What's the hottest you've ever ridden in?

[Chubba]

Last years Argus MTB race, they called it off after the temp exceeded 40 degrees. My brain was boiling in my skull!

[Danger Dassie]

56deg at 13:00 doing the van gaalens nissin race a few weeks back. felt the heat come of the ground.

 

Think you mean 46deg, 42-46deg was the highest measured temp on the day.

By all accounts still a scorcher!!

 

Today's ride we measured a high of about 38deg near Kloofzicht!

[DMC007]

was 30deg this evening at 8pm driving along ladies mile in constantia ct.

 

@ 7:00pm heading up Chappies towards the booms....had to get off the bike and look for some shade. LOL

@ 8:10pm this evening we were coming down Ou Kaapse Weg - direction Westlake...it was still K@K hot.

[epoh]

hou op k@k praat:

 

Volgens Wikipedia is die warmste temperatuur nog nooit gemeet: (1.6m bokant die grond gemeet)

 

57.8 °C (136.0 °F)

Al 'Aziziyah, Libya

13 September 1922.

 

So indien wel, is Van Gaalens en sy kamma 56 grade Celcius moer naby aan die Hel

 

1922!! en die ouens worry nou eers oor global warming?

Edited January 4, 2011 by epoh

[Christopher Brunsdon]

Last year Argus MTB, it was 33C by 9am already and it was post 40C when they called it off. I heard guys saying it was 44C and since I spent a few years of my youth in that part of the world I would tend to agree.

 

The hottest I've ever felt was 48C in my life and that Argus was damn close to that.

[mark ellis]

not ridden in, but paddled a few Dusi marathons where in the valley its topped 40, air so thick you had to chew it a few times before inhaling!

 

Big H, whats the climate like in Nig? i imagen it to be super hot?

[Weight Weenie]

Dont have a temp but went riding at 11:30 am in middle December 07 in Fernkloof Reserve in Hermanus.

Had to stop and try sit in a bit of shade, the heat reflected off the rocks was just unbearable !

Poured water over me but didnt really help

[Dubber88]

56?!?!... weet darem nie

my warmste was 45 in Marloth Park

 

Ek ken daardie hitte, dit is wild warm daar. Gaan ry sodat jy 7uur terug is by die huis.

[Christopher Brunsdon]

Just some FYI on the hottesest temp for 2010:

 

SOUTH AFRICA
Cape Town Observ.   1.4  40.9
Cape Town Wingfield-2.2  41.3
Pretoria City      -6.1  38.2*   * 38.4C were also recorded in the Hill Station in 1973
Pretoria Airport   -1.4  37.9
Bloemfontein      -12.2  39.3
Johannesburg       -8.2  35.4
Durban              2.6  41.9
Port Elizabeth     -0.5  40.7
Sutherland          -16  35.5
Buffelsfontein    -18.6  35
Vioolsdrif               48.8
Dunbrody                 50*    * dubious
Marion Island      -6.8  23.8

 

http://www.mherrera.org/temp.htm

[BlinkFan]

Too hot... cannot sleep.

 

Argus MTB last year was quite hot. I was sweating before we even started.

[eitan]

Some proof of the heat in Paarl yesterday.

[Noneking]

41 degrees in Umtata and 2 days later -2 degrees in Golden Gate!

[urbanroyal]

Gotta Luv these long hot summer nites...

[Raceface]

TOp 3

 

1) Xterra Grabouw in 2010 (mtb leg was about 45);

2) Double Century in 2009 (our back-up vehicle measured 43 in Montaqu) and

3) Mt Kenya Sept 2010....42 at 3500m on a 75km mtb race!

 

Hot hot hot

[leet22]

Been 40ish at Tokai a few times. hate the heat it saps the energy

[Squier]

Had to be the Argus MTB last year! Man, that was a scorcher! Not being able to do any of the seeding races as they were all down in the Cape we started in the last batch. I recall someone saying that it was 47 degrees when the race doctor called it off.

 

I remember pushing both my bike and my wife's bike up the climbs while she was lying in the shade in the vineyard! I remember the vineyards being lined with riders as that was the only shade available at that stage. Man, that was something else... no breeze, no nothing! We were halfway when we were told to turn around, the race has been called off...

 

Anyway, we decided to go back for some more punishment this year! Can't wait!!