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Baltimore, Md | Cap'n Nemo - 2011-07-24 12:31 PM you should put the veskimo vest write up in the product review so it doesn't get lost in the forum. There's another one also called Hogsomething in another thread. Done. I also added a couple of photos (putting 1 here also). This thing really works well. 
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New York State | Now were are talking. I want on 3 X . It was rainy this morning and the afternoon temps did not crest 90 degreef f .
Deer Crusher had a bad reaction to a tar snake or patch today on a senic mountain curve.She caught pavement again several feet left of our lift off point and was righted readily I recovered about a half mile later on a level road at a red light.
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Davenport, IA | Mine hit 110 two weeks ago rolling through Wichita, KS. It usually registers about 3 degrees hotter than what it really is. But the actual high that day in Wichita was 108. We were headed to the Grand Canyon. |
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Bullhead City, AZ | One of my elderly patients was talking about how nice it was today, 104 on the hospital sign. |
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Bay of Gigs, WA | Just like summer here in the Northwest. On Neptune, that is...might hit 70 today... |
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Tourer
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scotts valley, California | Old thread here; new question:
I frequently ride in three digit temps and thoroughly enjoy it, relieves the arthritis a little you know. Recently a friend told me that, when the temp is higher than your normal body temp, it feels cooler to wear a full face helmet than the smaller ones or none at all. Sometimes when I cross into a no helmet required state, it feels really good (cooler) to remove my half helmet.
So my question is: whadoyatink? |
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Prairie City, IA United States | Blue Sky Guy - 2013-06-10 1:33 PM
Old thread here; new question:
I frequently ride in three digit temps and thoroughly enjoy it, relieves the arthritis a little you know. Recently a friend told me that, when the temp is higher than your normal body temp, it feels cooler to wear a full face helmet than the smaller ones or none at all. Sometimes when I cross into a no helmet required state, it feels really good (cooler) to remove my half helmet.
So my question is: whadoyatink?
When the temps get above 93 degrees the body loses evaporative cooling. You want to maintain as much cover as possible and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. 16 ounces per hour is the minimum you should drink. I have an article written by iron butt magazine (I think) that explains things better than I can. http://www.ironbutt.com/ibmagazine/IronButt_1002_62-66_Hot.pdf |
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Bullhead City, AZ | Last friday the bike is sitting under the awning at work temp 122, when I got down the highway dropped to 121. It might be off but it was still hot. |
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New Bohemia, VA | hydrate is the key. I was sucking water like there was no tomorrow rolling across Kansas back 2010. I was using a camelback and it ran out about 2/3 between stops so I pushed it. Bad mistake because I was going into the dehydration mode and was feeling very sick. Drink water/fluids whether you think you need it or not. When you dehydrate you don't think straight either so you're apt to not reason very well, heading for certain disaster. |
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| Yep. We had some real hot days last year crossing OK, KS & MO.
Your body and brain will fail from heat & dehydration before your Vision will.
Personally, I'm stopping every hour for a water break when temps get over 90 or so. Failure to do so could be bad.
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scotts valley, California | Interesting responses; thanks guys. The article in Iron Butt and your comments were a real awareness check for me. Last year coming down through Oregon the temp was three digits most of the day. By the time I got to Redding it was 114. I was stopping to drink what I thought was frequently, but things got a little weird in my head (I mean weirder than usual).
All comments seem to indicate that my friend's statement about a full face helmet was true, but I think I will just double up on water in the future. |
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | It's always hot in Redding.......
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Some like it hot!
