Maximum temperature you're happy to cycle in

[briantrumpet]

It might sound a bit silly, but apart from the 'acclimatisation' bit, mentally, I just 'give in to being warm' (after the winter, it's not an unpleasant feeling anyway), and do the British understatement thing, saying "hmm, it's a little on the warm side today". If you convince yourself you're too hot, then you will be, and you'll hate it. I do the same thing with mountains, and just call them big hills. Well, that's all they are, really, when you're cycling up them.

 

[MrPie]

Hotter n Hell Hundred in North Texas a couple years back......109F / 43C with a 15mph hadwind for the last 20 miles. 'Gawd dayum' as they say in Texas.

 

[HLaB]

La Marmotte 2013: temperature ranged between 13 and 40 degrees. You can see the inverse relationship with altitude.

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That the year I did it,my computer recorded a max of 41deg C That was probably at a water stop but looking at the chart it was consistently 36deg C+ for long periods of time.

 

[ColinJ]

Hotter n Hell Hundred in North Texas a couple years back......109F / 43C with a 15mph hadwind for the last 20 miles. 'Gawd dayum' as they say in Texas.

A mate of mine is out there for the winter. The swine has been sending back reports of rides in temperatures of 25-28C over Christmas/NY ... His girlfriend lives there and she had overnight temperatures in the mid-30s in early spring last year!

 

[subaqua]

....and now a cycle cap as some of us don't have the upper protection we had in our youth

suncream here. gets too hot with a cap

 

[Markymark]

suncream here. gets too hot with a cap

You need an overpriced cap. It's great, keep the sun off and the peak can stop the glare.

 

[subaqua]

You need an overpriced cap. It's great, keep the sun off and the peak can stop the glare.

a rapha cap then

 

[nickyboy]

You need an overpriced cap. It's great, keep the sun off and the peak can stop the glare.

Are the glares from people wearing cheap caps?

 

[Markymark]

Are the glares from people wearing cheap caps?

Tis blinding.

 

[byegad]

I've ridden in the high 30sC and had no issues, until we stopped, at which point liquid pored out of me until shade and several cool beers did their trick.

 

[Markymark]

I've ridden in the high 30sC and had no issues, until we stopped, at which point liquid pored out of me until shade and several cool beers did their trick.

This is true. Getting to work and sitting under a fan to stop the sweat pouring off.

 

[Proto]

I climbed Galibier year before last, temperature 35 or 36°C. Got too much, stopped at the little hut half way for some cool drink and water. Was close to being unbearable.

Daughter was in the Tour Down Under last year. Guesting for an Australian team, she was ill prepared, and with not much team support. Pulled out on stage 3, a road stage around Adelaide hills. Temperature hit 45°C. Ran out of fluids, started to feel dizzy and sick, headache, so she pulled out. She was heartbroken but a wise decision.

 

[Toemul]

Had this for 8 days through france, well into the 40s by late afternoon.

 

[bondirob]

I used to work in hot conditions and the nurse used to advise us on how to deal with it.
Your body takes a few days to adapt then copes much more efficiently with the heat also avoid caffeine and eat stuff like raisins.
I've cycled in about 40c in Australia it was warm but OK I was living there though if I had to do it now as a one off I'd struggle.

 

[Julia9054]

Dreaming of cycling in hot weather. I hate being cold!