Yep.
In fact I almost always pee in the porta potties before I go biking. Same with swimming in the locker room. I think I am one of the few people who stop to hydrate while swimming laps.
But maybe I need to increase the electrolyte intake before going out. This Himalayan stuff, does it taste salty?
Need El Nino to kick in
We just sprinkle a little himalayan salt in the water. tastes a little salty but actually makes it taste better.
I think it has less salt content than table salt and more trace minerals.
It has thus the stream shifting.
Its been a lot better biking the past few days.
The humidity makes a huge difference as long as I plan routes that lead to water I can splash down my wicking head cloth and shirt. I get dry after about 4 miles in low humidity so I completely drench myself again. I guess because I get so much more evaporative cooling from the fountain water instead of my own sweat, Im not sweating as much and the 1/3 gatoraide, 2/3 water is working. I just need two frozen bottles at the start. And get another at the truck if I still feel good after I finish them.
Anyways it not quite a nice this evening as it was yesterday. But at least Im getting my exercise hit "addiction" outside.
Still not going to kayak fish at the coast. Its been brutal per friends. I dont like to do the early thing and come in at noon. I want to stay out there if I think I have got it figured out. Redfish still bite in the heat in the correct places. I would have a tendency to stay too long and been worn out for the next day of fishing.
What time of day are you riding? I usually get out just before noon on my lunch break before it gets too hot.
Sometimes at 6 pm sometimes 7 pm till around sunset. Weekends I pick it depending.
The humidity is almost always lower later but of course the temps are up. Today the humidity was up again but the wind also quite nice.
I took the swimming route at lunch and wanted to ride this evening but did not (which would have been interesting because the humidity was up but so was the wind.)
Im very lucky to be able to swim at lunch. I usually work well in the afternoon because of it.
With biking sometimes the winter causes layering clothing problems. You feel cold at first but then you warm up and its not clear what clothing to wear and its a pain to take stuff off. The winter brings in the problem of having your digits and face want to freeze off. Fast through cold wet air is really difficult.
I just have a sweat wicking base layer and a long sleeved wicking shirt on top of it for cold weather, plus some felt lined tights and shorts. Good down to 30 degrees in that, and some Showers Pass cycling gloves I use for walking my dog in the cold too. Also have some Shimano shoe covers that work really well. Only time my hands really get chilly is if there is no sun and a strong north wind.
I completely forgot about the wet foot issue! that sucks.
I dont have the fancier bikes and dont use the pop in shoes.
I need to upgrade. I was told a good bike fit makes it much easier on your body. I usually dont do long rides as in time. Usually just over an hour most often but I work really hard at it. I purposely get out of the saddle for long hills and switch backs so I can get to breathing hard like running.
I need to take the time off to buy one of the better bikes. When I rode one from Pittsburg to DC, the Allegany bike trail, we did about 55-60 miles a day and I did it easily (its very flat) and without hardly any butt, leg, or hand pain. And the bike I rented (which i failed to look at closely enough) was incredibly easy to ride. I never could have got the same results with "my" bikes (old hybrids does off road well). The rented bike was fancy with disc brakes and phalanged handle bars (my hands did not ever cramp). Oh it also had one of the tiny unpadded seats and it did not hurt my butt? My god that thing was so efficient. My bikes absolutely suck in efficiency compared to that thing so I need advice on a good bike that gives me the same comfort as on that long trail and is so easy to pedal. I could go very fast without even trying for very long periods. And the few hills were absolutely zero problem, even at the end of a ride. I did not miss a day of biking on that journey while my friends took days off. Weather was absolutely great.
Im not into bikes enough to warrant a big expense so I wonder if about 1000 would get it done for me. For some reason I dont really care much about the mechanisms and doing my own maintenance. I can put chains back on (a must do as you wont get far if it occurs while out) and I can fix flats but I really dont want to if I dont have to. Also I rode without the pop in shoes on the trail so I wonder if that really is necessary. Am I not using all the muscles? like if I had to actually pull up instead of always pushing down...? I want to get tired but I dont want to wear on my body like I have experienced with running.
$1000 will get you an awesome bike. Any dealer worth its salt will get you on the right sized bike for that money. Your weight was distributed properly on the rental -- that's why the narrow seat didn't hurt your ass.
How tall are you?
Just go to a local bike shop, tell them what you want and your budget, they should be able to help. I have a gravel bike with road tires and disc brakes that I got for $1100 or so 6 years ago. Some of them have a lot of bikes that have been traded in that may be a good fit, too. Either way you can have a bike fitted to you for $100 or so, but they may do it for free with a new purchase. I used to have tune ups done at the store I got my bike at, but the wait times were really long so I just go to REI. If you are a member you get a 10% discount on maintenance.
Cool.
Ok any particular brand of bike?
Anyone?
82% of white males identify as over 6 feet tall.
https://www.axios.com/2023/07/05/tex...re-electricityThe big picture: The heat dome is toppling records. Multiple locations in Texas set monthly and all-time temperature highs last week.
- And with air conditioners humming relentlessly, the state hit a new record for electricity usage on June 27.
- Meanwhile, Texas' renewable energy production also climbed to new highs amid outages from a large number of fossil-fuel plants.
Why it matters: As states across the U.S. take steps to decarbonize, the role and reliability of renewable power are being closely watched in Texas. The Lone Star State has the second largest renewable capacity in the country (after California) — and is prone to extreme temperatures that can strain the grid.
- So far this year, Texas’ renewables have passed the test.
What they’re saying: "The market just kind of shrugged because there was so much wind and solar in the market ... It's another demonstration of the benefit for consumers that we see from wind and solar," says Doug Lewin, author of the Texas Energy and Power Newsletter.
- “Having solar provide during the hottest parts of the day is allowing our thermal [i.e. fossil fuel] fleet to not run itself into the ground as fast,” Josh Rhodes, a research scientist at the University of Texas at Austin, told Texas Monthly.
By the numbers: The state's solar capacity has nearly tripled in the past three years, and there are thousands more megawatts now under development, as Texas Monthly notes.
- The Texas grid was producing a record 31 gigawatts of renewable power last Wednesday.
- And as a share of total power, renewables reached 35%-40% during peak usage last week, Lewin says. (For comparison, renewables provided about 25% of the state's power during 2022.)
Power prices climbed from the typical area of around $30 per megawatt hour — but they mostly stayed below $50 throughout the week, says Lewin.
- "A few years ago, on a day like last Tuesday there would have been a very high likelihood that you would have seen prices in the $1,000s per megawatt hour area," he says. (In Texas' deregulated power market, occasional price es during high demand are a feature, not a bug.)
- "Renewables likely saved consumers a billion dollars or more last week alone," Lewin adds.
Two key stats: Renewables reduced wholesale electricity costs in Texas by $11 billion in 2022, according to a recent paper that Rhodes authored.
- But it could have been more: Transmission congestion cost Texans nearly $3 billion last year.
- In other words, much of the excess solar power produced in high-generation areas like the south and west couldn't be moved to places like central Texas that would gobble it up if they could get their hands on it, says Michael Webber, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
Spring break was in the 40's
But, weather patterns
Heat and fat people :puke
Lol weather patterns. Muhhhhh zip code makes his weekly appearance
KarrenS with a re take.
Soy boys unite.KarrenS with a re take.
In thinking you are an idiot obviously. You've been made to look stupid for decades on this topic.
Hot weather: climate change
Cold weather: climate change
Weather: hold my beer
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