Tights below 40 degrees?

[songlady]

Here's the question: What brand/make of tights do you wear over your shorts/knickers when the temps are in the 30's or lower? Thanks!

[SadieKate]

I wear Shebeest windfront tights with regular padded knickers under. If you don't have knickers you can also wear kneewarmers under your tights . . . or all three. Just try not to get too bound up with layers.

Edit: check out the new version with a reflective stripe.

PS - Pay attention to the leg length as measured by the TE staff. They knows what theys talking about.

-- SK with long legs

[Blueberry]

PI AmFibs - windproof front, breathable back. I'll OVERHEAT in these in anything above 40.

[makbike]

I wear a pair of wool tights.

[koala]

Depends how far below 40 & how much wind. Down to mid-thirties, I don't like to layer at all & prefer a tight with a built-in chamois (Etxe Ondo). Below 35 down to just below freezing, or mid-thirties with nasty wind-chill, same thing but I want the tight to be a bib with a wind-stopper front (Gore or Assos). Seriously below freezing & I want fleeced bib-knickers (Assos is the only maker I know of), and fleeced tights over the knickers (Shebeest wind-pro, or Sugoi sub-zero). I have learned with layering bottoms in really cold weather that it is much more comfortable to have only one waistband, and to not have that waistband against your skin, which is why I prefer the underlayer to be a bib style. That works for me.

[tulip]

I have some Sugois with fleece inside, lycra outside, heavy weight.

Colder than 30, I go for tights plus goretex pants for wind.

[RoadRaven]

That's 5'C right?

I wear knee warmers if there's no left-over frost and no wind, if there is wind I wear "normal" non-bike leggings made from thick tee-shiort material.

If its rainy or frosty I wear some fleece lined long legged bibs we picked up on Pro-bike Kit.

Of course, I don't have to ride in snowy conditions, but I find as long as my knees are warm, my legs are ok. (And I have plastic bags inside my shoes to save my toes )