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GlobeRiders "Tips From The Road" - Keeping Cool & Hydrated

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Uploaded by on Oct 20, 2011

Helge Pedersen, famed adventure rider and author of "10 Years on 2 Wheels," took some time during GlobeRiders' recent 'Africa Adventure,' to film a handful of informative 'Tips from the Road.' In this installment, Helge gives us some tips on staying cool and hydrated.

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  • What I have found that work...Get a spray bottle and use a hi teck shirt underneath all of your riding gear and spray that down prior to taking off.

    Open some of your vents and you will really cool down...If over 100 degrees get you a few sponges and put them in your pockets wet...They will last longer and keep you cool...They also have head bandies and cooling bandanies around your neck which you also wet and will keep you cool...I do not agree with your method...

  • @lensgrabber Google this and look at the 2nd hit, a pdf document, for more info

    motorcycle riding dry weather skin air contact

  • @stallebrass At very high temps and probably what Helge was experiencing, hot dry air coming in direct contact with your body can do more harm than good. That's the entire reason for garments like LD comfort. I was skeptical but you can really feel the difference in the high temps by keeping direct hot air off of your skin. If closing the vents helps with that then so be it. Usually I wear a long sleeve shirt specifically designed for hot weather and keep the vents open. In 95+ it works.

  • Your rehydration advice is good but your personal climate control seems ass backwards to me. You sweat because you're hot. The sweat evaporates drawing off latent heat energy thereby cooling you. The loss of water from sweating needs replacing regardless. Once this water is out of your body it no longer has any hydration value. This lost water only has a cooling value, which you're inhibiting by closing vents. The longer you remain overheated the more you sweat and the more water you lose. xXx

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