MoAlpha

Below the upper 30s, either I'm wearing gloves which don't permit reliable braking, especially from the drops, or my hands are so numb they can't squeeze the levers after an hour. Shifting and feet are less important, but they are obviously major problems too.

Mojo31

Better?

Mojo31

I have a PI Amfib jacket that I find to be warm in our "cold." Sometimes too warm. But, that's in the 40s, and not 30s or below.

rjones28 

I just use a mid-weight Windstopper fleece glove from OR. It's also my everyday glove for not-super-cold conditions. It works fine most of the time. When it doesn't (teens) I add a merino glove liner.

MoAlpha

This year, I have also been using short sleeve, skintight, high quality, synthetic base layers under my long sleeve wool base layer. Hasn’t gotten really cold yet, but I’ve noticed a big increase in comfort and moisture management. Less stink and more rides per wash for the outer layers too.

abshipp 

Yep, everyone is playing together nicely except for Strava.

WhyFi

My Rapha Core Winter Jacket is warm enough in any conditions that I'd like to ride in. Down to the upper 20s, I'll wear a single base layer. Two layers will take me in to the teens. Oh, and I always have a merino neck warmer/gaiter - it really helps a lot.

I still haven't found gloves that are very good. I do believe that you need to go two or more sizes up for road cycling. I find that gloves that fit properly under normal conditions are too short and tight when gripping the bars - that compresses the insulation, particularly in the fingertips, and it all goes to ****. My current Dakine ski/snowboard gloves, that come with additional liners, are at least two sizes "too big," but they've been good for an hour at 20° or so, which is as harsh as I've ridden in this year. They're bulky and actuating the little shift lever is hit or miss, but they've been as good as I've experienced, so far.

WhyFi

Well, **** them.



Might be worth shooting them an email if it continues.

abshipp 

It's not the first time it's happened, I lost about 15 minutes of a workout last week as well. Not too concerned about something like that since I'm not exactly tracking things super closely, but if I work out for an hour and it only gives me credit for less than a minute, well that's a bunch of bull.

For indoor workouts I'm not going to care all that much. Thankfully no problems with real rides yet.

bampilot06

Abshipp. Had a ground speed of 600 this morning.

abshipp 

Dang! Heading where?

bampilot06

Alabama to North Carolina. Had a 140 knot tailwind at cruise.

abshipp 

Sweet

genejockey 

The bane of my youth.

datlas 

Did you Strava it? If not, maybe it did not happen.

datlas 

I hated mowing the lawn too. But we had a rotary blade mower not a cylindrical one because 1970's.

abshipp 

Flightaware and Flightradar24 are the Strava of the skies.

phrantic09

That’s good to know on the Core.

I think I need to figure out the feet and hands the most. I have neoprene covers with warm socks, not sure what else I can do

big john

Took the Covid test Wednesday and got results just now. Test came back negative. This means one of two things; false negative or some other bug has invaded me. Since I am usually the recipient of multiple viral illnesses every year I'll go with the latter for now.

big john

I've used chemical warmers stuffed inside the neoprene toe covers. Worked great in the low 20s while climbing and descending. Pcad told me.

big john

My father always did the mowing and I had to rake and pull weeds.

I lived in a rental house with friends and my friend who did the mowing was allergic so I would wake to the sound of the mower with him sneezing loudly several times per minute.

Mojo31

Which test did you get? The one they shove way up your nose or the one where they swab your mouth?

DougRNS

I'm a newb. Bad newb.

Mojo31

I mow our yard, and let the yard service go when Covid hit my business. Fortunately, it's a small yard, and only takes about an hour to do it right - mow, trim, edge, blow.

Mojo31

Newb is too much like bewb, so I just went with "New here."