Squier Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Some proof of the heat in Paarl yesterday. I hope you filled up yesterday! Petrol price went up today...
rouxtjie Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Another 1 for the Van Gaalens Nissan Race....40deg according to my garmin
eitan Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 I hope you filled up yesterday! Petrol price went up today... That's the reason I was still driving around at that time; should've seen the filling stations. That and the fact that I have an expecting mother at home with all sorts of cravings....
Struis Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 I live in Saudi. In summer (July) we start our rides at 5 am - 34 Celsius. By 8 am it is around 42 Celsius with really high humidity. No way to ride at midday, close to 50 Celsius. Your body gets use to it, but you do have to drink a lot and not just water - something to replace the electrolytes. Below a typical July in Saudi and then just for interest how the humidity affects the apparent temperature. I can also tell you that car temperature gauges are not very accurate...
Guest Big H Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 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? We have two seasons.....wet season and dry season. It is now winter. Temp in the car yesterday 39*C. We live here from home to car to office. Change of climate when we go to RSA normally a problem as it makes you sick almost immediately when you arrive. We do not have our Tandem here but train on our spinners in the apartment. We have aircon and a large fan and temp is mostly in the region of 25*C
Topwine Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) If you guys want to break records, looks like today are going to be a scorcher ... 43 degrees in Paarl predicted. Edited January 5, 2011 by Topwine
Justin Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 46C off the molotto road at Blue Moon Lodge race, near Pretoria. I almost died!
rudi-h Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Shade temp or???? Yes, shade temp, that's the only way to measure temperature. If you measure sunlight temp, then the heat absorption properties of the thermometer plays a big role and can be well over boiling point (hence solar geyers) I think many of these so called "measured temperatures" are done with hopelessly poor thermometers with hopelessly uncontrolled measurement protocols. Not many places in SA measure more than 40 on a regular basis! I did practically grow up in the magalliesberg, and we rarely had days topping 36. that's not too far from harties / van gaalens. Car thermometers are also pretty useless!
Mackie Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 42 degrees with 90% humidity. 2010 Wartburg Classic. The toughest 45kay race of the KZN calendar, looking forward to 2011.
SeaBee Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Hey RodTi, presume I won't be crossing paths with you up there this afternoon after work then?!
GTRacing Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 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, Libya13 September 1922. So indien wel, is Van Gaalens en sy kamma 56 grade Celcius moer naby aan die Hel Altyd n wizeass... dis gemeet op my polar n uur voor ek klaar gemaak het. dit was woes.
Bergbok Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) Van Gaalens 2010. First thought I was gonna die and then started wishing I would Edited January 5, 2011 by Bergbok
rudi-h Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Altyd n wizeass... dis gemeet op my polar n uur voor ek klaar gemaak het. dit was woes. Ek stry nie dat dit moer warm was nie my ou, maar 56 is ongehoord vir die geweste! Dus is jou Polar is verkeerd, so ook alle kar termometers (nie die termometer self nie, maar die toestande waarin die meting plaasvind, soos bv. in die son). Ek het die blood gepost sodat mense kan sien dat hand-termometers wat in die son staan, nie ware temperatuur weergee nie! Moet nie als glo wat op die skermpie staan nie
Dan Dob Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 We had a group on Table Mountain yesterday from 10:00am to 13:00. Suffer fest in that heat. The stats read average temp 41 degrees, minimum 31 and max 47 degrees in the sun. Was not so pleasant!
GTRacing Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Ek stry nie dat dit moer warm was nie my ou, maar 56 is ongehoord vir die geweste! Dus is jou Polar is verkeerd, so ook alle kar termometers (nie die termometer self nie, maar die toestande waarin die meting plaasvind, soos bv. in die son). Ek het die blood gepost sodat mense kan sien dat hand-termometers wat in die son staan, nie ware temperatuur weergee nie! Moet nie als glo wat op die skermpie staan nieSoos ek se, die polar was op my bike en ek was in die son, so... dis wat deur die polar gemeet is. die hitte was erg.omtrent 2k's in die direkte sonlig was genoeg om die manne te laat stop en skadewee soek.
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