cover your seat. Sucks to come out from lunch, into an oven, and then sit on a frying pan seat.