Originally Posted by KingTermite
Hi Dagna.
BeeTL...if you got to the JB Starkey Wilderness Park, then SR52 was only about another 6 miles give or take.
Maybe some can acclimate to the heat...I don't (and I've lived here all my life). In summer I try to ride either early am or late afternoon (prefer afternoon). I find that I can tolerate the heat better if I start in the am and it builds up on me, but its hard to start in the middle of the afternoon for me.
KingTermite: We have 100 degree and 100% days in Chicago area also. Not all the time but we have them.
This summer I made a point to do a century in this weather just to see what happens. Well, it can be done with a bottle of water every 20 minutes. (not iced water!) Of course not at top speed. About 90 minutes for 25 miles.
Next a lunch in a cold Subway. Repeat four times. It was tough but not impossible.
I am going through CA desert next spring. I wonder how that compares? Anyone done that?