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05-07-22, 09:27 PM
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I think blacktop and asphalt shingles can store a tremendous amount of heat.
Landed in PHX a few months ago.
Its huge!
I didn’t remember it being that big. Not too much longer and the whole valley will be built up.
Landed in PHX a few months ago.
Its huge!
I didn’t remember it being that big. Not too much longer and the whole valley will be built up.
06-03-22, 06:53 AM
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When I commuted regularly, Pre Covid shutdown and pre job change last August. I rode year round. I have ridden as warm as 100F 80+% humidity and as low as 13F. Both rides were fine.
I still miss the rhythm of bike commuting! Seeing the sunrise and sunset times change and seasons change is so cool.
I still miss the rhythm of bike commuting! Seeing the sunrise and sunset times change and seasons change is so cool.
06-03-22, 10:01 AM
#28
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I commute from beginning of September to beginning of July. Coldest I’ve rode in was -6f when left house. Hottest was 100+. Much rather ride in cold than hot. Can only take so many clothes off before get arrested
06-03-22, 10:05 AM
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15F or below motorists in my suburban Boston area will slow down next to me a shout discouragement e.g "it's too cold out for biking!"
06-03-22, 10:18 AM
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06-07-22, 10:06 PM
#31
Hear myself getting fat
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Minimum is 32F and I can usually make it home as long as it’s 100F or less.
We had an awful heat wave last year and I rode home in 106F temps. I went S L O W! My usual time home is around 70 minutes. I was 90 minutes in and still 4 miles from home. I should of called my wife, my HR hit 189 and I never went above 150watts basically Z1. In retrospect that was a bad idea.
I’d say my commutes generally go from March through October. Lots of commutes in May/June as I hit my stride. I like long early morning commutes but they can wipe me out.
We had an awful heat wave last year and I rode home in 106F temps. I went S L O W! My usual time home is around 70 minutes. I was 90 minutes in and still 4 miles from home. I should of called my wife, my HR hit 189 and I never went above 150watts basically Z1. In retrospect that was a bad idea.
I’d say my commutes generally go from March through October. Lots of commutes in May/June as I hit my stride. I like long early morning commutes but they can wipe me out.
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06-08-22, 07:20 AM
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I can usually make it home as long as it’s 100F or less.We had an awful heat wave last year and I rode home in 106F temps. I went S L O W! My usual time home is around 70 minutes. I was 90 minutes in and still 4 miles from home. I should of called my wife, my HR hit 189 and I never went above 150watts basically Z1. In retrospect that was a bad idea
06-18-22, 01:40 PM
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Hahaha, I have a helmet video from riding through Porter on a snowy morning in 2015. A guy in a truck with a thick regional accent rolled down his window to yell, "Yerrr a fahhkkin' idiot."
06-18-22, 03:18 PM
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Minimum is 32F and I can usually make it home as long as it’s 100F or less.
We had an awful heat wave last year and I rode home in 106F temps. I went S L O W! My usual time home is around 70 minutes. I was 90 minutes in and still 4 miles from home. I should of called my wife, my HR hit 189 and I never went above 150watts basically Z1. In retrospect that was a bad idea.
I’d say my commutes generally go from March through October. Lots of commutes in May/June as I hit my stride. I like long early morning commutes but they can wipe me out.
We had an awful heat wave last year and I rode home in 106F temps. I went S L O W! My usual time home is around 70 minutes. I was 90 minutes in and still 4 miles from home. I should of called my wife, my HR hit 189 and I never went above 150watts basically Z1. In retrospect that was a bad idea.
I’d say my commutes generally go from March through October. Lots of commutes in May/June as I hit my stride. I like long early morning commutes but they can wipe me out.
06-18-22, 08:37 PM
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06-25-22, 01:40 AM
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where do the temps have to be, for you to start up again?
Of course, now that it's summer, I find that at anything above 75-80ºF or so, I get too hot. Go figure.
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07-01-22, 10:28 AM
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