cDiff Notorious

45 degrees and below is too much for me.
Around 50 degrees I would wear a balaclava, 2 layers of shirt under a hoodie, gloves, and a gym shorts under my fleece pants. Even then, I still think it's too cold.

Hypno Toad

We won't judge you.... at least not here, we'll start another thread for that.

Hypno Toad

I think the paddle sports started the concept and term 'pogies' and well, they work great on flat-bar bikes. I've tried a number of options for 0F and colder and the pogies are the only good option. They keep my hands warm enough that I push up my jacket sleeve and my exposed wool jersey sleeves get covered with frost from my sweaty hands venting out the top of the pogies.

A friend in the Minneapolis area makes them at home, great stuff and great deals on custom configurations. Another thing he makes that I LOVE for cold rides, bottle rack coozies - keeps my water liquid for at least an hour in -15F weather.

Jared.

35F. I don't want to get into cold weather gear, so anything below that is a no go. I generally hate cold weather and wintertime though.

Mumonkan

too cold for me is below 20 with rain and high winds

last year:

ThermionicScott 

10 F is about as low as I've riddALL HAIL THE HYPNOTOAD

North Coast Joe

I've been riding through almost all of the last few Winters here along Lake Erie. I don't HAVE to ride, but no matter how cold outside, it beats sitting on that damned trainer. Temps can be ridiculous at times.

That said, I got frostbite last year and have to limit time outside on the bike. I have some spinal nerve damage and can't feel things from the waist down very well, so there are times when the legs and feet are much colder than I'm aware of. I'll do an hour out, then supplement it trainer time indoors.

Everybody's different, but I can't really say it's ever too cold. I can't see a twenty mile commute at zero, but I'm sure there are folks over on the commuter forum that do it without a second thought.

The cold wind, too many clothing layers, the pig-ass slow studded tires, fogging glasses, frozen derailleurs, road salt corroding everything on the bike.....not my favorite things. C'mon Spring.

hairnet

The 30s are the lowest I have experienced, so I go with the 30s. It was nice though, just need something to keep my ears, neck, hands, and knees warm.

murrellington

I have no idea. I don't ride at night and it doesn't often get below 50 F during the day in the winter. So I say 50 degrees is cold weather to ride. Guess we are a little spoiled here. I can honestly say I would not ride if I lived in some of those other cold states mentioned.

Philasteve

It's never the cold that stops me too much as much as freezing rain and or snow. I would say around 30 with decent wind is where it sucks to ride. I'll usually try to do some push ups or calisthenics before I hop on the bike and go outside to get my blood pumping when it's freezing out. Almost always use my 29er/Giant Rincon Mountain bike if it was a decent snowstorm.

BlackJoker

Yea, I have Raynaud's, too. It sucks when going on longer winter rides. I do double gloves and double socks and my fingers and toes still go white and numb (they go white and numb when it starts to dip into the low 50s F). I'm having trouble finding "warm enough" gloves, too, but I wont stop searching until I find a pair I'm happy with.

The coldest I've ridden in was 15 F, but that's just going to the store. Coldest I've done a longer ride (~2 hours) was 38 F.

Justsomedude

This winter my only 'cutoff' was when we had a lot of ice on the roads in 0-15F.
Mid 20's doesn't feel too bad.

I remove some padding from my helmet and wear a Wool Watchcap under it that covers my ears.
I have a Fleece Orange Neck Gaiter (for hunting) that keeps my neck warm and it can cover my chin/mouth if desired.
When it is a little warmer I wear a "Buff" instead of the Fleece.
I have one that is wool also.

I wear Fleece fingerless gloves with the Flip-Top mittens.
Wearing glasses to keep the windchill off my eyeballs helps a TON.

Morning rides lately have been around 30-35F.
I wear thin long johns or UA ColdWeather top/bottoms.
Light pants and a fleece top or a Nike Golf pullover.
For longer rides, the Fleece gets too hot.
I wear wool socks all winter

hockeyteeth

cold:cold::hot:hot

For me, below 30 F sucks too bad to ride more than a few miles commuting. I've never had the chance to ride in snow but it occasionally gets in the teens in central Florida and I have to wear enormous gloves just to ride to the grocery store.

