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Tips for biking in the heat

Read these stories and comment threads for loads of helpful tips on how to stay cool.

Here are a few basics:

  • Ride slowly.
  • If you see water, ride through it.
  • Get bags off your back.
  • Shade matters.
  • Timing is everything.
  • Freeze your drinks.
  • Soak your shirt or a bandanna.

A lot of Portlanders are biking through the heat wave

We’re out here biking, no matter the weather.

Tips for biking in the heatweather

July 9, 2024

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

28 Comments


Riding the Portland heat wave (video)

Holy heck Portland! Record heat. It is stifling out there. I don’t have much time because I’m leaving for vacation tonight and I’ve got family in town, but wanted to share a little video I did yesterday biking in the hottest part of the day. I went out in my neighborhood to try and find … Read more

Tips for biking in the heat

June 27, 2021

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

55 Comments


Get ready to roll through the heat with these tips

As if we didn’t have enough on our plates, now a heat wave is coming. Given that we’re in the midst of a surge in biking and many of you might not have been through a hot summer season before, it’s worth thinking ahead about how to stay comfortable when cycling gets sweaty. Biking in … Read more

tipsTips for biking in the heat

July 24, 2020

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

13 Comments


Ride the heat wave with these 10 proven tricks

Time to get wet.

tipsTips for biking in the heat

July 31, 2017

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

79 Comments


Take the no-sweat challenge (and other tips to survive the heat)

A few hot tips (get it?!).

tipsTips for biking in the heat

July 1, 2015

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

44 Comments


Get hip to the heat this weekend

Anyone living in Portland has surely heard the doomsday predictions for tomorrow. It’s going to be well into the 90s! That’s like heat-ageddon around these parts. In all seriousness, it will be hot (so hot TriMet says their trains will slow down). But don’t let these scare tactics keep you from riding! Sunny and dry … Read more

heattipsTips for biking in the heat

August 3, 2012

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

7 Comments


Sweat and sprinklers: Thoughts on sultry cycling survival

How will you beat the heat?(Photos © J. Maus) If you’re out and about on two wheels today, remember to respect the heat. It’s hot out there (as if you didn’t know already) and it can make riding not only uncomfortable, but downright dangerous if you’re not ready for it. We hear a lot about … Read more

riding tipstipstips and adviceTips for biking in the heat

July 27, 2009

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

43 Comments


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