What did you buy your ebike this week?

[irie]

Told the Mrs about these posts and she said "it won't be too long before we're all complaining about how cold and miserable it is".

 

[Powerslider]

Told the Mrs about these posts and she said "it won't be too long before we're all complaining about how cold and miserable it is".

Funny. I'm complaining now about how hot and miserable it is in and around Phoenix Arizona now. We're in monsoon season so it's (relatively) humid along with the triple-digit temperatures. October can't come soon enough.

 

[irie]

Funny. I'm complaining now about how hot and miserable it is in and around Phoenix Arizona now. We're in monsoon season so it's (relatively) humid along with the triple-digit temperatures. October can't come soon enough.

When temps get above 38C with high humidity then everything becomes very hard work.

 

[Just gan]

It came from Outer Space movie quote .

 

[Gila Man]

It came from Outer Space movie quote .

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So since it's currently 107 outside, 96 in the garage, and only 78 in the house, I should be safe! I'll be sure to be inside by midnight since that's about the time it's forecast to hit 92.

 

[Heated]

Finally got to Properly Try the advent MX Pro setup.
Its really damn sharp and solid, You can dump gears and it just glides through.

No more Big S's for me.(except for the Linkglide chain)

Also got some locked-in bar ends to try at some point.

 

[Gila Man]

When temps get above 38C with high humidity then everything becomes very hard work.

To be fair (and humidity wimpy) our humidity rarely reaches 60% and that is when it rains during summer (our "monsoon" season). It doesn't last very long (hours) since the triple-digit temperature evaporates the moisture so quickly. Spring and early summer ranges from 10-20% so when it hits mid 30's, we're whining like we're in a Central American rain forest.

 

[Powerslider]

To be fair (and humidity wimpy) our humidity rarely reaches 60% and that is when it rains during summer (our "monsoon" season). It doesn't last very long (hours) since the triple-digit temperature evaporates the moisture so quickly. Spring and early summer ranges from 10-20% so when it hits mid 30's, we're whining like we're in a Central American rain forest.

I laughed last monsoon season because it was legit raining (very rare), yet the humidity was in the 20s. I didn’t even think that was possible!
I say legit rain because what they call “rain” here is really just a heavy drizzle. I joke you never put your wipers on High here.

 

[Gila Man]

I laughed last monsoon season because it was legit raining (very rare), yet the humidity was in the 20s. I didn’t even think that was possible!
I say legit rain because what they call “rain” here is really just a heavy drizzle. I joke you never put your wipers on High here.

Always check your wiper blades before "monsoon" season. When I lifted them off the windshield last year to check them, the blades just fell off, totally dry-rotted and less than 2 years old. In Seattle, I could get 5 years out of a set of wipers and they got a lot of use. Here, 18 months before they're dried out and never used once.

A couple years ago we got a proper downpour, much heavier than I'd seen even in Seattle (it usually just drizzles constantly there anyway). We went out on the front porch to see water gushing down the street gutters and were baffled why the road looked like it was moving in the opposite direction of the water flow. It was about 10pm so it was dark, I grabbed a flashlight, shined it on the road, and there were hundreds of Sonoran Desert Toads hopping up the road against the flow of water. It looked like a mini-biblical plague. Everything was bone-dry by morning and not a toad in sight. Well, I found one that had found his way into the pool's skimmer basket and had been pinned to the bottom of the basket due to the pump running. It turns out that they are unable to hold their breath for 5 hours straight.

 

[Just gan]

So since it's currently 107 outside, 96 in the garage, and only 78 in the house, I should be safe! I'll be sure to be inside by midnight since that's about the time it's forecast to hit 92.

Well it depends who actually gets irritable . It could be a passing stranger .

 

[Just gan]

Worst place I remember was on a ship in Qatar ten minutes outside coveralls were soaked wet . We drunk so much water at least 6 litres a day my throat was sore . 50c at least . Did the fried egg on steel out of interest.

 

[Stihldog]

A couple years ago we got a proper downpour, much heavier than I'd seen even in Seattle…

I remember a few years ago at a Seahawks and 49’ers game while sitting in the 12th-man section. It rained so friggen hard that they had to stop the game to let the 16” deep water drain from the field. Water was gushing everywhere.

If you didn’t keep your thumb over your beer bottle opening …well you were just drinking rain water. What a miserable game to watch. There was no escape.

 

[Gila Man]

I remember a few years ago at a Seahawks and 49’ers game while sitting in the 12th-man section. It rained so friggen hard that they had to stop the game to let the 16” deep water drain from the field. Water was gushing everywhere.

If you didn’t keep your thumb over your beer bottle opening …well you were just drinking rain water. What a miserable game to watch. There was no escape.

I remember that game. I also remember getting a tour of the stadium after it was built because one of the fathers in our kid's pre-K school worked at the stadium. As part of the tour, he showed us the field's drainage system that was designed to handle the "hundred-year" rain (based off of historical data). I don't remember how much fell that day but it definitely exceeded the designed capacity.

I always thought it was short-sighted to not have a roof over the stadium given that football season takes place during the rainiest time in the Pacific Northwest.

 

[Stihldog]

I remember that game. I also remember getting a tour of the stadium after it was built because one of the fathers in our kid's pre-K school worked at the stadium. As part of the tour, he showed us the field's drainage system that was designed to handle the "hundred-year" rain (based off of historical data). I don't remember how much fell that day but it definitely exceeded the designed capacity.

I always thought it was short-sighted to not have a roof over the stadium given that football season takes place during the rainiest time in the Pacific Northwest.

It was EPIC rainfall for that game. I remember a lone SAN-Fran fan sitting in the 12th-man section at Secco Field. . He was wearing a leather San-Fran jacket. No one would sit near him. Isolated by himself in a 30’ radius and completely soaked. Kinda funny .

I purchased a Foot-long hotdog during the downpour. Stepped away from the vendor into the rain and threw it straight into the garbage. It was instantly soaked, and gross.

Man-hole covers, in the lower section, were blown off and a 15’ water tube rose from them.

45 minutes later the game continued.