Tips for High Temperature Cycling

How Cyclists Beat Back Summer Heat

Refreshing rides, cooling gear, and other smart strategies to prevent summer cycling meltdowns

By Ian Dille and Paige Greenfield

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There's a lot to love about riding during the warmest months of the year: the scent of fresh-cut grass, tunnels of green engulfing country roads, seemingly endless daylight. But summer does have its drawbacks. A 2011 study published in the journal Experimental Physiology found that cyclists riding a 40k time trial were nearly five minutes slower in 95-degree heat than they were in a more-comfortable 68 degrees. There's no need for you, or your rides, to suffer because of high temps. From routes that harness nature's cooling resources--shade, swimming holes, ocean breezes--to products and tips that ease the effects of a hot day, here's how to stop a searing sun from slowing you down this season.

Lose 10, 20, even 50 pounds as you pedal through summer with Ride Your Way Lean by Bicycling magazine's Fit Chick, Selene Yeager.

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