And when it gets really hot and sunny - you can cook Lasagna in your mailbox!

Here it’s 100+ on a daily basis , maybe drop to 75-80 at night. I get up early get stuff done early before 10 am. It’s 90 by 9 am and 100 by 10 am after that just hot. Lots of water , juice & fresh fruit and my favorite popsicles. It’s killer heat , you have to know when to come in from the heat. Stay hydrated ! Ride from 7am to 9am cool with light traffic , coolest time of the day and the best time to bomb the farm country. Be safe stay cool !  

Recommended RDA for vitamins is not based in reality. You can train your body to not get the runs from taking C or Magnesium. Start with a low dose and slowly increase it. When you start see loose stools,back off for a few days, just step it back a little. Stay with that till you get back to properly formed stools. Slowly increase your intake.
I had to do that with magnesium. I was sore from the simplest little tasks. I don't mean a Little sore, either. Took me over six weeks to build gut tolerance to the point I built up a store of magnesium sufficient to knock out about 80% of the misery today because of what I did yesterday.
My Dr is who told me how to increase gut tolerance. She also told me those
Recommended Daily Allowances are rubbish.

Recommended RDA for vitamins is not based in reality. You can train your body to not get the runs from taking C or Magnesium.

 I'd say this is true for almost anything.  The recommended intake for alcoholic beverages is considerably lower than most humans who drink regularly can intake without negative impact.  We can consume many poisons and step-dose to "lethal" levels and survive.

 The question I would have is if I ride enough in the heat to justify taking 1900mg more Vitamin C than I need right now.  Realistically my body should respond positively from a much lower dosage.  If I am going out on a mid-day ride, I'd be willing to drop 1000mg since I typically only get 100-400mg a day now.

Eegore wrote on 07/12/24 at 06:06:42:

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The maximum allowable intake has been set at 2000 milligrams per day. Be careful with taking doses of more than 1000 mg per day.


As an adult you need 110 mg of vitamin C per day. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, the recommendations are 120 mg and 150 mg of vitamin C per day, respectively.

On crazy hot days I use 500mg in the morning and at the end of the afternoon.

If it gets even hotter, I connect my blood circulation to a heat exchanger and a cooling unit and look at:
1.1Ice Age (2002)
1.2 Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
1.3 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
1.4 Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
1.5 Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
Cold Weather
The Day After Tomorrow
March Of The Penguins
Fargo
Into the Wild
The Snow Walker
Wind River

So don,t take 2000 or anyting near that...

More than 1500 mg per day may make you feel sick or have diarrhea. You also have a greater chance of developing a kidney stone.(s)

I ride in a loose white shirt and white helmet
Carry a spray bottle and drench yer' shirt every so often
Also     hydrate

Last week I read that a motorcyclist died from heat exposure in Death Valley. Not sure of circumstances but it was mostly likely riding on the road cause  I’m pretty sure Death Valley  is closed to dirt/off road motorcycles. Temps may have exceeded 130. True death heat , every year someone doesn’t recognize the danger and pays with their life. You can’t carry enough water to transverse the valley in 130 heat hence the name Death Valley. I’m sure if 100 degrees can kill , if he had a heart condition that will do it. Punishing heat in the 130 range definitely kills anyone not recognizing the danger. Death  Valley is the lowest point of elevation in North America , below sea level.