For Elk. Show us your Jamis

[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?

[elk]

I snuck a wee spin yesterday and it flattened me...I had to go back to bed!!
(After learning I need a longer seatpost... )
I will LOVE it though, I can tell...it felt so SOLID and how do I say this?....quiet. Like it knew exactly what it was doing...Quiet as in all the parts integrate perfectly....good build I guess, hung on steel...solid.

I'm HOPING I can get out to the handmade bike show for a LITTLE while...and maybe down the LBS to have them swap seatposts...

If you look at my seatpost (see below pic#2) and the one in the picture that Lisa sent of the loaded JA tourer (Pic #1)you can see she has hers way higher...and mine is already at the go-no-further-line.

[sundial]

Oh Elk, that second picture...... !

I'm very happy that you were able to take a short voyage on your new bike. Sorry she put you back to bed, though. Hopefully you're on the tail end of the cold and you'll be back outside in no time. But don't push it, ok?

Note to self: I must follow my own advice.

[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.