Maximum temperature you're happy to cycle in

[Accy cyclist]

Any rabbits?

No,but i saw a cat chasing a rat.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Ive just walked upto Baslow Edge ,wow what a view,id love to MTB down it...but id have to carry the bike up

Very warm but we'll worth the effort.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Today's been so hot that I left work early just so I could take it easy all the way home (it's uphill).

 

[jowwy]

Between 18 and 22 would do me fine any hotter and my Larry arse starts to struggle

 

[Slick]

Today's been so hot that I left work early just so I could take it easy all the way home (it's uphill).

Good shout. I was full of enthusiasm for the heat until this afternoon and now I'm unsure if I should chance it tomorrow or not.

Still not complaining, just risk assessing.

 

[mark st1]

I went out yesterday for a poorly purely to commemorate the last day of my holiday. I left it later than I should and was out in the midday blaze my wahoonigan was saying 86 degrees. Was ok moving but stopping at the lights I looked like I was raining. Not sure how accurate the temp is on them but it was certainly a bit toasty !

 

[ColinJ]

Between 18 and 22 would do me fine any hotter and my Larry arse starts to struggle

That used to be me. I still prefer 18-22C but I can cope with 25-28C since losing over 4 stone in weight.

I think people forget how good an insulator fat is. I used to bake in the summer and be okay in the winter. Nowadays, I am okay in the summer and freeze in the winter!

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I'm looking forward to September, when I'll spend 4 weeks cycling through I-don't-know-how-many cols in the Pyrenees, and it will be a fair bit warmer than it is now in Melbourne. The minimum temperatures on my commutes to work are not much above 0 this week.

 

[briantrumpet]

I'm looking forward to September, when I'll spend 4 weeks cycling through I-don't-know-how-many cols in the Pyrenees, and it will be a fair bit warmer than it is now in Melbourne. The minimum temperatures on my commutes to work are not much above 0 this week.

With any luck the evenings should be cool by then, so wherever you're staying doesn't turn into a sauna. My French house got to over 30C inside last summer, despite 2ft-thick walls of limestone, and that actually was too warm, even for me. Though, on the plus side, I never ride my bike inside the house.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

With any luck the evenings should be cool by then, so wherever you're staying doesn't turn into a sauna. My French house got to over 30C inside last summer, despite 2ft-thick walls of limestone, and that actually was too warm, even for me. Though, on the plus side, I never ride my bike inside the house.

I don't know what the B&B in Bertren will be like (I haven't been there before), but the one in Saint-Savin was OK in early July last year, even with mid-30s days and warm nights. I think the wooden window shutters helped with that: they're very effective at keeping the inside cooler.
When I was in the Pyrénées for several days in September 2016 (over the nights of 10th to 12th), the days were about 30 and nights were reasonably cool.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Prefer cold, wet days, as the humidity gets to me (more than the temperature)

Due to circumstances, with dropping a car off, I had to run home from work on Tuesday @ 22:00
I managed just over a mile, slightly downhill, before I had to stop, due to an inability to breathe properly

From then on, it was 'stop', run 1/2mile. stop, etc.....

As Mike Harding once said about an Australian city, for the same humidity reasons, on a tour, forget which one
"It was like living in a Navvys boot!"


It was even a warm ride home from work, at 22:30 yesterday
Still even this weather marks you down as 'Bass-Ass'!
Apparantly………...

Not as much as heavy rain/snow though

 

[byegad]

I've answered this one before. It's all a matter of humidity. I've ridden in the low 30s when it was a dry heat and the only problem is ensuring you stop in the shade. Without the wind generated by movement I quickly got soaked in sweat.
I've also ridden in an English summer 23 when I started to slide off the saddle in a pool of sweat. even down hill at 45mph!
I'm no svelte athlete, rather an overweight old guy who rides at a blistering 10-15mph on the flat.

 

[Julia9054]

Today in my lab I am mostly boiling to death. Wish I was out on my bike

 

[Aravis]

On one particular red-number day - August 3rd 1990 - I rode 103 miles. It was day one of a weekend trip from Bristol, staying at Clun Youth Hostel. Having seen a good weekend on the horizon, I had everything set up, and when the forecast started to turn tropical I wasn't minded to back off. The highest temperature then recorded in the UK, 37.1°C, was set that day in Cheltenham, quite close to my route.

So on that evidence almost anything is possible in the UK. We face many challenges other than extreme temperatures - wind, rain, ice, hills to name a few. They're all fun to overcome from time to time. For my perfect cycling day I'd have a temperature in the high teens, moderate humidity, light winds, with broken cloud and maybe the chance of a light shower. But if could summon them up at will I think life would be poorer.

 

[confusedcyclist]

I cycled 10 miles from a meeting in a dress shirt and chinos without any water in 30°C heat on Tuesday. At the time I thought I heard the grim reaper calling my name. As I reached the summit of (Mount) Whitehall Road in Leeds, my mouth was drier than a plate of Aunt Bessie's Yorkshire puds. Had I been racing, I probably would have lost due to inappropriate clothing and fainted as a result of failure to carry sufficient water stocks, luckily it was just the pootle home and I'm still here to tell the tale. Maybe next time Mr Reaper!