Are any CCrs really going to suffer in this heat ?

[Electric_Andy]

Whilst in Australia we regularly worked in the fields in 40 degree heat. We'd start at 7 and work until 2. You did get used to it, we just wore a hat and took a gallon of water for the day. The media frenzy is hotter than the weather. I agree with the twitter(er) up-thread. What have we become as a nation if we need to be told to stay in the shade and drink water?

 

[Sittingduck]

my outside thermometer is mounted on a screw coming off one of the cross beams of the shady side of the fence but it may have been in the sun a bit earlier (will definitely get it for a while later today, when the sun swings round) - just had a look and it's 43. I did my ride early doors but tempting to go out for a while to top up the tan and as an extreme weight loss ride... air temp is proper hot now.

 

[tyred]

It was too hot to wear my string vest today.

 

[Electric_Andy]

I made the mistake of opening the door and let all of the hot air in. It was fairly cool before that. I've now closed all my windows and opened the loft hatch

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Yes there are, and it doesn’t have to be 40C to do that. I went out in summer 2020 when it was “only” 26C for an 80km ride. I didn’t finish the ride because I ended up with heat exhaustion, lying down at side of road in sun, unable to get up what is normally an easy hill for me. Some concerned motorists took me to A&E, after the first one had stopped and said are you okay, and I said not really. They’d rung for an ambulance, but with a two hour wait, drove me to A&E.

The temperature had deceived me, but prolonged periods in direct sunlight whilst exercising at a moderate intensity without breaks still did me. It was humid that day.

I’m fair haired (well more grey these days) and fair skinned and we are not built for hot.

 

[Ripple]

Finally summer.

 

[lazybloke]

Some cloud forming over Surrey now, so the 36C in my shaded garden earlier was probably the peak for today. Latest reading is a cool 32.
Fingers crossed tomorrow won't be so bad after all.

Hang on, sun's coming out again...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

 

[Ming the Merciless]

This is how I deal with riding in the heat

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Just shy of 30° here but for me this is easily avoided, the issue for me is going to be the 20-something overnight temperatures. No getting away from those.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Whilst in Australia we regularly worked in the fields in 40 degree heat. We'd start at 7 and work until 2. You did get used to it, we just wore a hat and took a gallon of water for the day. The media frenzy is hotter than the weather. I agree with the twitter(er) up-thread. What have we become as a nation if we need to be told to stay in the shade and drink water?

Tbf that is much closer to the norm out there and people learn how to adapt.

It is extreme for this country and people are not used to it, so do not always take the right precautions. Some people are not that sensible and think they can act as normal, or even take too much advantage of the sunshine and heat because they know it will not last.

The vast majority do not need to be told about shade/water but it is a safety warning not an instruction.

 

[presta]

The outside temperature in the shade of my front porch is currently 37.7C (99.86F). The met office forecast is for 37, and 35 with the benefit of 6mph windchill. The temperature the other side of the front door in my hall, with all the windows, doors and curtains closed since 7am this morning, is 26.8C (80.24F).

That's an 10.9C benefit from closing up, instead of a 2C benefit from the wind.

Having kicked the habit of throwing the doors & windows wide open, I'm sat here thinking "Heat? What heat?" instead of feeling somewhat distressed as I used to. I spend all winter cooped up indoors, it felt quite hard to stop opening windows in summer too.

 

[Mike_P]

Figured this morning their was something wrong with the outdoor sensor on the north side of a shed and discovered the easterly sun was far enough north to warm the sensor up so, having three, the one out of the timber shed located on a west facing fence to give a dual outdoor reading with at least one being in the shade, currently 37.2 to the west, 35.5 to the north and inside the metal bike shed 40.2. South facing kitchen with blinds down all day currently 25.2.

 

[classic33]

This only works if the humidity is low enough that sweat can evaporate.
If it's running down your forehead or you're not wearing clothes that allow evaporation, it'll do more harm than good.

The initial effect of something cold is cooling, but then your body sweats, more than it would have done, bringing it up to body temperature.
Eating or drinking something cold sounds worse.

 

[MontyVeda]

I just don't know what to do... chilled coffee from the fridge of hot coffee from the kettle.

I think I need at least two more exchanges from @nickb and @classic33 before i make my mind up