I confess - I am a fair weather cyclist

[makbike]

[QUOTE=mimitabby]but Makbike when you ride don't you GET wet from sweating there where you live?QUOTE]

Mimitabby, it is a different kind of wet and one I don't mind. I can take the hot, humid conditions any day (I'm very cold natured most likely due to my thyroid issues). However, I hate to feel my socks swimming in pools of rain water in my shoes, not to mention how hard it is to see when my glasses are covered in rain. I don't mind the sweat, in reality it keeps me cool as I buzz around the back roads here.

[hirakukibou]

I agree makbike. I hate riding when there are puddles in my shoes. Although I am getting more tolerant of cold and want to be able to ride in all weather. Hmmm. I guess I need to go shopping too.

[makbike]

I've got the wind tights, the wool tights, the winter jersey, jacket, hat, gloves, shoe covers, etc and I still get cold. To be more specific my hands and feet are the problem. I had a minor case of frost bite on my hands and feet in college and since that stupid mistake my hands and feet get cold quickly, go numb and then start to ache severly. So though I have all the cold weather "stuff" I hate to ride when it is cold, typically won't go out if it is below 50F - not much of a threshold I agree but it beats soaking my appendages in bowls/sinks of warm water in an attempt to restore circulation.

[Dianyla]

To be more specific my hands and feet are the problem. I had a minor case of frost bite on my hands and feet in college and since that stupid mistake my hands and feet get cold quickly, go numb and then start to ache severly.

What you're describing sounds a lot like Raynaud's disease, which can be caused by frostbite damage.

[mimitabby]

So though I have all the cold weather "stuff" I hate to ride when it is cold, typically won't go out if it is below 50F - not much of a threshold I agree but it beats soaking my appendages in bowls/sinks of warm water in an attempt to restore circulation.

I hate to go out when it's below about 44 degrees. And I have all the gear too.
There has been more than one ride that I boycotted, to my husband's great disappointment. I have no desire to have ice crystals form on my body!

An older male rider talked me into getting these big fat fluffy gloves to go OVER my bike gloves on cold mornings. They are great. I got them at REI and they resist rain as well. I wore them for a 3 hour walk in the rain once, and it was only the last 30 minutes that i started feeling the damp and cold.

[DebW]

I can ride comfortably down to about 30F, but I try to avoid ice. That means that if the overnight temperature has been at or near freezing and there has been recent rain, I won't ride in the morning. If there is snow on the sides of the road and the temperature has been above freezing during the day and below freezing at night, I won't ride in the morning. Doing the morning commute to work in the spring is often not doable because of icy roads, or those occassional ice patches. But sometimes I get lucky and the roads are dry, so below freezing is OK then.