Lane splitting?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by echo419

80.

Actually, it was usually OK if the high was below 85.

[echo419]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Actually, it was usually OK if the high was below 85.

my the temp in my office is 70 and I'm still warm. oddly enough anything below 60 and I'm freezing my nuts off.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by echo419

my the temp in my office is 70 and I'm still warm. oddly enough anything below 60 and I'm freezing my nuts off.

I'm more surprised you didn't comment on me commuting on I-285 on a motorcycle. Obviously the heat was the least of my worries!

[AdrianSaldana]

Originally Posted by iamjacob

My cutoff for riding is about 100°F. I rock an evaporative cooling vest in my jacket which keeps me cool enough for my hour commute home for anything in the upper 90s.

Doesnt that get you wet? i saw one of those but it seems like too much of a hassle

[AdrianSaldana]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

July/August it's pretty common for us to be in the mid to upper 90s with 110% humidity. Of course the temp on the pavement is usually about 20 degrees above that.

right now its 108 with the index at 113 degrees its horrible lol

[iamjacob]

Originally Posted by AdrianSaldana

Doesnt that get you wet? i saw one of those but it seems like too much of a hassle

No not really. My shirt might be a little damp after the ride but definitely less than if I were sweating into it. Supposedly the vest has a hydrophilic side (wet outside) and a hydrophobic side (dry inside).

After work I take the vest into the bathroom, wet it under the sink and then wring it out a bit. It quickly zips and snaps into my jacket and that's it. The whole thing takes a few extra minutes but it's well worth it for the hour long ride. It already takes me a few minutes to gear up for the ride home anyways, what with having to put on overpants, riding boots, jacket, gloves, and helmet. What's an extra 2 or 3 minutes to be much more comfortable.

108 is way too hot for me, even with the vest.

Jacket and vest. I got the vest for less than half of what it is at revzilla.

http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/r...alactic-jacket
http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/r...ng-vest-insert

Pretty good information for hot weather riding here.
http://www.ironbutt.com/ibmagazine/i..._62-66_Hot.pdf

[Yal]

For the person that said they have never seen a bike rear ended, it's happened to me in gridlock traffic twice. I also got pushed off the road by a cell using soccer mom in her huge SUV. I t-boned a gal that pulled in front of me because "i came out of nowhere". You see cars hit each other? Bikes are harder to see and when people don't bother looking over their shoulders or using their mirrors, it gets worse. And DANG, our c-pillars are huge...

[themadscientist]

Always give myself space to the front and try to aim the bike to the side a little in case I get rear-ended, theory being I'll get pushed out of the way of the hammer and anvil. I also never assume cars see me and quite often they don't. I'm not a rider, I'm a driver on a bike so, ironically, most times I get a close call it's not a "cager," but some overconfident asshat on another scoot doing something stupid and unexpected. Consequently, I avoid riding near other bikes.

[echo419]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I'm more surprised you didn't comment on me commuting on I-285 on a motorcycle. Obviously the heat was the least of my worries!

I figured it'd be lost on everyone not from here.

needless to say, to anyone not in "the know". I-285 is a death trap in a car. to ride a bike on it is boarderline the bravest/dumbest thing a human can do that doesn't involve a Cobra or Great White shark.

[EAGLE5]

Nothing worse than two or more riders together.