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.
Yeah, it's like the apocalypse when it rains. You'd think that would be the best time to go to the indoor velodrome, but it's actually the worst, because it takes 2 hours to do what would be a 40 minute drive without traffic.
As far as winter gear for socal-- unless I'm going up in the mountains, it's rare to need more than tights and a wind and water proof shell. I wear full finger gloves, but I wear full finger when it's hot, too. I've never found regular cycling gloves that I liked.