07-02-2014, 12:49 AM
Hot dry climate here in the summer - but I can always venture 20 miles east toward the coast where it's usually 10-20 degrees cooler. When it's hot, I use an evaporative cooling vest under a mesh jacket, summer gloves (perforated leather/mesh), textile pants with a couple of air vents, and an evap cooling collar. I like to wet my helmet liner when I stop for a break. The vest is a godsend and the cooling effect lasts for a couple of hours and is very effective. The collar really helps a lot when it's really hot (I guess it cools the blood in the big arteries in the neck, whatever it does, it works!) The collar has the added benefit of protecting my neck from my biggest fear - bee stings - I'm very allergic to bees. I only have 1 pair of boots and my feet sweat when it's hot, but I can live with that.