Winter Cycling Gear
Man it was cold this evening! I was forced (literally forced) to wear some extra, technical garments to keep warm:
- A “fleece” under my jacket. This is a bit like a jumper, but made of some sort of man-made fibre. The wonders of modern technology.
- A hat AND a scarf
- Gloves. These were my Aldi specials, but proved not to be up to the job on the way home. Fortunately I’d brought reinforcements in the shape of my Luke-I-Am-Your-Father skiing gloves. Hmmmm - toasty!
One thing I did notice though was that if you leave your bike outside, and the temperature is below freezing, the saddle gets cold. If you don’t have much, ahem, natural padding on your bum, that part of you can get pretty cold too.
One more reason to wear padded (a.k.a. insulated) cycling shorts? Or should I just apply the menthol chamois cream for that glowing undercarriage feeling?
Merino long johns! In fact Merino everything! (Plug for Icebreaker too — it’s good and not itchy)
We’ve also found that workshop or latex gloves under regular gloves as an improvised addition adds much needed insulation in deep winter.
Not just for riding a bike either but all winter all the time (except for the week in December where it becomes like summer again for some reason).
Some comparison, here in the Loops its minus 32 C. with the wind.I’M not cycling!Merino and silk are my faves.Frostbite is a concern at these temps and over at CGOAB we have Brek “Cycling In To The Dark” as a fine example of cold cycling!Mad dogs and cyclists in the land of the midnight sun
you already know the answer to this question karl, dress like a pirate:
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