Surly2698

0 degrees F is the coldest I have ridden so far this year
It was not too bad, I have a 36 mile round trip in Denver

SalsaShark

It dipped down to about -20 F with some brisk winds this winter on my commute and it was not too cold to ride.....so I would say at least colder than that!

TenSpeedV2

This past Thanksgiving I travelled to Chicago to see my sister and her family. It just so happened that the Chicago Critical Mass was the next day. I took my bike, and I was cold. It got down to about 30F that night but I rode anyway. The next day, by noon, it was sunny and in the mid to upper 40's. I rode to a bike shop and a few other stores in shorts and long sleeve jersey. It is funny to hear what some of you consider to be cold, and what some of you won't ride in.

Night_shift

75F +. Sunny. No wind.

CharlyAlfaRomeo

Once upon a time I was a messenger here in Calgary, Alberta. In my six years on the road I experienced temps as low as -50 F (with the windchill) and every type of ice and snow you can imagine.

I actually quite like riding in most snow as long as it's under 3" or so deep when fresh and not packed or rutted. Ice can add a fun element too, also depending on the rut situation.

In my old age I limit myself to about 5 F on the low end.

I'm pretty sure SixtyFiver has done colder, he's three hours north of me.

Mumonkan

for srs dudes, wool is the **** for cold.

when i actually rode my bike and commuted in the cold i would just wear a wool longsleeve shirt with a sleeveless jersey over it and my upper half was happy as a clam, if it got below 25 then i needed more

Hypno Toad

I'm going to echo some comments made above, around freezing can be some of the worst 'cold'. The worst is around 35F with rain, those are some of my least comfortable rides, even with the right rain gear. I still go out and ride, and I've been known to ride these conditions just 'for fun'. Colder temps, like around 20F with sun and fresh snow.... PURE JOY to ride.

Ice & snow on the roads are the biggest limiting factor for me and riding. I have great bikes for riding on snow and ice (fatbike and studded tires); however, I have to ride on roads with cars. Cars that don't have studded tires (or winter tires; or even treads left on their tires), cars driven by people that are clueless about the road conditions, cars that are operated by people that are 'rushing' and going too fast for the conditions, cars that can easily ruin my day when they lose control.

Dannihilator

Keeping warm this year, taking a year off from riding outside in the winter.

Wspsux

I'd giver until about 18 degrees before I say **** it and get an Uber

SquidPuppet

Man, I don't know how you guys can do that stuff. It's freakin maniacal.

I once attempted to walk .5 miles to my uncles house when it was -22f with a very light breeze. I was bundled up big time, and hey, it's only .5 miles, right. I got a couple hundred yards down the road and my nose was running like a faucet. A few seconds later, it all froze, all the way UP INTO my nose. When I wrinkled my nose, I could feel my icey frozen nose hairs shattering. Then my eyes started to dry out and freeze.

I turned around and ran home.

You guys are badazzes.

Curious about something. When you are exposed to hot weather, at what temperature do you begin to feel uncomfortable? What is intolerable?

stryper

Don't own a car so if I'm going outside it's on a bike. Thankfully we don't really get below 25f here. As others have said, it's the rain and heavy winds that are really bad.
If it's over 60 I prefer shorts and no shirt, below 45 a windbreaker, below 40 add gloves or my hands are in my pockets the whole ride, below 30 I try to have pants/sweats but don't always. I have a pair of cycling tights, but I rarely wear them.

bmwjoe

It was 9°F this morning on my commute. I saw 0F last year during the polar vortex. Riding in the cold is a combination of conditioning and gear. I have a short 5.5 mile commute, so it is OK if I get a little hot or cold on the ride. The first time I ride out in the 20's It feels unbearable. After a few weeks it seems normal. Today my 22°F ride home felt toasty after my 9° ride to work.

I wear a fleece skull cap under my helmet, 3 thin layers on top with an unlined windbreaker, toe covers and lobster claw gloves. This morning I treated myself to Home Depot hand warmers. I was fine.

Ride Safe,

Joe