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Old 01-05-12 | 04:03 PM
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From: Santa Fe, NM

Bikes: Vassago Moosknuckle Ti 29+ XTR, 90's Merckx Corsa-01 9sp Record, PROJECT: 1954 Frejus SuperCorsa

Pretty clever!
I think I'd overheat with that setup, though.

I'm in Utah, too (SLC), and wear pretty thin stuff above 25F - thin balaclava (below 35) with a thin headband (pearl izumi) up top, and a multi-sport style cycling helmet (small vents).
On our common 10-15F mornings I will add a neck gaitor and a polar fleece headband.
My commute is only 7 miles each way, and I'm plenty warm by the time I get to work, and sometimes have to peel the headband off of my ears to keep from overheating.

I wear yellow lens Smith cycling glasses down to about 20 or so, and below that I switch to clear lens, wraparound oakley-style safety glasses with better face coverage than my Smiths.

I've been feeling like an idiot riding with my studded tires these past few weeks - it's been a dry winter.

Since we rarely see temps below zero here, I've never felt the need to have full face coverage - the balaclava suits me fine down to about 10 or so, and the number of days below that are few enough in number that I can make do with what I have.

Above 35 I wear thin gloves, thin headband, no shell down below, and heavily ventilated shell up top.

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