Originally Posted by
DrIsotope
I also don't understand cycling-specific leg warmers. My kneecaps and shins can handle most any amount of cold-- if it gets cold enough that my shins are cold, the whole wardrobe needs to change. So yeah, now you put on leg warmers, and you've got toasty kneecaps. Meanwhile, your junk has frozen solid, because normal shorts/bibs don't insulate at all.
Further, that pic with the Castelli warmers is showing an almost scandalous amount of ankle.
We have temperature and humidity conditions here where you'll literally have frost form on leading edges (toes, shins, hands, forearms) even though it's above freezing. On days like that I don't care to have bare skin showing but it's not so cold that my "junk has frozen solid."