Maximum temperature you're happy to cycle in

[Flick of the Elbow]

22 degrees counts as a scorching hot day in Edinburgh. Anything above this I find seriously uncomfortable

 

[LarryDuff]

In Ireland the concept of maximum temperature doesn't exist.

 

[united4ever]

Anything lower than what I'm getting for my commutes lately. I've had more days than I want recently in which the temperatures for my 90 minute commute home have been in the mid to high 30s.

Crikey, how much water do you drink before, during and after the commute? Must be great for calorie burning too. But yeah, would prefer the English climate over that for cycling - covering myself in sun cream and have it mixing with sweat and dripping into the eyes and mouth would not be fun - you have a shower at work right? Fair play to you though, that is some commitment.

 

[rivers]

If it's too hot for me to go outside, it's too hot for me to cycle. I draw the line at 25*C

 

[briantrumpet]

If it's too hot for me to go outside, it's too hot for me to cycle. I draw the line at 25*C

Strange thing is that in my French house, when it's 35-40C outside, the 25C indoors does feel genuinely cool.

 

[rivers]

Strange thing is that in my French house, when it's 35-40C outside, the 25C indoors does feel genuinely cool.

I would melt in those temperatures.

 

[psmiffy]

Strange thing is that in my French house, when it's 35-40C outside, the 25C indoors does feel genuinely cool.

When I lived in Kuwait in the summer we kept the AC thermostat at about 30 - still freezing when you went indoors

 

[Welsh wheels]

It is 28 degrees celsius here tonight, too hot for my liking. I'm giving the evening club ride a miss tonight. I might go out for a shorter, slower ride once it cools down a bit. My ideal riding temperature is 20-22 degrees celsius. Now I'l wait for you all to come along and tell me how lovely this heat is for riding but bear in mind I'm welsh and not used to the heat!!

 

[hobo]

I rode in the mid 30's for weeks in the Northern Territory in Oz years ago.
This weather is like a Aussie spring, it's just a case of acclimatising.

 

[Dave 123]

I'm out on my mtb for the first time in ages tonight. I'm taking pocket money for a pub stop on the way home!

 

[Paulus]

I am supposed to be going out on Friday morning, leaving at 10pm. We may have to cut the ride a bit short as it is going to hit 27* by 1pm. Plenty of factor 50 on.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

I was literally melting on the way home, I was on a motorbike though

 

[Globalti]

We went riding in Mallorca when it was 33 centigrade; that was too hot. When we stopped under the shade of a tree and sat on the concrete kerb, our bottoms left wet marks.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Long rides I do not like doing much above low 20's. Anything higher and I prefer shorter slower rides usually involving beer or ice cream or both.

 

[smutchin]

Last time I did the Fairies 300 audax, back in 2007, it was warm enough when we set off at 2am to ride with bare arms and legs and not even a gilet by way of extra layers. By lunchtime, it was uncomfortably warm, too hot to be enjoyable. Not sure of the exact temperature but high 20s at least, almost certainly over 30ºC at the hottest part of the day.

I'm doing the Fairies 300 again this weekend and it looks like being similar conditions according to the forecast, mid to high 20s. That should be OK but I wouldn't want it much hotter.

Also thinking of doing the club 10 tomorrow evening but that's going to be really hard work in the heat.