104 degrees, and cabin fever...

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#11 Unread post by **Sev** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 12:15 am

$3 for a water bottle bike mount I can attach to my handlebars. A little coordination and some planning is all it'd take.

And bottles like that come with adjustable sprays. It'd be easy to get yourself wet despite the temperature, and once it starts to evaporate off you, you will cool off. That's why a rag soaked in water wrapped around your neck is so effective, it's literally pulling heat out of your body to dry off.

Of course the point is moot, it never gets that hot up here anyways.

BuzZz · #12 Unread post by **BuzZz** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:14 am

I woke up this morning and my bloody furnace was running

What is this 'Too Hot' thing you speak of?

#13 Unread post by **Skier** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:39 am

Sevulturus wrote: It'd be easy to get yourself wet despite the temperature, and once it starts to evaporate off you, you will cool off.

I suppose that's one way to handle it..

ronboskz650sr · Sun Jul 24, 2005 8:01 am

My daughter has offered me her "camelpack, or camelback" not sure which. It would serve as a good, convenient drinking supply. I like the misting idea, though. Might just get one of those "atomizers" ...might alraedy have one laying around here, come to think of it. I have a cargo net, and I move around alot on the bike anyway, so I'm sure it will be accessible. As for now, just taking a break from speed channel

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#15 Unread post by **dr_bar** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 9:49 am

By the same people that make the camelbak hydration system. The UnBottle system will fit in any backpack or even a tank bag. Partially fill with purified water the night before and freeze it, top up the bottle before you head out in the morning and you'll have several hours of ice cold water to keep you hydrated.

blair · #16 Unread post by **blair** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 11:26 am

The best:

Riding past a house where the lawn is being overwatered...instant 20-degree evap-cooled wind chill effect on the bike.

iwannadie · Sun Jul 24, 2005 3:03 pm

Sevulturus wrote:$3 for a water bottle bike mount I can attach to my handlebars. A little coordination and some planning is all it'd take.

And bottles like that come with adjustable sprays. It'd be easy to get yourself wet despite the temperature, and once it starts to evaporate off you, you will cool off. That's why a rag soaked in water wrapped around your neck is so effective, it's literally pulling heat out of your body to dry off.

Of course the point is moot, it never gets that hot up here anyways.

ok first off i live in the Desert, i deal with heat daily i know how to keep cool. that being said, a spray bottle doesnt create a fine enough Mist. it will just spray you with large drops of water. the whole idea behind mist to keep cool is it evaporates instantly so you dont get wet or feel like water is on you. ive rode through sprinklers going about 45, and the drops are big enough that they hit you and you get wet, it takes time before evaporating fully. with mist it will hit you and evap instantly making you cooler without knowing theres water involved. theres a reason we have misters on every out door patio around here and not a spray bottle.

a spray bottle creates the general effect but is not as effective as a high pressurized mist system.

blair · #18 Unread post by **blair** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 3:09 pm

The mist doesn't actually hit you unless your system is cheap. Evaporating water droplets (liquid) to make water vapor (gas) sucks energy out of the air, and you get hit with the cooler, slightly more humid air.

Same deal as driving by an evaporating lawn. Man I love that.

iwannadie · Sun Jul 24, 2005 3:40 pm

blair wrote:The mist doesn't actually hit you unless your system is cheap. Evaporating water droplets (liquid) to make water vapor (gas) sucks energy out of the air, and you get hit with the cooler, slightly more humid air.

Same deal as driving by an evaporating lawn. Man I love that.

well ya if you have the best. but with those little ones you pump up and spray yourself with just cant avoid the mist actually getting on you. but if its a fine enough mist it shouldnt matter.

i like going by an orange tree field at night when they are watering, its shivering cold for the whole block lol.

Toyuzu · #20 Unread post by **Toyuzu** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:22 pm

Call me old fashioned, but I use the old "soak your t-shirt then put on your vented riding jacket and go for it" trick.

That has the added benefit of being a renewable cooling method mid-ride. Just take one of those water bottles out of your tank bag and dump half down your shirt. Voila! - mobile swamp cooler!