roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Not I.
Heaven is a scorching day on a bike, making your own breeze. With a lake at the end to jump into for absolute perfection.
Anyone else prefer riding in Winter……
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Not I.
Heaven is a scorching day on a bike, making your own breeze. With a lake at the end to jump into for absolute perfection.
a.twiddler
Veteran
I do like the longer hours of daylight in the Summer but I don't do heat too well. Spring/ Autumn for me, and I've had some good Winter rides too.
KingstonGraham
Active Member
Bit much once it gets above about 33 degrees but till then summer riding is what it's all about. Looking forward to it coming back next week.
- Location
- Glasgow
We rarely get very hot days here, around 22C max, I guess.
It can feel hotter if the sun is out, I mean a hot day here doesn't mean it's also a sunny day, that's Scotland's weather for you.
If I'm not at work, I prefer to garden on very hot days, although I will still cycle to work.
I can ride my bike in the perpetual Scottish drizzle, but I cannot do any gardening when it's wet.
It can feel hotter if the sun is out, I mean a hot day here doesn't mean it's also a sunny day, that's Scotland's weather for you.
If I'm not at work, I prefer to garden on very hot days, although I will still cycle to work.
I can ride my bike in the perpetual Scottish drizzle, but I cannot do any gardening when it's wet.
N0bodyOfTheGoat
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Hampshire, UK
When I was sub 80Kg, rather than my curent 94.9Kg, I didn't mind the heat so much as my body fairly efficiently sweated off the heat. I'd still head out for several hours when the local stations were reading ~32C, but hold back on max efforts up climbs to conserve the fluid in my bidons.
But in the last couple of years, not only do I burn up with my extra insulation blubber once it gets warner than ~24C, but it feels like my hayfever has got worse (in terms of really tired eyes rather than anything else). That might be because hayfever results in histamine buildup and long covid is believed to increase histamine levels circulating.
So in some ways, I enjoy riding September to March. But I hate getting cold, so I'll rarely head out when it's under ~13C and it will be turbo time instead (as it is when it's raining or the roads are damp from earlier rain, I don't want a load of South Downs grit thrown all over my drivetrain).
But in the last couple of years, not only do I burn up with my extra insulation blubber once it gets warner than ~24C, but it feels like my hayfever has got worse (in terms of really tired eyes rather than anything else). That might be because hayfever results in histamine buildup and long covid is believed to increase histamine levels circulating.
So in some ways, I enjoy riding September to March. But I hate getting cold, so I'll rarely head out when it's under ~13C and it will be turbo time instead (as it is when it's raining or the roads are damp from earlier rain, I don't want a load of South Downs grit thrown all over my drivetrain).
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
I like summer, I don’t like heatwaves. Sadly with climate change we will be getting more of the latter. But just got my latest sun hat to keep the sun off my head.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
100% with you. Summer means endless farting around with gloopy sunblock and slogging along in energy sapping heat. I'm much happier once the nights start drawing in. Don't mind rain, but the threat of ice keeps me at home.
Chief Broom
Veteran
Since living here in the highlands [12yrs] there has never been a day which was uncomfortably hot. Riding in a t shirt for a handful of times maybe but then its back to a wearing a base layer and jacket. 
