70 degrees and 80% humidity when I left my house this morning at 6am. As always an ibex wool t-shirt and Musa shorts kept me relatively cool and dry or less hot and less damp on my 8 mile ride to work. Summer has arrived in Washington, DC and it is never a dry heat!
On Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 11:55:46 PM UTC-4, SJB wrote: > > I wore a Giro wool blend tee shirt this afternoon on my rode home for > work. 93 degrees and I never felt hot. > > But then, I was in Tucson, where its a dry heat. > > -Steve > > On Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 6:34:22 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> Did the Sweetpea replace the Ram? What are the differences in >> ride/handling? Is the SP better? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On May 28, 2015, at 4:35 PM, Lynne Fitz <fitz...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> I've worn a wool jersey when the temp was well into the 90s. Riding my >> Rivendell. On the Wildflower Century. >> >> https://flic.kr/p/4JxsDp >> >> On Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 2:57:36 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: >>> >>> Fighting what I hope is a fugitive cold, my ride this afternoon was very >>> brief, 10.5 miles, out 'n' back on the bike path, on the gofast. Breezy, 6 >>> miles or so in the hooks, thinking about comfort. >>> >>> In a way, sure, sitting upright is more comfortable, but on the other >>> hand, riding at anything over 8 mph into a 10 mph headwind sitting bolt >>> upright would be, for me, very uncomfortable, for quads and butt >>> especially, and, I daresay, for shoulders and neck as well; as would be >>> shoving unnecessary weight and rolling resistance down the road. Believe >>> me, knobs on a 29" front tire *do* catch a headwind! >>> >>> The gofast just responds so efficiently to pedal strokes -- I averaged >>> 16+ outbound and 17+ return, keeping my effort down because (especially >>> toward the end) I could feel the cold dragging me down. >>> >>> I'm not really boasting -- I'm much slower than I was 10 years ago, and >>> a young 40 something with aero bars left me behind at a 5 mph differential; >>> but it is to me rather remarkable how efficient light, nice-rolling wheels >>> and efficient position feel, even when you are taking it easy. >>> >>> Upshot: there is more than one way to have fun on a bike. >>> >>> Tomorrow, God willing, I'll feel up to a nice 1-2 hour ride, off- and >>> onroad, on the Fargo. >>> >>> In other news: 86*F, granted only 10% humidity, but a standard weight >>> merino ss jersey felt pretty good -- feels pretty good as I sit inside and >>> type. I'm experimenting to see how hot I can wear good wool; I really hate >>> synthetics, which stink after 15 minutes, and I'd rather wear something >>> that doesn't flap in the wind, as long as it's comfortable. >>> >>> Back to resumes and LI profiles. >>> >>> Patrick "cough, cough" Moore, who is rediscovering the pleasures of his >>> gofast. >>> >>> -- >>> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >>> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >>> Other professional writing services. >>> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >>> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >>> Patrick Moore >>> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >>> >>> ************************************* >>> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a >>> circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and >>> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu >>> >>> *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle >>> >>> *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
