From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.tech
On 9/2/2026 11:41 AM, Mark J cleary wrote:
Today in central Illinois is basically as hot and bad as it
gets. Right now at 11:30am it is 90 degrees out with 99 heat
index will get to around 110 easily. That my rec.techers is
nasty heat. One would avoid riding a bike in middle of day.
But actually not worst thing to do. Yesterday same exact day
heat index went to 108 the roofers came and put on new roof
on my house in the back 1/2 at 12 noon. I had the tornado
damage and 1/2 of roof needed replacing so they did it
yesterday starting in middle of the day.
I cannot believe they were able to actually get it done and
left at around 7pm. All the workers were Hispanics none of
them were conversing in English but they could understand
English and I assume speak it well. I have no idea how they
managed to do that since they were not old but neither did
any of them look real young mostly in the 30-eve 50 years
old. They went up and down ladders on my 2 story with tools
and loads and all I could do was say..............riding
bike is easy even do up worst grades in Alps........you just
go real slow in a very low gear.
Yes, roofing is very hard and also dangerous work.
Insufferable in hot weather. And yet they persevere. Having
done steel and concrete hi-rise construction in the summer
in Florida, your roofing project is much harder and more
uncomfortable.
Same here as yesterday, high of 86F but humid. The endlessly
flogged "feels like" temp is 90~92F so not as warm as you.
I had nice rides both days, early, in low 70sF. Summer's
been wonderful for cycling, warm and dry, not so great for
farmers. Today, with our sudden return to typical late
summer humidity, I caught some small insect in my eye but
washed it out with an eye cup once back; no problems really.
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