cold weather riding

[MomOnBike]

50 deg as too cold to ride!

That reminds me of a ride a friend & I took this fall. Probably in the high 40's, wind, no sun. We agreed that come spring, that day would be considered to hot to ride.

OK, we were exagerating, but not by much.

Me, I wilt above about 70.

Going out for lunch (on bikes) today with DH. Snow on the ground, (I hope it's off the streets), wind, low 40's - yeah, I'm good.

[caligurl]

Me, I wilt above about 70.

lol! well.. i started riding in the middle of the summer in the desert.. so i got very used to riding in 100+ degrees! granted i go very early on weekends and wait til about 7 on work nights (but it's still over 100 a lot of those evenings!)

to me the perfect ride is the mid 80's... i wear a jacket in the 70's (never took off my undershirt OR my jacket last weekend at the tour de palm springs.. also had on tights, toe warmers and full finger polypro gloves and ear warmer head band! i'm a W-I-M-P! it got into the low 70's but no sun all day! actually perfect wearther (IMHO) for a 1st century!

[cyclingnewbie]

I'm with MomOnBike; anything over 70 degrees is too hot! The only thing I hate worse than the heat is wind. I base my choice of bike path on which way the wind is coming from. But, back to temperature. I had some problems riding in the 50 degree range until I got better clothing. But appropriate clothing didn't help me much with the heat. In Ohio it is so humid in the summer, that 85 degrees with 80% humidity just kills me. I haven't found much of a solution for that problem. I'd much rather ride when it's cool.

[caligurl]

i can put on a gizzilion clothes and i'm STILL miserable in my perception of cold! heck.. i have PI amfib claw gloves for my "cold" days!

i truly feels it's where we live and what we are used to on a daily basis! i actually never thought i'd ride in the summer.. but i love it.. my mother is shocked that i will get out and ride in the cold! (she knows how i am!)