Winter is right around the corner
Originally Posted by
ZIPP2001
The arm warmers have been on for a month now, and the leg warmers have made a couple visits already. Winter is just a hop skip and jump away, and I'm can't wait to go play in the snow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM9e-ISp6Ik
Originally Posted by
wolfchild
Bring it on....I am looking forward to it.
On several threads, I have posted my slogan for winter riding, “Gear and Gumption,” obviously mostly clothing. For me, it takes a while to make the transition between warm and cold and vice versa.
Originally Posted by
mcours2006
Seems like every year when the temperatures drops I have to rethink about what I did the previous year that worked for that particular temperature.
So this year I'm putting together a chart for myself as a guide forwhat to wear for the range of temperatures in 5*C increments.
Hopefully it'll take some of the thinking out of the whole production.
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
The way I
organize my winter dress is by levels (link), 1 to 6. (I got that scale from whitewater rafting, where difficulty of a river is rated from 1 to 6, and it works for me). The levels do not mean layers, but the combination of gear for temperature intervals, in increments of about 10 degrees F…
The level makes the job of selecting clothing very easy for that decision to be made on the morning of a commute, without going outside. Sometimes I may bring along a piece of apparel from a higher level just in case.
The scheme is particularly useful at the change of seasons to remind me of what works. Also, I choose by ambient temperature and usually ignore the reported wind chill temp, because there always is a wind chill on the moving bike.
I’ve shown this scheme to a few acquaintances at work, and when they ask
“How (cold) was the ride?,” I can reply, for example
“Level 3,” as happened just this morning.
As for the bicycle, the definitive transition to winter is mounting the studded tires, early in December, and removal signals winter is over, usually in late March.
PS: And I transition entirely to the beater bike with the studded tires until a late winter storm thoroughly rinses off the road salt; then I bring out the pristine carbon fiber road bike.