I have a motorcycle helmet I'm sincerely contemplating

I only have pushed it down to 18F or so. Below that, I'll wuss out and take the train and subway. For my feet, I usually wear two wool socks, shoes and shoe covers. It will get me by but my feet can and wiil get cold later on like you...

Edit: I started using a pair of Sidi winter shoes that I bought used from a friend a while ago last winter. They are not bad. But could try them with the shoe covers when its gets really cold next tme. Only minor complaint is that the top velcro strap on one shoe is a little weak and can come loose sometimes.

[MENTION=112221]Abe Froman[/MENTION], it's worth trying, but it might be too heavy.

Haha oh it's definitely too heavy. It's a size too small too lol. But, I'd only attempt it on days where it's around 10 degrees, and I know I'll have major issues with fogging, etc. The one I have is a 3/4 helmet that looks like this...visor flips up, open on the bottom.

+1

Same here. Although I have a bad habit of not wearing eye protection on the non-winter days. I usually have cheap yellow glasses in the backpack. I'm usually too lazy to take them out and wear them.

re: eye protection, by the end of last winter, this was my go-to choice. cheap, clear, safety glasses & elastic strap & tiny zip ties to keep it attached where I wanted them

I tried that too. The problem I had, was when it was cold enough that I felt I had to have my eyes covered, I ALSO felt it was cold enough I couldn't leave my nose hanging out in the wind, so I had a full balaclava on. much harder to make glasses work with that...

yeah, it's a spectrum. there's certainly a threshold where I can't have any exposed skin & I like to cover the bridge of my nose

The previous two winters I have dialed in my winter gear outerwear setup:



After riding with a ski helmet for some years, last fall I bought a Bolle "The One" bike helmet with snap-in vent closure panels and winter-weight liner with ear flaps that replaces the summer-weight liner. Ski goggles are also mandatory for me below 15F. In the worst conditions I add a Seirus balaclava

On the hands I've been using Kinco winter work gloves down to 15F, and switch to Hestra lobster mitts from 15F and below. The trigger finger on these mittens is very helpful.

Above 20F I ride mountain bike shoes with an aerogel footbed to thermally isolate the clips. Below 20F I ride with Lake winter boots, which get the job done for my one hour commute down to -10F.

[MENTION=389176]Archwhorides[/MENTION], very useful stuff. Thank you.

You Winter folk are crazy!. I grew up back/up there. When there is Winter, bikes belong in the garage until the streets are only wet (and the day after the first spring ride made it hard to sit down).

This "winter" I will add some intervals on my Tuesday and Thursday commutes so that I get dropped less often on the weekends. I haven't worn gloves since last winter and will need a new pair of fingered gloves this year. (or I will make do with what I used for cross country skiing when I lived where there was winter -- wool mittens and a leather mitten over them. And...since I have access to the car 7 days a week this year, I think I'll leave the fenders off and not ride in the rain. We'll see how it goes. It it rains a couple days in a row, I'll put the fenders on one of the bikes.

Interesting helmet choice there, Was looking at the review of it here:

Review: Bolle The One Road Premium | road.cc

and read that the panels on the top clip on/off, correct? I wouldn't care about the "aeroness" of the helmet that the article seems to be so focused on. I agree with [MENTION=152773]noglider[/MENTION] in that you gave a nice winter clothing list. Your Lake winter shoes look warmer than my Sidi winter shoes.

I commute from Lincoln square, Chicago down to the Qest Loop. Last year I used a Cannondale ST600 with 32mm Kwests. For rain it was fine, and it really didn't snow (I moved to Chi in February). Since then, I've built a drop bar Marin Bear Valley. I'm planning on fenders and studs on the mountain bike do a dedicated ice an snow bike, might make it a fixed. This will be a shared foul weather bike for my fiancé, there is enough seat tube that we can lower the seat to fit her 5'4" hight.
Then when she needs it I can be back on the Cannondale.
The clothing I have sorted, ski goggles, winter motorcycle gloves, usually I over dress if anything.

I started a new position in a new building with same company Monday so new to me bike commuting hasn’t happened yet. I hope to get my lock, shower access and system thought through so I can start riding again soon. I have missed a week of beautiful weather. Although my legs feel fresh and I am ready to ride again.

Studded mt bike tires work well for mixed terrain, with a front sus. However, riding them on just wet pavement is sub optimal.

Tried some safety glasses?

Try this, hat covering the ears, windproof headband that is covering the nose and cheeks, then neck gaitor. Nose is open, mouth is open, no fogging for me.

May take the studded fat bike for a trip. Not with lots of slush or sand though, needs to be fresh snow.

Those are worse. Anything open around the sides allows my exhaled breath up in behind the lenses causing bad fogging.

what seems to fog my glasses or goggles is the moisture from the skin on my face. I like a little breeze flowing around my safety glasses. they might fog if I stop moving, so that's where the strap comes in. I lower them off my face. in some cases, like brief stops to cross a road, I'll slide them forward toward the edge of my nose, they fog less when they are farther from my skin & when I get going they will clear more quickly. then I slide them back up onto the bridge of my nose

I live in Phoenix, so there's not much I have to do differently. I will, however, be skipping my shortcut on the mup adjacent to a golf course until next summer. While it really doesn't get "cold" here, no one should have to ride through a sprinkler in any temperature below 80 degrees! Not to mention that the puddles on the path end up with thorns and other tire destroying crap in them no matter what the weather is like.

Plow, plow, plow your bike...

This winter I will put the chains on my car tires before they freeze in the snow in the driveway. Slipped too many times on my bike last winter to want to ride again this year.

The drizzle and dark on my way home tonight made for good practice of the slower riding I'll be doing this winter...

Yes the closure panels on this helmet snap in/out. Agreed, for commuting the "aeroness" does not matter - I really like this helmet year around .