Originally Posted by mscommuter
The coldest I've biked in so far is about 38F (occasionally wind chills of lower), but all I've used on my lower half is regular leggings. I must not tend towards being cold in that area, or maybe your wind chills are much worse. When it gets down further to 20-30F, I'm sure I'll use two layers.
I've seen a lot of people mention wearing various systems with boths shorts and leggings/tights...what's the purpose/benefit of this? Is it for warmth, or padding, or...?
It's probably the combination of layers, or just having what is handy for temperature adjustments.
I know when it's about 0C or slightly above, I like Leggings and Shorts for if I get too hot I can take my leggings off and pack them in my jersey pocket.
For colder temps I generally like to have 2 layers, the first one to wick away perspiration, the 2nd one as a barrier to the outside elements.