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If I had to choose between Manitoba and Texas I'd choose Texas. -30 can F right off. I'm still going to complain about the heat here for at least 6 months of the year. 40 years and I haven't acclimated yet. Someday I'm either going to own a pool or I'm going to rage quit Texas and move. Most likely on a day in September when its 100+.

This is me at the end of the second day in a row at Motorsports Ranch Houston (Angleton). Over 105 both days, and a LOT of laps in full leathers, etc. I was DONE, and hoped I never saw another trackday. That changed as soon as I cooled down but it was miserable. One day wasn't so bad. That look says screw Texas and its heat. Of course the humidity south of Houston was a lot worse than here in the Austin area.

Progress on the remodel. Wainscoting and paint Previous 70s mode

Opposite here. Spent many, many years in tejas and the western usa and now currently eyeballing vancouver island.

The heat was temporarily turned off. Had a great 3-hour ride at Pedernales Falls today and when we finished about noon, it was just 72 degrees!

I'm going to put my 2L Dakine bladder in a frame bag.

With the exception of california, the taxes are not what you think. Speaking specifically to property taxes, the "affordability" of texas is a bit of an illusion. Stay out of the metros and you'll be fine. I'll take vast amounts of beautiful public land and mild weather any day. IMHO, Boise is one of the best kept secrets out there.

Lol! I can barely afford Austin now. West is much more expensive not to mention much higher taxes! All my bike and hockey money would go to just housing and taxes! I have thought about getting a second house somewhere like Montana or Idaho for summer and spending half the year there and half the year here in Austin.

Grew up in SE Houston, San Antonio and the Mojave Desert. Then traveled for work all over the western US with time in Florida and DC area. Very familliar with all forms of heat. Humidity can go F itself. Forever. Winter in the rockies is nothing like winter in the midwest flatlandia hellscape. That can go F itself too. I can say it was much easier for me to get dehydrated in the desert than here. Used to ride in NM with single digit humidity and zero sweat. All you knew was your giant hydration pack was out of water. Here, you sweat as soon as you walk outside. It'd be really tough to make do with a small fanny pack in the desert.

Those guys that lay asphalt, do roofs, or work in attics in the summer (insulation, electrical, plumbing) also have my appreciation.

Well working on my grandpa's farm definitely made me want to go to college and get an office job because it did suck. Made me appreciate our farmers and ranchers that put food in our grocery stores that much more. Also taught me about hard work and all that mumbo jumbo nonsense! lol!

This! 100% I grew up in San Antonio and spent summers working on my grandfather's dairy farm in south Texas so I'm used to the heat. Back in my early 20s I spent a winter in Winnipeg with family and oh my holy f*** never again. So now whenever I'm out riding in the summer and it's 100+ degrees and humid, I just think back to when I was up there and it was -30. It literally did not get above freezing for like 2 months straight. I will take the very hot summer/mild winter over the very cold winter/mild summer every day.

wow, this will be a must see for the next trip up there

The texas heat and humidity don't bother me I just have to remember to stay hydrated and I'm good. I grew up with the cold (canada) and don't miss it and actually like our summers here. Sent from my moto g(7) supra using Tapatalk

14yo broke this brand new expensive futon set. I can’t seem to get the company to even respond to me regarding a replacement, so I took it apart, glued and clamped then made a reinforcement piece out of scrap oak.

True, and as the shop is going into remodel #400, the entire AC is going outside in it's own dog house. That'll teach it!

Our 1920's place in Houston had an ironing board setup like that in the kitchen. Striped it, added shelves and it was a fantastic spice rack.

^^^^ Truth ^^^^

I don't love the heat, but I used to love the cold. Then something clicked in me on a Christmas visiting my parents in Grand Rapids, MI. 4ft of lake effect snow in 24 hours and my dad's snowblower was broken. It isn't as much the cold that I hate as much as the constant snow clearing. A "quick" trip to the grocery store is anything but quick when you have to clear the driveway, the snow banks from the plows, brush the snow off (F people that drive without clearing the snow off their cars), go into the store, come back out to snow + ice on the windshield. When it gets really cold like in Chicago and Canada, the square tires and needing engine block heaters plus fuel additives. No thanks!

Long pants and long sleeve underarmor is a godsend both to stay cool and to get the damn leathers on and off. Oh, and dunking your head into your cooler full of ice and beer in between sessions helps a ton. Keep your head nice and cool helps out a lot.

