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<blockquote data-quote="Bounce" data-source="post: 12212" data-attributes="member: 257"><p>Tom addressed something I've been trying to explain to several people in recent weeks. Mesh is okay for commuting (stop-and-go) - at least it's better than street clothes. But it's not ideal for touring when it's hot. The air flow is completly uncontrolled and so is the evaporative cooling. Then, if temps rise higher, the mesh doesn't mitigate convection or radiant heat at all like properly vented full gear can.</p><p></p><p>As soon as I read his post yesterday, I got his permission and added it to the Rides section of Bikes-N-Spikes so that it wouldn't fall off the face of the earth.</p><p></p><p>As for waiting for a gas stop to drink, once dehydration starts it's nearly impossible to play "catch up" unless you get out of the heat (not the objective of this subject: how to continue riding safely). I've had a lot of different methods of being able to drink on-the-fly over the years, but my current <a href="https://www.bikes-n-spikes.org/acc/hyd/hyd.html" target="_blank">hydration system</a> (based on the foundational work of Ron Smith) is my favorite by far.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bounce, post: 12212, member: 257"] Tom addressed something I've been trying to explain to several people in recent weeks. Mesh is okay for commuting (stop-and-go) - at least it's better than street clothes. But it's not ideal for touring when it's hot. The air flow is completly uncontrolled and so is the evaporative cooling. Then, if temps rise higher, the mesh doesn't mitigate convection or radiant heat at all like properly vented full gear can. As soon as I read his post yesterday, I got his permission and added it to the Rides section of Bikes-N-Spikes so that it wouldn't fall off the face of the earth. As for waiting for a gas stop to drink, once dehydration starts it's nearly impossible to play "catch up" unless you get out of the heat (not the objective of this subject: how to continue riding safely). I've had a lot of different methods of being able to drink on-the-fly over the years, but my current [URL="https://www.bikes-n-spikes.org/acc/hyd/hyd.html"]hydration system[/URL] (based on the foundational work of Ron Smith) is my favorite by far. [/QUOTE]
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