Hell is Hot; Arizona is . . .

[TimeBombAZ]

just plain ridiculious.

Today, on the ride home I passed the Cancer Research Center, which has a digital thermometer.

117

117 Degrees

In a Jacket

With a Helmet

With Gloves and Boots

But. . . .





I love riding my bike. :-D

 

[Hellgate]

Ouch....

The highest I've seen in PHX is 122. yuck.

 

[Hail]

....but it is a dry heat! lol oke:

Seriously past 110 humid or dry just does not matter!

 

[Damn Yankee]

was only 97 here today... but 70% humidity....
its like walking in a pool...even when you ride,it feels like the jacket gets "damp".

 

[Hail]

94 and 95% humidity here in Houston.

 

[Hellgate]

In Iraq the highest I saw on an actual thermometer was 136. Dry heat you say? Ha! The wind blows off the Persian Gulf and the place is sticky and windy. Smells like crap too, no joking on that one.

Actually my aunt and my grandmother live in PHX and I've been visiting for about 35 years. I like PHX, lived there for a year in '88.

 

[MrHix]

Saw 140 on the ramp of Dhahran, Saudia Arabia back in 1990.

That's just too hot for man or beast.

MrHix

 

[BroHay]

Just drove through the Mohave desert, only 95.

Last week, 114 with 95% humidity......no thanks!

 

[OneSizeFitsAll]

Come on up to Northern Ca. We have not topped 85 yet this year and I don't think the central valley has even hit 100 yet. Keep yer heat down there!:nana:

 

[TimeBombAZ]

Pft. California. I'll deal with the heat and keep Arizona's laws and mayor.

 

[Missyl1713]

It's been 100 or over here for the last couple weeks...seriously how do you guys wear your jackets in that kind of heat? I guess it doesn't help that I work outside in it all day as well as riding back and forth to work, but I can't handle how hot I get. Well vented or not, after sweating all day in it I just can't bring myself to put on a jacket for the ride home!

 

[TimeBombAZ]

It's been 100 or over here for the last couple weeks...seriously how do you guys wear your jackets in that kind of heat? I guess it doesn't help that I work outside in it all day as well as riding back and forth to work, but I can't handle how hot I get. Well vented or not, after sweating all day in it I just can't bring myself to put on a jacket for the ride home!

Water. I wear a mesh jacket, but before I put it on I soak my upper half in water.

 

[Hail]

It's been 100 or over here for the last couple weeks...seriously how do you guys wear your jackets in that kind of heat? I guess it doesn't help that I work outside in it all day as well as riding back and forth to work, but I can't handle how hot I get. Well vented or not, after sweating all day in it I just can't bring myself to put on a jacket for the ride home!

I wear mesh in this heat. I wear a ratty T under the jacket on the way in to work. Then I change to clean clothes in the office. On the way home, as long as I am riding, I don't care how hot it is or if I get sweaty.

When I ride for pleasure I just don't care about being hot. I just avoid the city and traffic lights like the plague.