What's your favorite winter riding gear?
10-11-06, 01:51 PM
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What's your favorite winter riding gear?
My 3 things that rarely change are Thinsulate/gortex Gloves, my wool Balaclava, and those little disposable toe warmers. (I can buy them wholesale).
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MountainGear GoreTex N2S (next to skin) long sleeve T and tights.
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Originally Posted by crtreedude
Shorts, t-shirt ;-)
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For me it's anything made with Gore's Windstopper. I have a headband, gloves and a jacket made from that stuff and they've never let me down.
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Hi,
I really, really like my Core Warmer. Order two sizes larger than normal.
https://www.coldlizard.com/cgi/wc.dll...alog~DETAIL~19
I spent a pretty penny on some Outdoor Research gloves that are light, warm, grippy, and make using my Ultegra shifters easy.
I like Merino sweaters for a base layer.
I really, really like my Core Warmer. Order two sizes larger than normal.
https://www.coldlizard.com/cgi/wc.dll...alog~DETAIL~19
I spent a pretty penny on some Outdoor Research gloves that are light, warm, grippy, and make using my Ultegra shifters easy.
I like Merino sweaters for a base layer.
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My favorite winter riding gear is memories of summer. I have to keep reminding myself that the cold bitter wind and gray skies will pass... If you're talking clothing it's the moisture wicking base layer I wear top and bottom. Then I layer based on three things: The temp. The wind. The amount of time I plan on riding.
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10-11-06, 06:33 PM
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Sks Race Blade fenders. They come on and off in just a minute, and they are pretty effective too. Also my Burley rain jacket, it works!
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I'm about ready to place an order for a pair of Craft brand Rider Rain Jackets. They're supposed to be good for the 20 to 50 degree temperature window. Anybody have any experience with that brand?
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Originally Posted by Retro Grouch
I'm about ready to place an order for a pair of Craft brand Rider Rain Jackets. They're supposed to be good for the 20 to 50 degree temperature window. Anybody have any experience with that brand?
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Originally Posted by Grampy™
My 3 things that rarely change are Thinsulate/gortex Gloves, my wool Balaclava, and those little disposable toe warmers. (I can buy them wholesale).
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Originally Posted by robtown
Ok, source and cost of wholesale toe warmers - pretty please.
10-11-06, 07:15 PM
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Not to be a smart-ass, but nothing at all as I stand in a hot shower after returning. Next would be one of my wool jerseys with a thin, wicking layer beneath. I find this does not betray the warming qualities of wool even when caught in the rain. On less crisp days, the wool alone is good...the itch goes away after a few miles.
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REI rain shadow jacket that has pit zip and is waterproof. Performance rain pants that were made with a coolmax mesh inner liner; very comfortable and not clammy. Columbia Bugaboo fleece hat that is waterproof and keeps the ears and face warm. Performance Neoprene gloves that I sealed with silicone on the topsde to waterproof it. Some self made booties that I put together with heavey duty clear plastic, duct tape, and velcro. A Performance long sleeve fleece jersey with 14 inch zip. I stay dry no matter how long or how wet the conditons are in the environment. Never cold and never too hot. That's my winters comfort gear.
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Plenty of layers.
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I have a pair of Patagonia "streatch weight" undershirts that they don't make anymore. They are about twelve years old and I treat them like gold.
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Sealskin waterproof socks, dry and warm, always
Wicking base layer, from Rohan, and English company
Gore Windstopper Hat.
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Wicking base layer, from Rohan, and English company
Gore Windstopper Hat.
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I will sometimes take along a cheap Columbia snowboard parka with the liner left out. Pit zippers open. Mostly I have used an even cheaper pull-over shell. Long PI winter tights. Wool socks. Leather insulated flagger's gloves from Work-n-More that have the reflective back. I just SnoSeal 'em. Yeah, ok, they look like clown gloves, but they're inexpensive and very warm. For a top I just wear a wicking T and maybe a light wool T over it, sometimes not. It doesn't get that cold here, just wet.
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I use a long sleeve Under Armour shirt as a base layer under my normal jersey when it gets really cold like 40F
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I switch from short sleeve to long sleeve tee shirts, some with a turtle neck. I also switch from basketball shorts to sweatpants. Okay, to be honest, I'll also wear my favorite jacket, a bright yellow rain jacket with a hood which I"ll sometimes wear under my helmet.
Winters can be brutal here.
Winters can be brutal here.
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Performance fleece helmet liner...the one cycling product that I often wear off the bike.
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Under Armor cold gear mock turtleneck and leggings and a polartec fleece vest.