Am I the only one having a difficult time accepting 106F for 9am???Road-Kill said:Here is a spreadsheet with what the temps. will be tomorrow on each trail. The temp differences are due to tree height and if the specific trail is mostly a southern or northern slope. Of course I wasn't able to factor in your heart rate ,VO2 max and watt output for the ride tomorrow, but things like that will affect your body temp too. But to break it down in not too technical layman's terms, the faster you go the hotter you will get. Unless of course it's a DH trail.
9AM 10AM 11AM 12AM 1PM 2PM 3 PM
Sawpit 67.5 74.2 88 98.3 112 108 114
Tractor 69 45.5 67.2 32.5 112 108 113
Braille 106 98 88 78 68 77.5 88.6
So as you can see it will be hotter on Sawpit than the other trails for most of the day. Tractor won't be too hot until 1PM,, so it would be a good choice in the morning. Braille is actually hotter in the morning, but does cool down as the day progresses
Actually, the tractor trail is guaranteed to be cooler by a good 30F tomorrow, while Braille, Sawpit and Corral will be super hot. I suggest everyone go down Tractor.Road-Kill said:Here is spreadsheet with what the temps. will be tomorrow on each trail . The temp differences are due to tree height and if the specific trail is mostly a southern or northern slope. Of course I wasn't able to factor in your heart rate ,VO2 max and watt output for the ride tomorrow, but things like that will affect your body temp too. But to break it down in not too technical layman's terms, the faster you go the hotter you will get. Unless of course it's a DH trail.
9AM 10AM 11AM 12AM 1PM 2PM 3 PM
Sawpit 67.5 74.2 88 98.3 112 108 114
Tractor 69 45.5 67.2 32.5 112 108 113
Braille 106 98 88 78 68 77.5 88.6
So as you can see it will be hotter on Sawpit than the other trails for most of the day. Tractor won't be too hot until 1PM,, so it would be a good choice in the morning. Braille is actually hotter in the morning, but does cool down as the day progresses
Sawpit means a longer fire road climb up Hihns when temperatures are hotter. Take Tractor, it's not too technical and there's a bypass for anything you're not comfortable doing. Fun trail, but it was a lot of fire road climbing for a short ride down. On the way up to Ridge, I followed a group who showed me a cool little 1 or 1.5 mi single track climb off Buzzard Lagoon to the Ridge.jrballe said:OK.
Would you recommend Sawpit or Tractor over Braille? I am not a hardcore DH type and I suspect that Braille may be too technical.
I stand corrected.rensho said:Actually, the tractor trail is guaranteed to be cooler by a good 30F tomorrow, while Braille, Sawpit and Corral will be super hot. I suggest everyone go down Tractor.
You climbed suffer yesterday? Wow. Nice job. :thumbsup:mtnmark said:It was definitely warm yesterday. The riding wasn't too bad, but I was definitely craving some ice for my warm camelbak. Did Corral>suffer>sawpit>out. Glad I skipped tractor>braille.
