Dealing with Warm Weather

[BrumJim]

ride slow and early on the way in, fast on the way home

I struggle with the concept of early (getting up earlier?) and riding slow (oxymoron in my brain). Hence the query.

 

[hoski]

It's all about air flow... just sayin'.

 

[martint235]

You're not in shorts yet??? I would have melted about a month ago

 

[Crankarm]

I ride one of these. You do need extra thick padding on your shorts though...

That's cool.

 

[buggi]

i hate hot weather. It kills me. Anything above 18 degrees and i start to flag. Give me a cold winter day and my thermals anytime and i wizz along. My speed drops by half if its above 25 and i feel sick if its near 28. I rode from Warwick to Solihull last year on a hot day and my brother had to treat me for heat exhaustion. Felt sick as a pig. Good job we have a nurse in the family! Good job i live in England. I think that's the problem, not enough continuous hot days for me to get acclimatised.

 

[gavroche]

Are we still talking about summer ......in Great Britain?

 

[jarlrmai]

If it's winter and your cold, you are not riding fast enough to warm up by exertion, if it's summer and you're too hot you're not riding fast enough to cool down by airflow.

Solution: ride faster

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I don't ride hard enough on the commute to get hot and sweaty, I save that for the Sunday rides, in the summer I just reduce the effort.

 

[Moodyman]

I'm lucky to have showers at work, so I give it some welly and have a cool shower at work. I also down 4/5 glasses of cold water from the office water cooler. That cools me down quick.

As said, it rarely get hot enough in England to cause issues. Poor Victor in Aussieland was riding in 40c a few weeks ago,

 

[Cameronmu917772]

Early start & via pub* beer garden on the way back.





*with added skittle distraction on Mondays.

Can you not like something twice lol

 

[marzjennings]

Spring is about over here and summer heat is about to begin with day time temps not getting below 80f again until October. Riding in the middle of summer in 100f and 100% humidity is just fun . I definitely do not miss the UK summer 'heat' waves.

Just for fun I'm thinking of riding the Hotter than Hell 100 this year http://www.hh100.org/ 'cos what could be more fun than riding 100 miles in 100f with 12000 other crazy riders.

(yes the heat drives me crazY!)

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I'm lucky to have showers at work, so I give it some welly and have a cool shower at work. I also down 4/5 glasses of cold water from the office water cooler. That cools me down quick.

As said, it rarely get hot enough in England to cause issues. Poor Victor in Aussieland was riding in 40c a few weeks ago,

Actually, it hasn't been that bad here in Melbourne (although Perth, where I grew up, gets a lot hotter). In early February it topped 40, then we had 1 day above 30 in March, then April 1st topped 30. Since then, it's been cooling down nicely . This morning, the minimum was 2.5°C and it's still 12 inside the house. It's ANZAC Day here, a public holiday, so even though it's Friday, I'm at home.

 

[fossyant]

It's one of those things. We don't have showers. Once cleaned up you can suddenly start sweatting again due to the heat. Try and build in a period of 'cool down' - i.e. sit about if you can till you return to the right temp.

On hot days, if riding to other sites for a meeting, get there early, and just take 5-10 minutes to cool down.

 

[martint235]

It's one of those things. We don't have showers. Once cleaned up you can suddenly start sweatting again due to the heat. Try and build in a period of 'cool down' - i.e. sit about if you can till you return to the right temp.

On hot days, if riding to other sites for a meeting, get there early, and just take 5-10 minutes to cool down.

We do have showers at my place and I find it strange the number of hot, sweaty cyclists who walk from straight from bikepark to shower. They must be pongy to sit next to later in the day.

I always go to my desk and deal with any emails that have come in for about 15-20 mins (with a fan on if necessary) until I've cooled down.

 

[I like Skol]

We do have showers at my place and I find it strange the number of hot, sweaty cyclists who walk from straight from bikepark to shower. They must be pongy to sit next to later in the day.

I always go to my desk and deal with any emails that have come in for about 15-20 mins (with a fan on if necessary) until I've cooled down.

I have thought about that option but I don't think the company would be keen on it's employees showering on works time? I don't think it is unreasonable for them to expect me to be ready for my days work at the contracted start time.