Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
I have a clothing spreadsheet which goes back years. with columns for temperature, weather, and then clothing on torso, legs, feet, and hands, and a column for each with the result.
That makes my OCD look like flighty improvisation.
I get some good natured guff from the guys that I ride with about the winter/wet bike w/ full mudguards, a bag permanently stuffed w/ a rain jacket and room for my best-guess for layers to don/dump as required. Without a follow car to hand up kit a self supported cyclist riding in changeable/indifferent weather may avoid discomfort of a different sort by fitting out as British Audax riders have for the last century.
It's 65F, a front blew through overnight, the roads are wet, a North wind is blowing 10-15 mph and the weather radar looks clear. Off on the winter/wet bike for a couple of hours.
-Bandera