Originally Posted by tajsss
I'm a newbie winter commuter. But I'm also a newbie commuter. Only been commuting for about 2 months. I also live in Dallas so I don't have much (read "any") chance of snow or ice. I plan to keep riding as my only problem will be cold (to me). I read so much about people dealing with snow and ice and negative temp's and all this stuff, I feel I have to keep riding in the cold. I can withstand temperatures pretty well. My wife on the other hand who started commuting about 2 months ago as well, has pretty quit for the winter. She does not like the cold at all. I'll be lucky to get her to go out on Sunday afternoon rides with me when it is a little warmer than early in the morning.
Hi, Tajsss. I am commuting on my bicycle here in Dallas as well, so I have gone through the weather as you did. When the weather got cold I wore a nylon shell with a polyester/spandex base layer shirt and it gets hot very quickly and the sweat condensates inside my nylon shell. Now I am trying a tight fit PowerStrech fleece jacket with no base layer. But the temp has been around 50 lately, so this setup hasn't really been tested with colder weather.
Which route do you travel, and how many miles of commuting? I am riding on Plano Parkway and it's almost perfect for bike commute after 9:15 AM in the morning and after 6:40 PM in the evening. My commute is 9 miles one way.