Happy Dance and winds...

[GrassyRidge]

I admit I'm jealous, I'm not a cold weather person and haven't been able to make myself ride in this sub 32 weather. What do you do for your ears? Normally in this weather I put a hat on to cover my ears, but with a bike helmet that just doesn't work. The one time I did get myself geared up to go riding, within 30 seconds of starting, my ears hurt. I think everything else would have adjusted to the temps....

and congrats on all your riding, that is awesome! The letting go will come. I'm right handed, so my left can come and go at will. I still havent mastered letting go with the right and then riding in a straight line!

[Catrin]

I admit I'm jealous, I'm not a cold weather person and haven't been able to make myself ride in this sub 32 weather. What do you do for your ears? Normally in this weather I put a hat on to cover my ears, but with a bike helmet that just doesn't work. The one time I did get myself geared up to go riding, within 30 seconds of starting, my ears hurt. I think everything else would have adjusted to the temps....

and congrats on all your riding, that is awesome! The letting go will come. I'm right handed, so my left can come and go at will. I still havent mastered letting go with the right and then riding in a straight line!

Thanks for the support and ideas, this is a great group!

For my ears I bought a Gore Tech, well, I don't know what to call it. It is like a headband that goes over my ears and fits snugly - it does not interfere with the helmet at all and my ears are all toasty warm. My FACE, however, is a different story.

Right now I am not riding at temps less than 27 F, I think I need a third layer for my legs to do that - right now I wear knickers with leg warmers underneath them - and three layers for my upper body. I think that if I go with much colder temps that I need to add some tights to the mix, or perhaps some fleece pants to go over it all. I would also need some shoe covers, but what I currently have is working for the temps I am brave enough to go out in.

[tctrek]

Good job getting out there and braving the weather! I haven't been able to get outside since around Christmas and I can tell you I am so sick of riding my bike on the trainer... arrggghhh.... but Atlanta has had a fierce cold winter, rain and winds and for now, I'm keeping my butt indoors.

[Geonz]

It's great to hear of your progress & FUN! Be adventurous and look at your magnet & try sliding it around a bit so that the sensor senses it. Can't do any worse than what it's not doing now, right?

I took the bus in today because of our forecast (I'm about 100 miles west of Indy), tho' it was only doin' a little rain/freezing rain. Tonight I'll go out to my favorite parking lot and practice riding in the snow - going to *try* to put on my bike computer on the studded-tyre bike, and the back-wheel-with-cadence 'puter on the one that's on the trainer.

[Catrin]

It's great to hear of your progress & FUN! Be adventurous and look at your magnet & try sliding it around a bit so that the sensor senses it. Can't do any worse than what it's not doing now, right?

I took the bus in today because of our forecast (I'm about 100 miles west of Indy), tho' it was only doin' a little rain/freezing rain. Tonight I'll go out to my favorite parking lot and practice riding in the snow - going to *try* to put on my bike computer on the studded-tyre bike, and the back-wheel-with-cadence 'puter on the one that's on the trainer.

I tried that the other day and it worked I was SO proud of myself for "fixing" my bike computer!

This year I am not even going to try and get out in the snow, I have enough fun with dry pavement

[indysteel]

if it's cold, but not freezing, I wear a relatively thin hat or a headband that goes over my ears. If it's freezing, I wear a balaclava to cover my head and face. My helmet is a bit tighter, but still fits.

[Jill]

Hello, I'm de-lurking after about a month of reading the board to weigh in on the freezing ears-- I'm up in Connecticut and it is bitter up here. I have a fulled wool hat (run through the washer/dryer on hot a few times) that fits like a toque and is so warm that my ears (unlike my thumbs, toes, and face ) are comfortable. I took an old helmet and removed the fitting pads, so the Velcro sticks to the hat and the helmet fits right. The hat is maybe 1/8 of an inch thick and no wind gets through. Just have to adjust the bottom edge so I can hear well.

Good luck! And thanks to the board for being here-- I'm loving the posts.