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  1. #1
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    North Cascades
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    72
    If it's above 32, roads dry, and sunny, get out and ride. Even a short ride will lift your spirits.
    Cover your ears with a headband or helmet liner (I use a Bula); neck gaitor; cycling shorts under xc ski tights; smartwool zip t; either a xc ski jacket or windbreaker; thin wool socks; gloves, again xc ski or liners under cycling gloves.
    Remember, there is still winter sand on the roads, so take it easy on the corners.
    Where do you live?

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Location
    Riding my Luna & Rivendell in the Hudson Valley, NY
    Posts
    8,411
    Old saying:
    There is no bad weather, only bad clothing.
    Lisa
    My mountain dulcimer network...FOTMD.com...and my mountain dulcimer blog
    My personal blog:My blog
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  3. #3
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Location
    pacific NW
    Posts
    1,038
    I used to have a cut off of 40 degrees, but was enticed by the promise of good food and good company to go on a group ride in January when the temp was only 26! I discovered that it wasn't all that bad and, since I had begun to develop the above mentioned hate-hate relationship with the trainer, I had no problem riding through the winter after that initial breaking in(when roads were free of ice). I found that an underlayer (top and bottom) and two wicking tops, windbreaker, gloves and "calientoes" were all that was necessary. also, something to cover the mouth and warm the breath and a hat.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
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    I ridden down in the 20s, but not often. If I can keep my toes, fingers and ears, well not warm but not frozen, I'm OK.

  5. #5
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Columbia, MO
    Posts
    2,041
    I've yet to attempt the snot rocket. I'm afraid of how I'd show up at work after trying.

    I set my cut off at 25F this winter. But the days it was only 20F, it was just too inconvenient to get a ride. And having gone that far, there was no point in getting a ride for 15F or 10F.

    I think there was a day or two that was even colder, I stopped bothering to check. It wouldn't make any difference a) whether I rode and b) how cold I was to know the exact number.

    The bright side is, as soon as it started being 30F or higher, it seemed like a veritable heat wave. Every day that goes by I am delighted by how not cold it is! Whereas, if I had not biked in the extreme cold stuff, I'd be whining about how long the winter is, and when will it ever get warm?

    Oh wait, I was whining about that just last week...

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Calgary, Canada
    Posts
    280
    It depends on how long the ride is. I'll do anything down to -5 C (that's high 20s in American I think.) From -5 to -20 I'll ride for up to an hour, but not much longer. Below -20 I just don't have the clothes for it yet. I know guys who were still riding when it was -50 this winter, and they were wearing shorts + light tights + heavy tights. I'll get some stuff at the end of season sales this year and be ready to go through the winter next year.

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    somewhere between the Red & Rio Grande
    Posts
    5,297
    We don't get much cold weather here, so I stay in if it is below 40. We own some winter clothes but in Texas it is better to invest in sleeveless jerseys you wear March- October than long sleeves.
    Amanda

    2011 Specialized Epic Comp 29er | Specialized Phenom | "Marie Laveau"
    2007 Cannondale Synapse Carbon Road | Selle Italia Lady Gel Flow | "Miranda"


    You don't have to be great to get started, but you do have to get started to be great. -Lee J. Colan

 

 

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