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Hot Weather Riding Gear?
« on: June 13, 2011, 11:02:21 AM »

It's been hot already this year and I am wondering if any of you all are using those jackets with the cold packs in them? What else is there to do?
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Re: Hot Weather Riding Gear?
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2011, 11:21:59 AM »


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Re: Hot Weather Riding Gear?
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2011, 12:19:35 PM »

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Re: Hot Weather Riding Gear?
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2011, 12:24:31 PM »

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« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2011, 12:34:22 PM »

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Re: Hot Weather Riding Gear?
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2011, 12:52:54 PM »

Soak a thick sweatshirt with water.....over it wear a WELL ventilated jacket....worked pretty good on the way home from Vegas a couple summers ago.
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Re: Hot Weather Riding Gear?
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2011, 01:07:21 PM »

Just picked up a AVG Sport Solare jacket from Revzilla. I had a mesh jacket from Harley, but it was still to heavy (and hot). The AVG has pretty tight mesh, but it is breathing a lot better that the Harley jacket. The whole front panel is mesh, as are the inner arms. Soft armor in the elbows, shoulders and back. It is warm if your stopped, but as soon as a breeze or speed picks up, it breathes very well.

I wanted something to run in hot weather, cause a T-shirt doenst cut it. The AVG seems to fit the bill pretty well.
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Re: Hot Weather Riding Gear?
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2011, 01:19:18 PM »

WOW! What a start to the tread. :'( Hope I never meet you on the road mate.

I usually ride in a T-shirt and jeans, boots of course. A mesh jacket may protect in a fall but is still hot. I have wet the shirt down a few times and it feels great for a while but short lived. These new jackets have pockets to put cold packs in but only in the torso. I have seen no help for the legs, arms and feet. I do have a Frogg Togg(spelling?) wrap that you wet and wrap around your neck and the evaporation is cooling but still limited.

When is it just to hot to ride?

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Re: Hot Weather Riding Gear?
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2011, 02:38:41 PM »

Got one of these on order.

http://store.mm411.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&product_ID=848&ParentCat=228

Leaving on a 18 day ride 6/17.  I'll let you know how it works!
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Re: Hot Weather Riding Gear?
« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2011, 02:52:00 PM »

No relief for the legs, feet, and arms.  On your feet, it helps to wear some kind of wicking sock so the moisture doesn't stay next to your skin.  I'm sure the cold paks would help around your torso because they would be helping keep your core body temp down.  Evaporative cooling is only really effective when the dew point is low relative to the air temp...low humidity.  In the Southeast, it's usually humid, so that makes the hot air even worse, and there's not much you can do about it, really.

In this part of the country, when it's 95 degrees or above, it's just about too hot to ride for me, particularly since I've gotten older...seems the heat gets to me more than it used to.  Riding early in the AM or late in the afternoon is about the only option...at least then the sun's not beating down on you, but the air temp in the late afternoon can still be stiffling.  Staying on smaller roads surrounded by green things is a lot better than 4 lanes or especially interstates...the super slabs seem to add about 5 degrees to the air temp hitting your body.  I hate interstate travel on the bike, and if time allows, will avoid them.

Cotton anything is about the worse thing you can wear, IMO, especially on your feet and upper body.  Wicking garments are best, like backpackers use...any moisture will evaporate more quickly with those materials, keeping you cooler in the process.
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Re: Hot Weather Riding Gear?
« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2011, 02:59:59 PM »

When riding long distances in hot weather, I actually like to use a white long sleeve UnderArmor shirt it's got an SPF of something like 50, so I can ride all day without burning without using any kind of sun screen. The white reflects the heat nicely, and even in the 90's, can get past confortable, even a little chilly sometimes at high speed. Naturally, you get zero protection in the event of a collision, but for great comfort and sun protection, you can't beat it.
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Re: Hot Weather Riding Gear?
« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2011, 04:11:53 PM »

When riding long distances in hot weather, I actually like to use a white long sleeve UnderArmor shirt it's got an SPF of something like 50, so I can ride all day without burning without using any kind of sun screen. The white reflects the heat nicely, and even in the 90's, can get past confortable, even a little chilly sometimes at high speed. Naturally, you get zero protection in the event of a collision, but for great comfort and sun protection, you can't beat it.

X 2 on the white long sleeves. Around town I wear one, on the highway I use an open mesh jacket with armor.
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Re: Hot Weather Riding Gear?
« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2011, 09:27:46 PM »


this is my attire.............


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Re: Hot Weather Riding Gear?
« Reply #13 on: June 13, 2011, 10:26:16 PM »

My problem area is the feet, most riding boots are really hot! I've tried polypropylene liner socks but still have the hot foot. Looking for a ventilated boot for summer riding, any ideas?
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Re: Hot Weather Riding Gear?
« Reply #14 on: June 13, 2011, 10:50:17 PM »

Got one of these on order.

http://store.mm411.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&product_ID=848&ParentCat=228

Leaving on a 18 day ride 6/17.  I'll let you know how it works!
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They will work for a while, I bought them for my forlift operators as my plant gets very hot and these guys are in and out all day.  They liked them but said they would rather sweat than wear one as it was very heay when wet.
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