RideBellChain
Street Cruiser
96 degrees yesterday at Disney in Orlando...93 here in Palm Beach today. UGH. Hot wind from the Southwest...I was sweating like a dog in my helmet today!
Let the sweaty summer fun begin!
So I decided to take a ride up to Cycle Gear (I know, I'm as bad as my wife taking a ride to "Macy's")...but by the time I got there, I was pretty hot and overheated.
Yes, I know I need to drop 20 pounds and I'll be better...(working on it) but regardless I'm always looking for ways to stay cool. I found out the "hard way" that most helmets have fair/decent venting but it's the damn windshield that is the cruiser's biggest problem - on the new sportbike it's great air on the face and head - amazing when you compare, actually.
Last year I started wearing the bandanas that you soak in water that swell up and supposed to keep you cool...they worked pretty darn good on the cruiser with limited airflow (better when soaked in the cooler with ice!) but I think again with the huge airflow on the sport-tourer bike, it will be great!
Today at Cycle Gear, I saw they have the new Bilt Heat-Out Long Sleeve base-layer t shirt on sale for $19.99 (regular $29.99) so I bought one. It's a quick-wick shirt that is actually a thicker material than a t-shirt, but supposed to pull the sweat from your body and through to the outside of the shirt. As the wind hits it, it's supposed to evaporate and actually cool you down. The guy at CG has one and swears by it, so with their 30 day customer satisfaction deal, I bought it. Basically, anything you buy at CG - if you don't like it, they'll take it back with no questions asked within 30 days - and it's true - I've used it before
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So go pick one up while they're on sale. It's not going to get any cooler until next year, and you gotta do what you can to stay cool if you want to ride.
Between my mesh jacket, the cooling bandana, and now the cooling shirt, hopefully I'll be even cooler than I already am! I'll let you all know next week how it went. I want to be comfy riding up to the mountains, and I remember 2 summers ago that it was 112 degrees in Macon, GA, and my boots started melting on the pavement...man that was a hot one!
I also saw the cooling vests that you also soak in water, but the locals that bought them all say they don't work that well here in FL because it's so humid that the evaporation doesn't happen fast enough to start the cooling effect...so I'll pass on that.
Anyway, just thought I'd ramble a bit to see what you all do about the heat?
Let the sweaty summer fun begin!
So I decided to take a ride up to Cycle Gear (I know, I'm as bad as my wife taking a ride to "Macy's")...but by the time I got there, I was pretty hot and overheated.
Yes, I know I need to drop 20 pounds and I'll be better...(working on it) but regardless I'm always looking for ways to stay cool. I found out the "hard way" that most helmets have fair/decent venting but it's the damn windshield that is the cruiser's biggest problem - on the new sportbike it's great air on the face and head - amazing when you compare, actually.
Last year I started wearing the bandanas that you soak in water that swell up and supposed to keep you cool...they worked pretty darn good on the cruiser with limited airflow (better when soaked in the cooler with ice!) but I think again with the huge airflow on the sport-tourer bike, it will be great!
Today at Cycle Gear, I saw they have the new Bilt Heat-Out Long Sleeve base-layer t shirt on sale for $19.99 (regular $29.99) so I bought one. It's a quick-wick shirt that is actually a thicker material than a t-shirt, but supposed to pull the sweat from your body and through to the outside of the shirt. As the wind hits it, it's supposed to evaporate and actually cool you down. The guy at CG has one and swears by it, so with their 30 day customer satisfaction deal, I bought it. Basically, anything you buy at CG - if you don't like it, they'll take it back with no questions asked within 30 days - and it's true - I've used it before
.So go pick one up while they're on sale. It's not going to get any cooler until next year, and you gotta do what you can to stay cool if you want to ride.
Between my mesh jacket, the cooling bandana, and now the cooling shirt, hopefully I'll be even cooler than I already am!
I'll let you all know next week how it went. I want to be comfy riding up to the mountains, and I remember 2 summers ago that it was 112 degrees in Macon, GA, and my boots started melting on the pavement...man that was a hot one!I also saw the cooling vests that you also soak in water, but the locals that bought them all say they don't work that well here in FL because it's so humid that the evaporation doesn't happen fast enough to start the cooling effect...so I'll pass on that.
Anyway, just thought I'd ramble a bit to see what you all do about the heat?
