It's been in the high 90's and lower 100's For days. Very light winds and the humidity has been high. I can't take the heat anymore I guess we have always had this kind of heat, less the humidity, around here. I have to wear a bandana around my forehead to keep the sweat from running in my eyes when I do much of anything outside. I guess I'm going to start being a spring and fall rider. I now understand when the old guys would say it's to hot to ride, that I'm a old guy now.LOL
They don't work well in high humidity places. Great for the desert though. I've used them. You must us a mesh jacket over them because without it the vest dries out in minutes.
I found just the mesh jacket was enough to keep me cooler. It looks funny to see someone wearing a jacket in 115 degrees but it keeps the sun off the skin but does allow air flow. The radiation from the sun actually gets into your skin so when you do stop and find a cool shady place; your skin still radiates the heat soaked in from the sun and hold the heat for a while. The mesh jacket just comes off and voila; your skin is nice and cool when you go inside.
Humidity is what kills me though. Heat affects me more as I age too. I just don't enjoy the ride as much in the heat as I used to; even with the mesh jacket.
Yeah I have always used a mesh jacket. A friend was telling me about how as a passenger she used to not wear a jacket on 500 mile day rides. Got very sick. Sun hits you hard when you have direct skin contact even with sunscreen.
My recent trip only sunburn in 1831 miles a small 1/4" wide band on my wrists where there is gap between jacket and gloves.
She is defeating the purpose of sweating as that is keeping one cooled down. She is dehydrated and gets sick. There is a reason to sweat When I was still working I would put a soaking wet towel around my neck if outside in 90+ degree weather.
I will wear my heavy leather jacket in the upper 80's and anytime I may be out at night.Heavy enough to keep the heat off you. I've had people say you must be hot in that, ..Nope.
I can’t stand the heat anymore. I have 3 mess jacket and that all I use. In the spring and fall I have a liner for it and ride in 5C. From 20C and up I get rid of the liner. When it gets to 30C it is to hot for me. When riding on hot days I start earlier in the day to beat the heat. All you do is start happy hour earlier. cheers
We get that a lot in inland Oz. One trip a couple of mates and I made to Broken Hill in January we'd hear the radio giving a shade temperature of 43C, look around and not see any but a stunted tree every 500 metres. They often had emus or dingoes resting in their very sparse shade. At a fuel stop at Little Topar the pumps were starting to cavitate and deliver the juice in a series of burps and stutters.
So keep the sun off your skin, even a denim jacket works. Wet clothing down every stop, fill your helmet up with water then put it on, and if it gets too bad, find a small county town with a swimming pool and stop for a couple of hours between 12 and 2pm. Town councils in inland Oz try really hard to put a swimming pool in and keep it open.
Heat does the same thing to me. I now live in an area that gets above 100 in the summer months and don't ride in it if I can avoid it. Too many years of being out on the road at a time I though was safe to ride only to get stuck riding in 100-115 degree weather for 300 miles.
A couple years back I got a pair of "sleeves" made from like the under armour material. I got hi vis yellow. Couple different reasons. I have had skin cancer removed and am susceptible to reoccurrence, so sun block is a must. But I hate the way it makes my arms etc feel. Also as mentioned it keeps direct sun off you like the jackets do. When you sweat it absorbs the sweat and the wind cools off.
I tried a set of those too. They are bicycle riding sleeves. Kind of weird putting them on to go riding then taking them off at a restaurant or bar stop. The mesh jacket was far more practical and looked better in my opinion.
I just recently bought a mesh jacket from a guy that had sold his Victory.. bought it for 20 bucks in all but new condition. I was really curious how well it would work in this AZ sunshine and I have to say it is just about perfect for this dry hot weather. Keeps the sun off, and what little you do sweat gets wicked quick and cools you down fast as all get out. Sucks if you get stopped for any length of time.. but almost feels like you're getting doused with a cold water spray when you take off again.
It's been in the mid 90's for a few days. But they are predicting 104 degrees Fahrenheit Sunday and 106 Monday. That's 40 and 41.4 Celsius. I had a fish fry last Saturday and it was about the hot. Three fish fryers going and it was real hot cooking. But it went well, 14 people showed up and everything was eaten.
The oppressive heat is gone in North Georgia for now, It just rains daily. Took a chance and rode yesterday, lucked out and no rain on the way home. Trying to get as much riding time as I can get before old man Winter kicks in.
There was 17 of us that rode at the company I retired from. We got into a contest of who would ride in on the coldest mornings. A lot of us would ride in in the upper 20's, lower 30's. Put one morning Roy rode through the gate and it was 14 degrees Fahrenheit. We declared Roy the winner that morning and the insane competition ended. Roy and I have been friends for around 30 years and did a lot of riding together after we retired. Spent a lot of time in the Texas Hill Country and along the Texas, Mexico Border.
I would have tapped out at anything below 60 degrees. I rode once when it was 34 degrees in Florida when I was a much younger man. I about froze to death.
So if you won't ride below 60 degrees and not when it is too hot then you are limited to a month of riding. Get you a good jacket for colder days and mesh one for the hot days and get that Vic on the road!
I would say riding weather here is mid April to mid October. I have a great riding jacket and gloves. Heat I can handle a lot better than cold. I would ride today but rain yesterday and today then clearing out.
It is longer than that, you can easily ride into early December here in the TN/NC/VA mountains, plenty of 70+ degree days. It is actually one of the best months to be on the road.
Hmm. Can ride to turkey day in Indiana so surely you can ride year round a bit further south. I was down in NC/TN recently. Those roads don't see ice. Beautiful highways.
People feel cold and hot differently and even that changes over time as we age.
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