Originally Posted by
tarwheel
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T. Brock -- Here's some cheap advice on dressing for the cold: Think layers. Get some inexpensive wicking T-shirts (less than $10 at Target) as a base layer under your jersey. Get some arm and leg warmers for the mornings. (Long sleeve jerseys and tights are fine during winter, but usually too hot in the afternoons in NC in spring and fall.) Get a vest, preferably neon green or orange. That vest will become your most valued piece of clothing in the cold. Get some long-finger gloves and wool cycling socks. If you keep riding through the winter (Dec, Jan, Feb), you might want to buy a winter cycling jacket but I would hold off on that until you're sure that you'll keep riding. Finally, do you have good lights? You need strong head and tail lights to ride all winter.
I don't wear a jersey...Instead I go for a short and long-sleeved technical fabric shirt. They both wick sweat pretty good.
The part I've miscalculated is the el cheapo fleece I got from Wal-Mart (Yeah, bite me. Only place 'round these parts to buy stuff). The cool air cut right through. I've got a wind-breaker-esque jacket that I wear in wet weather. I'm thinking it may provide enough wind protection with the fleece and shirt under that. I'm also going to wear some old USMC glove-liners over the bike gloves and a beanie under the helmet. I've got neoprene ear muffs, but I don't think it's
that bad yet.
That's my plan for tomorrow. We'll see how it works then
