Originally Posted by
TrojanHorse
My one water proof jacket is an old performance house brand with "illuminite"... I'm sure there are plenty of suitable jackets out there nowadays.
Sounds good. I'll look around
Originally Posted by
PhotoJoe
My wife and I were talking about this on our 6am ride today. Winter is coming, and sorry folks, it gets pretty cold in Santa Clarita. Full-finger gloves, ear protection, base layer and jacket are in my future. For her, thermals, full-finger gloves with heat packs, ear covers, maybe more ear covers, and maybe more thermals. She doesn't do well in the cold.
I sound kinda like your wife. I hate being cold. I suppose I'll just have to learn to adapt to the colder weather as it comes. If I am too cold then I need to buy something else to keep that part of me warm.
Originally Posted by
cdp8
I have a Canari jacket that works well and doubles as a vest because the sleeps zip out.
The drivers in SoCal are bad enough in the dry. (2 women killed this weekend in Newport Beach) that I don't think I would take my chances in the rain. SoCal drivers really don't handle rain well at all. Hundreds of accidents on rainy days. Literally. Hundreds.
Riding my bike at 14 mph or driving my car at 65 mph, either way I still have to deal with SoCal drivers. Sure I am less protected when I am on my bike but I am also around cars less due to the traffic flows of the streets I take to get to and from work. The only time I see a car is when we are both stopped at a red light. Once the light turns green I am relatively alone on the road.