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[galpd320]

NEVER MIND ......... .......... I went to a web site that calculates wind chill...... any temp above 50 degrees has no wind chill it stays the same as the temp no matter what the wind speed

WHEWEE I need to watch my hydration maybe even start hydrating the day before a big ride 

http://www.weatherimages.org/data/windchill.html

I played with that calculator, and it seems kinda funny that 50 degrees and 60 mph wind feels like 39, but 51 degrees in a 60 mph wind feels like 51  I think they may have written the program at 50 degrees and below or something.

[texasmetalwerks]

Thanks for all the good info. I don't really think about how hot it can be but even on short rides it gets pretty dang hot.

[rod181]

yeah thats why you have to ride early cause the closer to noon the hotter it will be

[sherri]

Has anyone used a Kool Tie?  They work good?  I think I'm going to get a camelback, seems pretty smart for longer trips.

I have a Brand X Kool tie, I used it today for the first time. It seem to help but I wasn't out long. It is still cool tonight at 10:00. I am thinking about making them, Marigold said she has made them before.


BTW my big thing I do before a long day of riding is limit myself to 1 cup of coffe if any that morning and drinking a big thing of Gatorade before I ever leave the house. It realy seems to help if you start out well hydrated. Believe me I know I got sick the first day when I took the motorcycle saftey course, did that the next day and it helped. Been doing it ever since. 


Sherri