First Cold Weather Ride

[IFjane]

S & Mr. S - no kidding he did good! I can't ride below 40 degrees or I can't breathe. I find that I usually don't get cold though if I layer enought. Amazing how much heat we generate when we are riding - unless it's all downhill!

Enjoy and happy new year!

[SouthernBelle]

I'm a cold weather wimp too. I do get out on occasion. I did a short ride yesterday in the low 40s. I never seem to quite get my layers right. I'm thinking about riding this afternoon in the 40s. I hate winter.

[Mr. Bloom]

After visiting Mom today, I did 13 miles down to the river. Same temp...but the sun was out. MUCH BETTER.

I changed two things:
- I wore a glove liner and a shell. The shell blocked the wind better than two woven pair of gloves
- I wore wool socks under my cotton ones...this wicked better and kept my feet much warmer. Yesterday my feet were cold after 16 miles...which I now realize was the moisture held in by the cotton socks I was wearing.

I wore:

• two pair of socks (one wool, one cotton)
• long johns & leg warmers, under cycling shorts
• two long sleeve new tech shirts under a cycling wind breaker (high necked)
• skull cap
• glove liners under a shell

[sundial]

Great job Mr. Silver! Now if you were having hot flashes, you would have been comfortable on your ride, LOL!

Silver, do you ride well in the cold?

[silver]

Silver, do you ride well in the cold?

No! I don't like cold weather. but I'm getting used to it. I've done a good bit more than Mr. You TE gals have helped me get geared up, but I'm still not too happy below 35 degrees F.

i've been trying to recover from this cold/virus/funk and haven't been out the last couple of days.

[sundial]

Oooh, the colds this year want to hang on. I had one and it was almost 3 weeks before my nose was back to normal. Ack! We haven't had the flu hit the area--yet.

As for cold weather riding, I'm sure the TE'ers steered you toward wool.
I layered a silk long sleeve tee under my jersey and it really helps. Also, windproof stuff will provide a more comfortable ride.

Christmas morning I headed out for a ride with bike shorts and fleece lined tights, long sleeve jersey and windproof jacket, gloves, Polar buff around my neck and shoe covers. When I finished I learned it was 28 F!

[pinkychique]

At the end of the summer I hit all the closeouts on last years winter stuff, and I picked up a fair amount of stuff!

I've been riding in the cold (20 deg F or sometimes lower my mom thinks I'm crazy) and I wear so much! I don't go without my buff to cover my face, a thick beanie, a base tank top for my core, a thermal running shirt, a long sleeve race shirt, a bike jersey, windproof vest (marmot oooh so nice, yay for sales ) and then a jacket that's not exactly wind proof, but not exactly breathable, and day-glo yellow. Then i have shorts, long underwears of silk, and then tights on, neoprene foot covers and Grabbers toe warmers and 1 pair of cotton/polyester and 1 pair of wool socks. Its a lot

oh and some windproof gloves, sometimes with an extra, smaller pair stuffed inside.

The cold makes for some long days, but I'm glad that I don't have to spend it on a trainer