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Old 05-22-2012, 08:46 PM
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Just curious....it is 108 today and I was wondering at what temperature do you say to yourself that it is too hot?
 
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Yeah - about that, 105 plus. It depends a little on how hot the road surface is. Blacktop can get a lot hotter than the measured temp in the shade.
 
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Dont know. 126* didnt stop me and I would do it agian. I like it best around 90*.
 
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Hydrate! Hydrate! Hydrate! It's amazing what you can do when you keep pumping the fluids...
 
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Hydrate! Hydrate! Hydrate! It's amazing what you can do when you keep pumping the fluids...
WORD! Camel pack full of gatorade and a hydration vest!
 
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It's not really the heat that gets me,it's the damn humidity!
 
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Well, I really like to ride. I don't mind the heat but if I were to burst into flames, then I'd say it was too hot to ride.
 
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I've rode Death Valley in the summertime at a buck twenty+
but that was a dry heat. Doubt I could ride anywhere near that hot with much humidity
 
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I've rode Death Valley in the summertime at a buck twenty+
but that was a dry heat. Doubt I could ride anywhere near that hot with much humidity
Thats where I hit 126.
 
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Rode in 112 degree temps in Vegas and South Dakota. Never too hot to ride!!
 
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