KenshiBiker

This.

mox

I have all my cold weather gear in a cardboard box, and when I need something I keep pulling things out til I find it.

Rowan

I feel guilty now. I have a wardrobe full of bicycle clothing. That doesn't include the helmets and shoes!

thump55

This is a proven method that works for me.

I have used it successfully to keep inventory of bike stuff as well as hunting socks and children.

Looigi

You know how you can roll up socks and fold the top of one back over to hold them together? I do that with arm/leg warmers folding them from the cuff up ~3-5" wide before turning the top of on down to hold them together in a flat pack that I can throw in the drawer or easily stick in a jersey pocket

GP

Roll them up and put them in separate zip lock bags.

velocity

I have one of those plastic drawer pull out bins at the front of the garage door and close to the washing machines. I don't want to put those things on till I am almost on the bike. And I don't want to forget about them so being close to the exit is good stuff. Oregon = cool mornings soggy evenings. Here we go again..

floridamtb

What are leg and arm warmers?

velocity

Shouldn't you be asking what are hills?
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floridamtb

I know what hills are, they're those 75 foot tall things that are often closed when a sailboat passes under right?

velocity

LOL Yep that's them You know I am a mite jealous. But love to ride in Ft Meyers when I get a chance
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floridamtb

It's a tradeoff. I spent 7 years in San Jose mountain biking, but didn't ride year round. Here you ride year round but it takes a year to get 2000 feet of climbing. Well except for this year when I went to Virginia for my daughter's graduation and got to ride the old Tour DuPont mountain time trial course with about 4000 feet of climbing on a cat 2 and a cat 3 climb. But as for warmers, it's really funny here to see people putting on arm warmers when it's 66 degrees, and leg warmers if it drops below 62.

canam73

Just work your arms out until you can use the same size for arms & legs.

velocity

Thin skin! Guys from Houston are the same way.
But don't you get hill points for riding in the wind? You cant get away from it.
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floridamtb

Absolutely. I've had rides where there is 25 miles into the wind (15-20+mph) that were harder than some of the longer climbs I've had in the past. But a downhill decent is better than the flats with a tailwind any day.

SlowSpinner

I air dry mine after washing using pant or skirt type hangers. One pair arm warmers or leg warmers per hanger. When dry I just hang them in closet with cold weather cycling jackets.

Vicegrip

Stay home wife = magic basket. I toss stuff into the laundry basket and it all reappears on a dresser in the master bedroom clean and folded or hanging in the closet. Tried to help a time or too. Nope, she is not going to have an amateur messing up the family laundry.


I ride just about everyday year round and it can make for a lot of kit. I keep summer stuff hanging in the closet and drawers and cold gear in a wardrobe in the laundry room

FLvector

We did a 57 mile ride this weekend in San Antonio, FL that had 3,500+ ft of climbing. And that morning it started out at 52*, so it was time to break out the arm warmers. They came off after about 25 miles since it warmed up quickly.

I have 3 pair of gloves that are in the rotation and I usually wash them at the same time when they get a little funky. After each ride and after washing I hang them in the closet on a hanger with the clips to hold them. After hard rides they are drenched in sweat and need to air out to dry. The arm and leg warmers, toe warmers, are kept in the closet next to where I keep my helmet and shoes. This is right below the jerseys and bibs. The cycling stuff takes up half my closet. The cycling socks are in a separate drawer in the bureau.