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Old Jul 6, 2014 | 04:45 PM
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Does it ever or when is it too hot to ride? After church today the car said 100 and the wife asked if I was going for a ride. I told her no its too hot. Then I thought about wetting down my shirt, wringing it out, and leaving. I figure a cool wet shirt would keep me comfortable for awhile.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2014 | 04:56 PM
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Isn't Aurora Co only about 30 minutes from 6,000'+ mountains?
 
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Old Jul 6, 2014 | 05:11 PM
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Never too hot. It does get too cold for me though!
 
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Old Jul 6, 2014 | 05:52 PM
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Closer to an hour but yeah.

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Isn't Aurora Co only about 30 minutes from 6,000'+ mountains?
 
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100F and moving does not bother me. 100F in traffic sucks a$$.
 
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I have never been where it is to hot to ride, just to hot to be comfortable. And I lived in the SOCAL desert for years.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2014 | 06:26 PM
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100F and moving does not bother me. 100F in traffic sucks a$$.
Ditto!
 
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90 degrees and Tennessee humidity is pretty unbearable sometimes, still sweating while moving but the alternative of not riding is unacceptable. I'd rather ride in cold than hot.
 
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it really isn't bad in triple digit weather. i was told "it feels like riding into a hair dryer" but that's a load of garbage. it really doesn't bother me in jeans, shirt, and vest. i don't wear my jacket in that weather but who could blame me
 
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Not the most comfy of rides in the heat + humidity, but beats not riding at all, right?
 
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