What did you do with your bike today?

mike721 said:

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22F and feels like 12F.....-11C. I can't even ever imagine that while I'm sitting here typing with the fan on max.

Shiverguy said:

22F and feels like 12F.....-11C. I can't even ever imagine that while I'm sitting here typing with the fan on max.

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Now you are just rubbing it in.

Shiverguy said:

22F and feels like 12F.....-11C. I can't even ever imagine that while I'm sitting here typing with the fan on max.

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Just you wait, one day you'll be riding in 35C getting all sweaty and wishing it was -11C

mike721 said:

Definitely got to watch for ice, during the day it's pretty easy, my work commute is in the dark so I'm more careful, usually I only ride it below freezing after it's been bone dry for a day at least, and I know where the trouble spots are on the route and watch for them.
Of course you never know when a pipe will break (happened last week near my house, we had an ice flow on the main road) or something, that's what adds to the excitement

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and ur shorts look like they got scorched! a possible brown moment!

mike721 said:

Just you wait, one day you'll be riding in 35C getting all sweaty and wishing it was -11C

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That day won't be too far away. It's regularly around 32C until the end of Feb - then it starts going up. By May, for the next few months it is around the 35-36C. Sometimes even higher. I don't go for long rides then. As you say hot and extremely sweaty.

I actually really miss riding in the winter in Oz. As I always say - when you are cold you can always put more clothes on - when you are hot there is only so much you can take off.

Shiverguy said:

That day won't be too far away. It's regularly around 32C until the end of Feb - then it starts going up. By May, for the next few months it is around the 35-36C. Sometimes even higher. I don't go for long rides then. As you say hot and extremely sweaty.

I actually really miss riding in the winter in Oz. As I always say - when you are cold you can always put more clothes on - when you are hot there is only so much you can take off.

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Supposed to be 65F here on Saturday. Definitely going riding!

Shiverguy said:

That day won't be too far away. It's regularly around 32C until the end of Feb - then it starts going up. By May, for the next few months it is around the 35-36C. Sometimes even higher. I don't go for long rides then. As you say hot and extremely sweaty.

I actually really miss riding in the winter in Oz. As I always say - when you are cold you can always put more clothes on - when you are hot there is only so much you can take off.

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Yeah, a few times I've been out in brutal heat and humidity and it's just not much fun. Hot and dry I can deal with but add in humidity and nothing much helps.
Cold is easy to fix

Doc Samson said:

Well, I took a chance as I wanted to test my new heated gloves in their natural environment (previously used for shoveling snow and worked okay), so, with the temp around 36F, I geared up with lots of layers and headed out for a little 10 mile loop. Happily, the gloves kept my fingers from feeling cold at all. If I get even 5 extra commuting days, they'll have paid for themselves in gas savings!

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Also, found out my rear tire is completely worthless in snow... lol.

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So, How do these lectrick gloves work? batteries or plug into bike? Sounds like a great idea tho!

mike721 said:

Cold is easy to fix

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Not so. It’s very hard to get warm if you are cold and stuck in those conditions. You can however cool down in hot conditions even if still in the heat. Evaporating cooling works. Just pour water all over you. What can you do similarly in the cold? Nothing. You have to get out of those conditions.

hogcowboy said:

Evaporating cooling works

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I recently bought a branded 'wicking' T-shirt to wear under my mesh jacket.

Cost me $40USD for a t-shirt!

But I believed the hype.

Ffffttt! waste of money, still sweated my arse off and soaked the T and the jacket on the first ride and was no cooler than a $5 cotton T for it.

Ride NAKED.

Sam

Porky said:

Ride NAKED.

Sam

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Tried that but the little guy was blocking my vision.

Yep just pour water on me from head to toe. Going to sweat anyway so beat it to it. A light mesh jacket and running down the road can get quite cool to start but doesn’t last very long in our 100 to 108 temps in the summer. Was 112 degrees a few years ago and doing that I was completely dry in 30 minutes and had to pull over and dump another bottle of water on me. Actually had to do that twice my before getting home and a well deserved beer 🍺.

Shiverguy said:

I recently bought a branded 'wicking' T-shirt to wear under my mesh jacket.

Cost me $40USD for a t-shirt!

But I believed the hype.

Ffffttt! waste of money, still sweated my arse off and soaked the T and the jacket on the first ride and was no cooler than a $5 cotton T for it.

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I have good luck with wicking tank tops under my mesh jacket. I discovered sleeveless golf shirts shortly before I moved and I like them even better! They a bit more modest, look nicer off the bike,and flatter my, uh, figure such as it is, better. No, they're not cheap, but I gotta admit that the most expensive one really does the job and looks best on me. They even work well with the requisite non-wicking undergarments that my modesty code dictates that I must wear.
My long sleeve wicking work shirts work really well, too, but they're better on the range than on the bike. They're definitely warmer than my sleeveless shirts.

Some jackets may cool better than others so that could be the issue, too.

hogcowboy said:

Yep just pour water on me from head to toe. Going to sweat anyway so beat it to it. A light mesh jacket and running down the road can get quite cool to start but doesn’t last very long in our 100 to 108 temps in the summer. Was 112 degrees a few years ago and doing that I was completely dry in 30 minutes and had to pull over and dump another bottle of water on me. Actually had to do that twice my before getting home and a well deserved beer 🍺.

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Yep, I do the dousing thing when I'm traveling and when I'm standing on 130 degree asphalt teaching classes.🥵

Shiverguy said:

I recently bought a branded 'wicking' T-shirt to wear under my mesh jacket.

Cost me $40USD for a t-shirt!

But I believed the hype.

Ffffttt! waste of money, still sweated my arse off and soaked the T and the jacket on the first ride and was no cooler than a $5 cotton T for it.

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Last summer I decided to try a Hanes Cool-Dri long sleeve shirt under my ventilated jacket. I didn't have any way of measuring its effectiveness, but subjectively it seemed like I was a bit less sweaty when riding on a hot day. And when I stopped for a break and took off the jacket, then I could really feel the evaporative cooling. The shirt seems to work.

What was the temperature you tried the shirt in @RogerC60. If not 100º or more...pffffttt.

Don't ever wear a BLACK T-shirt in HOT direct sunlight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even my Harley T-shirts are WHITE.

Sam

hogcowboy said:

Not so. It’s very hard to get warm if you are cold and stuck in those conditions. You can however cool down in hot conditions even if still in the heat. Evaporating cooling works. Just pour water all over you. What can you do similarly in the cold? Nothing. You have to get out of those conditions.

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If I'm feeling cold I just turn the 2 knobs on the control on my left side to the right another couple of notches and I'm warm again
Hot and humid I never seem to cool down, even soaking wet, I just stay miserable.

I guess everyone is different