Maximum temperature you're happy to cycle in

[nickyboy]

One to while away these cold winter days....

For me it's 25C. It's so damn hilly here. Doing long climbs (obviously slowly) on hot days is purgatory. Flat rides I could manage more than 25C but on the exceptionally rare days it's hotter than that in the Peak District, the bike stays at home

 

[cosmicbike]

Not too fussed, we rarely get anything here in the UK that is 'too hot', just tend to ease off the pace and take plenty of fluids..

 

[Drago]

About 4 degrees Celsius.

 

[Oldbloke]

Managed a 100 kms ride last summer when temperature topped out at 38c mid afternoon, had to stop twice and hide in the shade! Not to be repeated....

 

[Jimidh]

Wish I had the opportunity more often to find if I had an upper limit but up here in the frozen waste land mid 20's is usually as high as we get.

Certainly I've climbed in Mallorca in the 30's without too many problems.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

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.

 

[HLaB]

About 15-20deg C is the temperature I'm probably most happy in but I have cycled in more, it was 37deg C when we went up the Alpe Du Huez and it was up to 40deg C in that heat wave last year IIRC.

 

[Markymark]

Hotter it is the slower I ride and the more I drink. Not reached an upper limit as it's wonderful pootling along slowly when the alternative is sweltering and suffering on the tube

 

[Alan O]

I've only ever cycled in the UK, so I haven't come close to finding it yet!

 

[NorthernDave]

One to while away these cold winter days....

For me it's 25C. It's so damn hilly here. Doing long climbs (obviously slowly) on hot days is purgatory. Flat rides I could manage more than 25C but on the exceptionally rare days it's hotter than that in the Peak District, the bike stays at home

On your rather excellent Scarborough ride last year, my Garmin topped out at 28.0°C although it didn't feel excessively hot at the time (the average for the whole ride was a much more reasonable 18.6°C). Maybe the awesome speed we were all doing cooled us down...?

I've been out a couple of times when it's been consistently in the high 20's, but it soon starts getting hard work when you hit a hill or two.

 

[nickyboy]

Wish I had the opportunity more often to find if I had an upper limit but up here in the frozen waste land mid 20's is usually as high as we get.

Certainly I've climbed in Mallorca in the 30's without too many problems.

I climbed Mount Etna on Sicily when it was in the 30s and I suffered like a dog. It was a 20km climb however

On the flat I'm fine with any UK temperature. But 6mph up a long hill and working hard it feels like I've sprung a leak

 

[Ian H]

There are ways of coping with high temperatures
Sri Lanka by Ian Hennessey, on Flickr

 

[Globalti]

I've hit 33c riding in South Africa. But very dry.

 

[Milzy]

24.5

 

[Slick]

I've never performed well in hot conditions. I've worked lots abroad, middle east and the like and I wilted pretty quickly so I would imagine cycling would be much the same. I think I've just acclimatised to the my own climate and it rarely includes heat.