In Almost Every European Country, Bikes Are Outselling New Cars

Re:In Almost Every European Country, Bikes Are Outselling Ne... by reycharles on Friday October 25, 2013 @06:13PM (#6615006)

I'm curious. Isn't the breeze you get when biking enough to cool you down? I live in Denmark and we don't often have that kind of weather, but the breeze that you get when riding your bicycle can be really nice in the summer.

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Re:In Almost Every European Country, Bikes Are Outselling Ne... by rthomas6 on Monday October 28, 2013 @02:26PM (#6628762)

I've only experienced Dallas summer heat, but no the breeze doesn't help. I would leave work and it would be ~105 F (40.56 C). I'd get in my car and roll down the windows until the A/C started working. The air that came in while driving would feel like the same temperature as the air in the car, like a hair dryer or something. It was like an omnipresent inescapable oven. Imagining THAT with 80% humidity sounds unbearable.

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Re:In Almost Every European Country, Bikes Are Outselling Ne... by tsotha on Friday October 25, 2013 @11:43PM (#6616213)

When you're riding in the kind of humidity they get in Houston, a 100 degree breeze will heat you up instead of cooling you down.

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