Towards the end of my racing career, I made my own coolsuit pump and bought a cool shirt. It was super nice! I always wondered how the motorcycle guys in leathers dealt with it. Prior to racing 1:1 cars, I raced 1:8 RC cars. Two days on an asphalt parking lot. 4 days for national races. It was miserable.

It takes me 2 weeks of at least 4-5 days of outdoor activity per week to get acclimated to the heat. Full acclimatization for me means not only the heat doesn't feel terrible, but also I conserve water/electrolytes better. One year I did an experiment wherein I weighed myself after every hour of riding in the neighborhood. I lost the bulk of water in the first hour, after that the loss slowed down quite a bit. It's funny @mack_turtle mentions SAD for the summer. I have a buddy that believes this is true and it affects him. It affects me too. Those first rainy days after a long summer totally get me pumped up and feeling more positive. I'm sure genetics (maybe epi-genetics) have something to do with it too. Even acclimatized I sweat more, period. I have no northern European ancestry of any consequence so I don't think that has much to do with it.

Good to ride with the OG group. Sorry I missed some of you earlier in the "I" portion, but the weather is so nice I had to do another lap. Come July I would have kicked myself if I didn't maximize riding in this perfect weather!

this is why my career as an electrician ended after barely six months. 10-hour days, six days a week inside a building with no AC (let alone air movement), carrying heavy tools in boots and a hard hat, standing on ladders most of the time. I would have preferred to work outdoors and enjoyed the short two week assignment when I did. I carried a gallon jug of water with me everywhere and emptied it before noon, then downed small bottle after bottle of water and eletrolyte mix until the end of the day. then I'd go home and refill my giant jug and drain it, go to bed early and not sleep because I was lying in a puddle of my own sweat all night. I could not drink enough water to keep up with that level of sweat and it got worse, mentally and physically, to maintain a basic will to stay alive, so I quit. I wish there was a magic formula for acclimating to that, but I never found it.

I might finally be satisfied with my gear carrying setup now though. I have eliminated the backpack with the following: Osprey Seral 4 holds 1.5 liters of water, phone, multitool, a few other random bits. I can strap the headlamp battery to it as well small Lezyne pump strapped to the seat tube with a Twofish Block second water bottle on top of the downtube storage bottle in the under-bike cage contains tire stuff: 27.5" tube (smaller than a 29" tube and still works), spare valve, tiny bottle of sealant, CO2 inflator, tire lever, tire plugs and applicator.

That's some dad-level engineering there.

Used a Dakine Hot Laps 2L last night and that was a lot better than a camelback for Walnut Creek and shorter rides. Also infinitely better than the flip belt that I was using before to hold my phone and keys because zipper is way better than anything else for making you feel secure. After the first lap I realized that the water bottle on a waist pack is a bad idea. The pack itself is great, but the water bottle made the whole thing less stable and heavier. That is staying on the bike.

Loved the island, spent some time there. While they say 290 days of sunshine a year, I'll take the under on that bet. Great food, especially if you love authentic Asian food. And Tim Horton's.

Hiked it many times, great choice!

I've had these two on my list to try; so picked them both up at the LLS today. Haven't had anything under 100 proof in quite a while but figured I'd give these lightweights a try.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/172017348136050/ Great deal on a 24" with Rear Disc Tabs

If it’s not holding pressure between uses with the air valve shut off, something is wrong.

best/ worst actual trails within about a 60-minute drive when it's really hot? (joke answers: indoor trainer, watching videos, move/fly someplace cooler... har har). at least BCGB has good tree cover but I swear it's much more humid down near the creek.

When I first moved here from Houston in 2006, I noted that I only needed 2 t-shirts for a tennis match vs. the 4 that I needed for a match in Houston. Over the years though, I've either lost sight of that difference or the difference is diminishing. Seems when I was at Ft. Hood in the seventies and Texas State in the eighties, Central Texas was considered semi-arid and vastly different from the surrounding coastal areas. I'm not convinced that is the case anymore.

That's the @Bamwa bat signal.

We are 100% rainwater dependent at our house (no well, no public water supply) so I couldn’t be happier about the rain! All our tanks are full.

I strongly contemplated a move out there about 5 yrs ago. Revisited it recently since I'm currently unemployed. Boise is (also) no longer a secret. -CJB