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Phoenix, the hot place

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.
 
Kestrel said:
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.
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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
Climber said:
There are communities in Arizona that have to truck water up to their homes....
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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.
 
budman said:
So you are saying buying home there is a good long term investment?? :p
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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
 
I'd wash my dirt helmet liner every ride and then every few rides I'd slosh the whole thing around in a tub of soapy water. Worked good. Probably have to do similar in super hot areas like Arizona. Better than being a big stinky mcstinkyton.
 
I probably wouldn’t mind treating a dirt bike helmet like a hockey helmet or a bicycle helmet but I’m not going to slosh around a $700 street helmet in tub of soapy water.
 
Stinky $700 helmets are just nasty $50 garage sale helmets that don't sell, so you may as well wash it.
 
A cotton helmet liner does wonders for keeping the worst of it out of the helmet itself. Anti microbial sprays help too.
 
Great idea, prevent the oils from getting into the helmet.
 
It’s just another reason not to live in Phoenix, stinky helmet syndrome.
The extra liner would likely stretch the helmet just enough that it would no longer have that nice snug fit.
Seems the Harley guys have it figured out.
 
byke said:
I'd wash my dirt helmet liner every ride and then every few rides I'd slosh the whole thing around in a tub of soapy water. Worked good. Probably have to do similar in super hot areas like Arizona. Better than being a big stinky mcstinkyton.
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Have you dug into a helmet and seen how it's made?
Mostly Styrofoam, then the layer over the Styrofoam.
Maybe $700 helmets have something else, but my $500 helmet had that.
 
I haven't, but unless it's a designer helmet, it can't really be water or oil soluble just because that's what's on our heads.
 
There’s all those things you should do but reality is something different.
Like washing your hands after taking a wizz not everyone does. Not everyone pulls apart their helmet to dunk it in a bucket or tub periodically therefore there’s likely a lot of stinky helmets in Phoenix.
But I could be wrong and maybe Phoenicians are super anal about helmet hygiene.
 
Back when I used to ride daily, I washed my helmet padding once a week with the regular laundry. Even in the colder months I still did it. These days it's usually once a month or sometimes two if it's colder and believe me, I sweat in my helmet way more here than I ever did in a desert out west. My washing methods have always been sufficient for me but I strictly use Shoei helmets and I don't sweat like a whore in church either so maybe that's why my methods haven't resulted in a funky helmet. :dunno
 
I have Shoei and Arai. Is there something different about Shoei that makes them easier to clean or less likely to stink?
 
I finally rode my Triumph to Sedona for some shopping yesterday. I have been avoiding long day rides, 100* takes the fun out, and tiring.
Short trips, shopping in town, out riding for 10, 15 minutes, then shelter, past few weeks.

Helmet washing, my ol' bucket needs another one, glad it fits in a 5 gal bucket for the plunge.
I did use some kind of enzyme, "stink away", I got from Big 5, used for shoes and sports equipment.
I plan on doing this while it is still hot here, to get a full drying, don't want mold issues.
I do see more HD guys with full face here in Az. over do-rags for sun protection, now.
I'm still running a big hat.

Mirazyne, Odor Eliminator, requires no final rinse but air dry.
I also have some down soap for feather insulation, really mild stuff.
I'm thinking this time, weak Dawn solution to pull oils, couple of rinses, then the Mirazyne,
then apply the Az. Solar element.
 
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