@matigo How many hours sleep did you manage to squeeze in between the bouts of sweating?
@hazardwarning No need to seal punctures on the go. Just have a spare inner tube in your saddle bag. There are also those goo-filled inner tubes you can get that self seal punctures. I think there are various options for puncture anxiety that you bike shop can help you with. You can even get tiny canisters of compressed air that inflate the tyre instantly.
If you have no other option, you can cram your tyre with grass. I’m told it does actually work as a short-term stop-gap.
@jws I do experiment with blind position because I know light carries a lot of heat energy. On a warm day I’ve never felt cooler from closing a window. Blinds half shut and windows wide open works for me. It sounds like America doesn’t really need openable windows.
@hazardwarning I thought theme parks were an exciting idea when I was a kid. Then I went to one (Lightwater Valley) and saw the biblical queuing and never had any interest ever again. Although strangely enough, Flamingo Land wasn’t too bad if you stuck to the animals and the go-karting.