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. . . as much as I like riding in any weather, when temps are above 55°F, I enjoy it way better.

Now, what's the upper limit? I ran in Houston couple of years ago in 100°F (don't even ask me about the 'heat index'), and survived.

If it gets really really really hot this summer, at what point you'd say, 'Nah, I'll better take air-conditioned bus'?

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I have found that I enjoy riding far less when it's about 100 degrees or more. I very distinctly remember riding home on a day last July or August where it was 101 degrees @ 3:45 PM or so, and I felt like I was on fire. That's no fun.

I'm not going to say I love it when temps get over 100 degrees, but there aren't any good options for transportation at that point.  I stick to the bike, but go slow and make sure I have plenty of water.  I swear, I thought my eyeballs were boiling at one point last summer but I made it home okay each day.

anything above 100 will put me on Metra. i once passed out from heat stroke on a roof and nearly killed myself back when i was a house painter in that brutal heat wave of '95. my body is sensitive to extreme heat like that so i don't mess around with triple digit temps anymore.

i dislike temps in the 80s and 90s, but i'll tolerate them.

50 degrees, dry, and no wind is the universe's most perfect cycling weather.

I agree that riding in 95+ temps isn't so enjoyable. But it still beats being on a cramped bus or cta train. Metra would be tempting if it was convenient to get me to work. 

My commute's about 4 miles so not a huge distance to ride in that kind of heat. I find that it's not so bad while riding but stopping feels like stepping into a sauna!

Anything above 80 sux.

I dunno - it may be the cold and wetness speaking, but I love a hot day on a bike. As long as there is a breeze (bike-created or no)! I also love that 100+ degree hot parked car seat feeling as it bakes your whole body, though, so I might be a freak...

That said, hot plus spandex bike shorts = evil hell. So recreational/transportation riding only over 95.

I vastly prefer not sweating, so if I could pick a micro-climate to envelope me on my rides, I'd set it for like 50F or so. In general, the warmer it gets above 65F or so, the less I enjoy living riding. That said, heat never keeps me from riding.

One of the may beauties of a short commute and a pokey pace is that I can benefit from the breeze created from riding without getting too sweaty well up into the upper 80s. 

I dont have a limit for commuting but I find it a challenge to stay hydrated riding all day in the mid-90s or hotter.  I bailed on a century last year because I did not feel well.  In hindsight Im pretty sure I had heat exhaustion despite the Camelbak.  I remember going for a ride during the 1995 heat wave and the hot wind felt like a heat gun.

Weather has never kept me from a ride.

I'll ride in any weather, but I'd prefer a ride in 100 degrees to one in 10 degrees.  But its starting to get to ideal riding temps now.  

If riding in the heat bothers you, remember you need not only water but also electrolytes.  I like the Nuun tablets added to my Camelbak. 

And remember to keep hydrating after a long ride.  Your body needs it.

Last year was brutal many a day came I found myself exhausted and waking up dehydrated, as much as I hate the bitter cold biking in it does keep the blood moving better than trying to cool off by coasting. 

So far I'm good from -1 to 101.

However, my ride is only about 8 miles each way.

I could see either extreme being more of a challenge at 20 miles or so.

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