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Phoenix, the hot place

Furnace Creek, temp sign @ 129 yesterday

Gauntlet has been thrown,
how many planning to challenge the heat next year?
That's some very serious temperature. You have to acclimate, a bunch of preparation then execute with sufficient cooling and hydration to (somewhat) safely do that kind of temp. I've ridden hard in 115 degrees, but 129 is twice as bad with twice the heat transfer rate which makes it easily 6-8 times more dangerous. Without prep, riding through that at 60 degrees would leave you a desiccated husk after 15-20 minutes.
 
95 air temp or "feels like" temp? There's a huge difference.
Real air temp. That is about the point where the face shield remains barely cracked.
Blow dryer in the eyes thing.
 
My biggest issue when riding my bike in 113+ temps is having my eyes dry out while I'm riding. I've been thinking of putting in eye drops before my ride as part of my prep.
 
I used to do that but found that cooling towels were more effective at keeping my bore body temp lower.
Also, I wear my glasses while riding, makes it easier to use my helmet mirror to see what's coming up behind me on the streets.
 
best method i've come up with so far for these elevated temps is to put a couple doors and an air conditioner on my motorcycle
 
Phoenix is screwed - they're going to run out of water and there will be nothing anyone can do about it.... And it just keeps getting hotter and hotter and hotter.
 
So you are saying buying home there is a good long term investment?? :p
 
There are communities in Arizona that have to truck water up to their homes....
 
After living and riding in Stockton and Sacramento and riding a lot there during the hot months, I don't want anything hotter than that.
 
Phoenix is screwed - they're going to run out of water and there will be nothing anyone can do about it.... And it just keeps getting hotter and hotter and hotter.
They've been saying that for decades...just like people have been yammering about how Southern California is going to run out of water or the entire state is only a single earthquake away from becoming an island. :nchantr
There are communities in Arizona that have to truck water up to their homes....
Sounds like some people wanted to live in the mountainous sticks and all that that implies. Arizona isn't the only place that happens. Shit, we're suburban here and half the town is on well water...because they want to be. :dunno
 
With water supplies decreasing and human expansion increasingly it’s only a matter of time before shit hits the fan for Phoenix.

The world is facing a fresh water crisis. Didn’t y’all watch Mad Max
 
Lots of cheap land in Az. Just about everything on I 40 east of Kingman, is dry.
Drilling thru limestone is expensive, and lack of a water table, no reason to drill.
Flagstaff is challenged for water, everybody that lives there knows why, yet they build.

I live with the Verde river here, it does supply water to Phoenix, not enough for all.
Verde Valley has been inhabited for 13,000 years, I believe I'll be ok for my remaining time, , ,

We finally got a break in the weather, low 90's, until the weekend.
 
So you are saying buying home there is a good long term investment?? :p
When I was in college a billion years ago a friend from AZ said just buy land 5 miles out of Phoenix and in 5 years the town will be there... that was the beforetimes...
 
How bad would a helmet stink after a year of riding in Phoenix and helmet drenched in sweat each ride
 
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