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Well this is certainly a good time to talk about how to ride in the heat and not suffer. We are so lucky today to have perforated garments that protect you from the sun but also breath so you stay cooler. I used to think that you take off clothes to get cooler, and it would really confuse me when I would see middle eastern people in god awful heat wearing garments from head to toe. In the old days when we rode across the desert in really hot weather, we would stop every half hour or so and dunk our t-shirts in the cooler of ice water and get back on the bikes (the backup truck always had coolers). This was dumb on so many levels! Not only did we not have protective gear on we got really sunburned.
Turns out there is a science to putting up with the heat and shedding clothes is not it! We are fortunate to have perforated jackets, gloves and t-shirts made of wicking material that allow us to ride almost in comfort in very hot weather. Of course, remember to drink a lot of water and stay hydrated.
With the technology that our current protective gear is made of we can ride in virtually any weather and not suffer! What a great time to live.
MotoGP 2020:
Andrea Dovizioso wins eventful Austrian GP
Andrea Dovizioso won an eventful Austrian MotoGP for Ducati on Sunday just 24 hours after revealing he would leave the Italian team at the end of the season.
Spain's Joan Mir on a Suzuki robbed Ducati of a one-two by clinching second spot from Australian Jack Miller with a single corner to spare.
"That was really strange," said the world championship runner up in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
"For a whole load of reasons," added 'Dovi', who avoided a string of crashes and narrow escapes notably that of Yamaha's Franco Morbidelli and Frenchman Johann Zarco.
In a two way tangle on lap eight at the empty Speilberg circuit Yamaha's Morbidelli and Zarco hit the deck at high speed.
Zarco's Ducati carried on without him, cut a corner and narrowly missed the veteran Valentino Rossi, who was clearly shaken by the close shave and who went on to take fifth.
The riderless bike exploded into pieces at a safety barrier scattering debris through the air as the race was red-flagged.
Morbidelli was taken away on a stretcher but was later able to walk to an ambulance as Zarco appeared unhurt.
Pol Espargaro of KTM then slid spectacularly into Portugal's Miguel de Oliveira, who pursued the limping Spaniard to remonstrate beside the wreckage of their bikes.
Alex Rins of Suzuki then simply fell as he was challenging Dovizioso for the lead.
This was Ducati's fifth consecutive MotoGP success at Spielberg, and their 50th in the elite division.
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