Originally Posted by
Daniel4
That's why riding on city streets is a real option as opposed to riding on trails only. Street riding always give you air-conditioned and cool places to get into.
Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
yes but the forest has shade
both good points.
But riding on the open and paved road lets you stay at over 16 plus mph. And as long as I'm sweating at or over that speed I'm as cool as if I had air conditioning. In the heat of the summer I do tend to ride routes that have less climbing. Especially avoid long slow climbs where my speed will be 12 mph or less. And as
delbiker1 said
once stopped, the heat is overwhelming.
so plan out where you are going to stop for any length of time.