rain + cold commute

[Onix]

LPH: I'm with you----I am yet to find gloves that work well for me! I am going to try the dish gloves idea! GOod thought on shoe covers...and the face/vaseline. Enlighten me--what is a drying cupboard??

Catriona: Good thoughts on the ski gear. I need to dig out some of my face warmers/warming under layers and such.

Geonz: Yes. Lots of laundry on my end too! I don't have a great drying space for anything. I have a locker in the gym....but.... when I put clothes in there, they don't dry out so well (even hung inside). Not enough ventilation/space, I think. Otherwise, I would have to tote my wet clothes around with me to each classroom and lay them out somewhere ;/

[lph]

oops, sorry. I never think that I might not be using the right name. If it sounds good to me, I go for it

A large, well, cupboard or locker, if you like, looks like a large fridge. Metal. Has a heating element and a fan installed at the top that blows warm air down inside, and is "furnished" with racks inside to hang clothes on. Commonly used to dry clothes or laundry indoors but they make a bit of a racket. We have 5! of them at my workplace, dearly beloved by the winter cyclists.

So what do you call them?

[Becky]

A large, well, cupboard or locker, if you like, looks like a large fridge. Metal. Has a heating element and a fan installed at the top that blows warm air down inside, and is "furnished" with racks inside to hang clothes on. Commonly used to dry clothes or laundry indoors but they make a bit of a racket. We have 5! of them at my workplace, dearly beloved by the winter cyclists.

So what do you call them?

I've never even seen something like that- how cool!

At work, I have some magnetic hooks stuck to my bookcase, and all my stuff hangs there to dry.

[sarahspins]

So what do you call them?

Here where we have no snow, nothing To us it sounds as foreign as putting your boots/gloves on the radiator to dry out....

[Onix]

oops, sorry. I never think that I might not be using the right name. If it sounds good to me, I go for it

A large, well, cupboard or locker, if you like, looks like a large fridge. Metal. Has a heating element and a fan installed at the top that blows warm air down inside, and is "furnished" with racks inside to hang clothes on. Commonly used to dry clothes or laundry indoors but they make a bit of a racket. We have 5! of them at my workplace, dearly beloved by the winter cyclists.

So what do you call them?

Oh wow!
I've never seen (or heard) about such a thing! Cool! What state do you live in? Lots of people have these? In houses ever, or just offices and such?

I live in Texas...so...well..yeah.

[lph]

I live in that long thin state, way north, called Norway

Funny, I just assumed everybody knew what these were! They're fairly common at schools and suchlike, not quite as common in homes since they're noisy, but some people have them. They're good for drying wet outerwear, heavy jackets, shoes etc, that wouldn't do well in a dryer.

[Onix]

I live in that long thin state, way north, called Norway

Funny, I just assumed everybody knew what these were! They're fairly common at schools and suchlike, not quite as common in homes since they're noisy, but some people have them. They're good for drying wet outerwear, heavy jackets, shoes etc, that wouldn't do well in a dryer.

Oh, Norway is now a state?!?! JK!

Very interesting! I can see how these would be really good to have in snowy/rainy places!

I'm surprised I haven't seen them in Colorado. Maybe this is just a non-US phenomenon?

I'm super envious of your drying cupboards at work!

[Cataboo]

The US is fairly backwards in respect to Europe sometimes...

They have towel warmers and trouser presses, and all that good stuff standard.

We have to like specifically go out of our way to get things like that.

[indigoiis]

Layers because it is often that we overdress rather than underdress, then drying sweat makes ya cold.

I do:

polyester or other synthetic base layer (either a jersey or a tight fitting underarmor shirt)

light alpaca wool or other wool sweater

high vis windbreaker (that has no insulation.) It breathes, but keeps the wind out.

If it's raining, gym warmup pants over my capris or shorts.

Wool socks.

garden gloves over a liner (sometimes.) You can get those rubber dipped garden gloves at the hardware store - they are nice because the rubber grips, is tough, and insulates, but the fabric side breathes.

Alpaca hat/beanie or a synthetic balacava or a synthetic (coolmax) buff under the helmet.

That's it!

It starts out chilly, but after five minutes I am warmed up. Best, I am not overdressed, which I think is worse than being underdressed. I hate being hot on the bike.