For Elk. Show us your Jamis

[elk]

jeez blueskies, i hope i can ride all through the winter??!!!! We're in a La Nina year and either it'll be a very wet winter or a very dry winter.....so we'll see.

thanks for the links! checkin out each and every one....you all cheer me up!!

now about that bag...see how little space there is between the back of my saddle and the rack? I'm not sure I could do a banana style...I was thinking like a carradice barley bag would set right on the rack nicely...that riv bag is too small.

Last time we rode we stopped and got snacks and for the first time in my entire life I didn't have a bag big enough to hold a drink and snack...(I have the carradice roll on my Globe)...DH had to carry mine in his banana bag....our friends of course have a pannier each.

i'm gettin right sick of lyin' here...that's a good sign!!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Oh, Elk, I see, you want a bag to hold lunch and sweaters and stuff...banana bag too small for that.
Yes the Barley bag is GREAT- I don't have one but I have seen one and examined it in my hands- very NICE. I love the military green too. It's not small but it's also not beastly huge- a perfect size for lots of everyday stuff and errands. The side pockets are very handy for things like cell phones and cigarettes. (just kidding!)

About the riding through winter thing-
DH and I were real happy last weekend there was a gorgeous sunny breezy day that started around 30 degreesF and warmed up to 45 mid afternoon.
We went to breakfast on our bikes before our 30 mile ride, and people kept saying ARE YOU NUTS??? Even cyclists we have riddne with were saying ARE YOU CRAZY?!? We just laughed at them all and had a wonderful sunny crisp refreshing ride, all snug in our multiple thin merino wool layers and feeling toasty and fabulous. Merino wool on our heads, necks, hands, tops, arms, legs, feet....snuggly soft wool that was SO comfy and breathable. Good for riding a few hours out in as low as to 25F or so for us. (And that's wimpy by some other people's standards!) So long as the roads are clear, we are out there riding most of the winter. Freezing rain we definitely stop us though- for that day.
Once you buy some real wool you better get rid of your anti-weeniedom saying, or you'll be kicked out of the Wool Weenies thread!

[mimitabby]

Lisa, not to continue drifting this thread; you are riding hills when it is very cold. Don't you get all sweaty? (I do!) and I always wear wool base layers when it's below 50 out.

[coyote]

Hey elk,
Gorgeous bike. I was looking at the Aurora earlier this year and fell in love with it. It was on back order and I just could not wait.

I've totally got bike envy! Oh, well.

Enjoy!

-Mary

[elk]

Hey elk,
Gorgeous bike. I was looking at the Aurora earlier this year and fell in love with it. It was on back order and I just could not wait.

I've totally got bike envy! Oh, well.

Enjoy!

-Mary

tanks, coyote! So what did you end up with instead?

Did I mention that I also found a KOna Sutra? toooooolooong a reach for me; like the 520.

Wool. I'm wearing my Rivendell merino crew under a flannel shirt right now...I'm findin it easier on the skin than I did. But...drifting with Mimi...what and how do you layer that wool? Is it right next to your skin? What do you wear for wind and wet over it? If you wear a waterproof shell, does the wool still breathe?

How to dress, is the question, for riding in this wet above 32 climate of the NW?? give me some specific stuff to shop for...

oh and by the way...I am renouncING weeniedom...I have not renouncED. t's a long process...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Wool. I'm wearing my Rivendell merino crew under a flannel shirt right now...I'm findin it easier on the skin than I did. But...drifting with Mimi...what and how do you layer that wool? Is it right next to your skin? What do you wear for wind and wet over it? If you wear a waterproof shell, does the wool still breathe?
How to dress, is the question, for riding in this wet above 32 climate of the NW?? give me some specific stuff to shop for...

If you ask this question in the Wool Weenies thread, you will get a lot of good specific answers from a lot of knowledegable Woolites.

[sundial]

Elk, did you go for a ride on your new bike?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Lisa, not to continue drifting this thread; you are riding hills when it is very cold. Don't you get all sweaty? (I do!) and I always wear wool base layers when it's below 50 out.

I don't sweat very much when it's below 40. I also find if I wear mostly all wool it breathes a lot so after grinding up a long steep hill and getting overheated, I then zoom down the other side and am nice and cool again!

In general I find I do best when I wear extra wool layers on my legs, feet, hands, and neck, but I'll wear one layer less than what I am tempted to wear on my torso and arms- those places overheat more quickly. My hands, feet, neck, and legs get colder more quickly, so I really layer those parts up more. If those parts are nice and warm, then I stay warmer all over and can afford to wear more breathable stuff on my torso and arms. That works well for me.