Double balaclava
12-19-06, 03:43 PM
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Double balaclava
35 and sunny today....got out one more time at least.
Came up with a double-balaclave setup.
Cycling bala on my head....then I pulled the heavy one over the entire helmet!
Came up with a double-balaclave setup.
Cycling bala on my head....then I pulled the heavy one over the entire helmet!
12-19-06, 03:54 PM
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Sorry Hip, couldn't resist.
Personally I save the doubles for temps about 25* colder.
Personally I save the doubles for temps about 25* colder.
12-19-06, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by CastIron
Sorry Hip, couldn't resist.
Personally I save the doubles for temps about 25* colder.
Personally I save the doubles for temps about 25* colder.
12-19-06, 03:57 PM
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I eschew head socks in temps above 25º myself.
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Oh man, is botto going to have a heyday with this?
12-19-06, 03:57 PM
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wow. That goes to the point of no enjoyment for me. I'll take getting fat and watching tv in the warm house over that. but more power to you.
12-19-06, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by nocondorfx
wow. That goes to the point of no enjoyment for me. I'll take getting fat and watching tv in the warm house over that. but more power to you.
12-19-06, 04:05 PM
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Hip, get a green balaclava for the outer most cover, some silver or mirrored sunglasses, and go after the Knave. Next thing we'll see on CNN is the story of some dude in Michigan being chased by an alien on a bike.
My contribution to strange headgear was a shower cap. Today was 46 degrees and raining so I stretched a shower cap over my helmet to keep the rain out. Worked but also kept moisture in so more research to be done.
My contribution to strange headgear was a shower cap. Today was 46 degrees and raining so I stretched a shower cap over my helmet to keep the rain out. Worked but also kept moisture in so more research to be done.
12-19-06, 04:14 PM
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What cycling glasses are you wearing? I ride with glasses and have been thinking about prescription cycling glasses. If there is a good (and by this I mean cheap, but works well!) solution with non-prescription cycling glasses that go over prescription glasses I might be all over that.
12-19-06, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by mollusk
What cycling glasses are you wearing? I ride with glasses and have been thinking about prescription cycling glasses. If there is a good (and by this I mean cheap, but works well!) solution with non-prescription cycling glasses that go over prescription glasses I might be all over that.
12-19-06, 04:29 PM
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wow......you really must be afraid of the cold.....i go out in 0 degree weather just wearing this....
https://www.sugoi.com/prod.php?p=SUG92802U.185&k=59996
and i still get hot. remember layering too much is just as uncomfortable as too little
https://www.sugoi.com/prod.php?p=SUG92802U.185&k=59996
and i still get hot. remember layering too much is just as uncomfortable as too little
12-19-06, 04:32 PM
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I have a Sugoi skull cap too, and it's great, even below freezing. After a while the windburn does set in, though, so if it's consistently under 30 it's balaclava time.
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12-19-06, 04:34 PM
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little tip though.....take the balaclava off before you go into a gas station, hell even before you pull up to it, these things tend to freak people out.
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Originally Posted by Hipcycler
Crap...can't remember the exact model here at work for you....Bole' or something like that.....
12-19-06, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by mollusk
That's OK. Whenever you can figure it out is fine by me. While I can withstand a lot of pain in other places, my eyes are really tender. This morning when I took of for a ride it was about 60 F and even though I was wearing my regular glasses at 20 mph I had tears streaming from my eyes from the "cold". Some bigger eye protection might fix that.
https://www.peepers.com/products/boll...ante-1965.html
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Sugoi makes an awesome facemask/full head cover with a windproof front. Its kept me pretty comfy down to 10º
12-19-06, 05:02 PM
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why? is it 35 below? it seems like riding in a get up like this is pretty dangerous can you hear cars coming up from behind? I don't use the balaclava until it's in the 20's and then one does the trick.
12-19-06, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by barba
Didn't you just start a thread about the toughness of cyclists? But heck, whatever keeps you on the road.
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Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
Sugoi makes an awesome facemask/full head cover with a windproof front. Its kept me pretty comfy down to 10º
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