I'm looking into picking up a pair of leg warmers. First and foremost - yes, SoCal does get chilly, and yes it isn't nearly as cold or freezing as some of you are experiencing - but, acclimatized to the SoCal weather patterns, most people take the "winter" here as chilly. Even my Canadian friends who live here bundle up

Anyway, leg warmers. Which do you use? Which have you experienced - pluses, minuses... thoughts?

I'm looking at:
Adidas LegWamers (Climawarm)
Pearl Isumi Micro-sensor Legwarmers
Assos LegWarmers
Giordana LegWarmers

What do you use, if you do use leg warmers, and what do you like...?

i asked for the adidas ones from santa, they seemed to be decent, a few guys in my club have them.

I use the Adidas leg-warmers.

I've used them down to 30* with no trouble.

I suspect that knee-warmers would be more apropos for you (in L.A.).

I just use the solid black performance ones, work good enough for me. Done a few AM rides and with it in the high 30's + windchill. Biggest factor at that temp was my face getting frozen. Got one of the bike mask and that solved the problem.

these work pretty good

Where you live go for the kind Castelli makes. Similar material to the shorts bibs you wear now. The PI are generally too heavy(more for winter climates). Avoid Trek branded leg warmers, do not stay up, junk.

I ride alot in AZ and find that I am stripping off the leg warmers often so I like the lighter ones.

I use them typically for temperatures under 60 degrees. I use the ones from Trek & they are wonderful.

I have a pair of C'dale badged fleece leg warmers. About 40 bucks at the lbs 2 years ago. They are OK, but when it gets really cold, I have some BlackBottoms fleece pants.

[ I should also note: it isn't hard to get down to the 30's this time of year, either - I love to climb, and the local mountains have snow these days. So yes, although the avg temp in the 'hood at night, by the time I head home sometimes, is now in the 40s, I actively seek out the places that tend to be even colder in temp. ]

I just wear longs if I know it will be cold during my entire ride. But if I think it might warm up and I may want to peal off a layer, I'll wear my PI leg warmers, with my shorts.

Do you mean knee warmers or leg warmers?

Either way, I like my defeet stuff, cheap/warm/durable/does what you want.

I have a pair of Sugoi's and they work great. I also have the Sugoi knee warmers and arm warmers. All of them are excellent.

I wear the NIKE leg and arm warmers they are alil thick but very warm

I've got a pair of Biemme knit-style ones. They're crap. Don't come close to staying up for any length of time. At some point I'll get a pair with grippy things.

I love my Northwave arm warmers though. They stay up fine without any grippy strips.

Kneewarmers are easier to deal with...

Giordana Super Roubaix are great and last forever. They are much longer than other manufacturers, so they go high on the thigh and far down the calf.

Bought leg warmers, never used them. I go from knee warmers to tights.

assos have worked extremely well for me the one time I used them. As others said, given the weather you'll see and assuming you bundle up well on top, I would get the knee warmers either from assos (my choice) or castelli.

Tried Castelli leg warmers but at 5'8" the mediums were too long but the smalls were too tight. These were also the thinner material as mentioned in another post above. So last month I got Verge brand knee warmers off of eBay. These have a light fleece inside. They fit great. They also do well underneath tights; since the knee warmers stop mid-calf they don't interfere with the zipper on the tights. I'm a wimp in the cold so from about 41 or colder I've got the tights+warmers on.

My Capoforma leg warmers have been great. Fairly thick material, well made and they have a section for the knees which helps them stay in place (mine have yet to slide down).

performance knee warmers will be fine. black, like $15 on sale

For SoCal climate I like my DeFeet Kneekers. They're knee warmers.

Using the Pearl Isumi Micro-sensor Leg warmers to good effect.

The Pearl Izumi knee warmers are great. Keep me warm during my 9-mile, 35 F morning commute.

Yeah, my current pair are Sugois, and I like them a lot, though I did have to replace the zipper after 3 seasons. I've been riding them for probably 5 years now.

I too ride with just leg warmers down to 30 or so. At that point, I just put tights over the leg warmer, as there's really no way I'm going to sweat or anything.

35 degree commute this morning in the dark, and leg warmers with a long sleeved jersey, fleece gloves, CalienToes, and a headband were all I needed. Should be 60 for the ride home though

The least expensive ones you can find. I got mine at Performance.