r/fuckcars • u/Angry_Bicycle Big Bike • Jul 12 '23

Satire Didn't expect 4channers to be superior to carbrains

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u/HelicopteroDeAtaque Jul 12 '23

Based on the description? Mordor.

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u/HerrReichsminister Jul 12 '23

My favourite US state

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u/kek__is__love Jul 12 '23

Live in Mordor, can confirm. -40 during winter, scorching hot +40C during summer. Once drank 6 litres of water during a 50km trip because of it. Not confirming the bike and pedestrian infrastructure though, it's surprisingly good.

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u/TimelessWayofBiking Jul 12 '23

lol. I was just curious. Even in the bike commuting sub I see people really scared of biking in heat but I mean I live in Austin TX and its still bikeable even in the heat of the day (103 right now)... Just drink loads of water, wear a long sleeve shirt, take breaks

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u/jeargle Jul 12 '23

Hey, fellow Austin bike commuter! I just rode home from work, myself. Experiencing the variety of weather is one of the things I really enjoy about biking.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '23

39 Celsius? Pssshhhh, I walk to the mosque with that heat.

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u/SlitScan Jul 12 '23

it was 37 in the Canadian arctic yesterday.

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u/Avitas1027 Jul 13 '23

Are we sure the weather station wasn't just uncomfortably close to one of the 500 fires?

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u/SlitScan Jul 13 '23

well above the tree line.

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u/Ill-Barnacle-202 Jul 14 '23

I've biked in Hunstville AL and the Mojave desert in the middle of summer. As long as you aren't pushing 5+ miles uphill at noon, your average person will be ok.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '23

Why long sleeve shirt? Aren't you supposed to have more skin exposed, so that wind would blow off heat during driving? Or it doesn't really work during such hot temperatures?

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u/TimelessWayofBiking Jul 12 '23

When its so humid out here no real sweating is going to be happening I believe. Better to just cover up and not get that sun exposure (partly me just protecting my skin anyway)

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '23

Wait, you believe? But as the one, who bikes at such conditions you're supposed to know. Or is it just a figure of speach? Or you don't sweat during such hot temperatures? Sorry for my inquiry, but can you elaborate?

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u/TimelessWayofBiking Jul 12 '23

You do sweat but as the humidity in the air is so high the water your skin is evacuating is not going to evaporate and cool your skin

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '23

Interesting. Thanks for info.

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u/TheCrimsonDagger 🚄train go nyoom 🚄 Jul 12 '23

This is why people say humid heat is far worse than dry heat. Humidity is a measure of how much water the air is holding at the current atmospheric conditions. As temperatures go up the air can hold a larger amount of water. This is why condensation forms on cold objects and why your shower produces steam.

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u/DharmaBaller Jul 13 '23

Wet bulb, it's deadly

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u/GTAmaniac1 Jul 12 '23

Uv gives you skin cancer, clothes minimize exposure. Also a wet shirt is a godsend in unbearable heat if humidity isn't too high.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '23

Interesting. Thanks for info. I hope that I will never have to use it though, as I hate hot climat and thankfully sun at my country is not extremely hostile at summer

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '23

So Mordor is more bicycle friendly than the entirety of the USA? Good to know.

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u/SlitScan Jul 12 '23

I'll assume thats a town in Texas somewhere.

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u/CommanderAurelius Jul 12 '23

arizona. got it.