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I had some friends in town from Denver 2 weeks ago and I thought we were gonna have to Heli one guy out in the back of the GB. Luckily made it to Deep Eddy pool to cool down but it was quite a situation. Also a Pool Burger helped! This heat aint messin around.

I got heat stroke in Bentonville’s “Back 40” in June last year. The humidity was worse than here.

Ahhh...possibly the beginning of the covid buyers remorse program? Anyone taking that bike to a pawn shop either stole it or can't afford it. Oh, and the jaws of that stand are coated with rubber so nothing to see here🤣

Funny you say that, because I mention to my wife I think I have 'lizard blood'. Many times during the cooler weather months, once the sun comes out and shines on our trampoline, my wife will find me out on the trampoline literally sunning myself. It just makes me happy. I truly abhor the cold weather months when I have to roll out from the (warm) house into the cold temps wearing not much more than spandex & arm warmers.

You must be one of those Lizard People that Alex Jones has been warning us about! I don't want to find out the hard way, but I'm pretty sure I would find myself in the ER if I tried that. I keep my thermostat set at 78 at home and spending the latter half of my life in Texas does not seem to help. Maybe that internal thermostat gets set earlier in life.

I've pretty much been one of those guys. Born and raised here in TX and I quite like the heat. To be fair once the thermometer gets above 96-97* it becomes less bearable. But, I was dropped off yesterday after work at Suburban Ninja (at 4:15pm) and rode 3.5hrs of trail and street all way back to my house near WC. Not once did I think to myself if was overly hot or I should not have been doing it. In fact, I only had 3 water bottles with me. Admittedly I was a little under-watered by the end and wish I had consumed one more during my ride. But I'm all-good today. Later, CJB

Did you seriously have heat stroke or was it heat exhaustion? Neither is good of course but from what I understand heat stroke can be life threatening. In any case, I hope you fully recovered. The closest I came I think was pushing myself real hard on the greenbelt mid-day in May a few years back. My legs were literally seizing up riding on the pavement to get back to the car. I ended up drinking a gallon or so of melted ice from my cooler in an attempt to recover, but I've really never been the same since when it comes to riding in the heat - so I just don't (or at least don't push myself). We rode Back 40 mid-May this year and I was thinking that was about as late in the year I'd ever want to ride there. There was a cooler full of ice-cold drinks on the trail near the end of our ride that came in handy.

I know a few people who can ride for hours in blazing heat. I don't know how they do that. Must be genetic or many hours of intensional training to allow the body to do that. Until I can get out of this hellhole, I think the only answer is to keep my rides under 90 minutes. I wear a 3L pack and two 24 ounce water bottles on these hot days, one of the bottles is filled with one of the many electrolyte mixes I have tried. I "camel up" the day before by drinking as much water as I can stand, combined with supplements. after 90 minutes, my water is totally depleted and I start to get a headache. this has been going on for a decade with no relief. I asked my doctor and he said "drink some Gatorade."

Can confirm. Buddy of mine from Utah and I did that trail in may of 2017. The heat/humidity was too much for him and he was freaking out saying that he couldn't cool off and was getting sick. Welcome to hell 😆

Weren't all high schools in the seventies Rock'n'Roll Highs? Definitely was stylin' back in the high-school daze!

I'm going to be riding Pedernales for the first time tomorrow morning - starting at 9:30am. Hope it's not on the top of anybody's heat stroke list! Around here it makes sense that Walnut Creek would be the best place to ride in the summer, but I couldn't say what would be the worst. I know for sure that I won't ride City Park in the summer, partly due to level of exertion required and partly due to horseflies ripping your flesh apart. Likewise I have no interest in riding LGT in the summer. Personally I try to avoid direct summer sun exposure between 10 - 6 on any trail regardless of how fast I can move. Brushy has been fine so far this year in the mornings between 8-10.

Tax dollars at work. Does this me we get to pay less?