Pynchonite

Short commute, 16 degrees F:
Rab Inferno Hoody
Another Rab hoody... one o' their cotton ones
A T-Shirt
Pants
Also: underwear.
Specialized Defroster Trail boots
Marmot gloves (big 'uns)
A Rab hat (I work at a shop, guess who we sell [actually, to be fair, I'd wear them anyway, because all their gear is for climbing, so the sleeves are just naturally longer, and their fit is leaner, so their clothes are pretty badass for biking])
A Helmet
Ice Beard

bent4me

A light long sleeve jersey and shorts because it was only 66 degrees on Christmas Day in NJ

jackwinnipeg

It was - 5 C, which is about 18 F, unusually warm for this date where I live. Wore a snowboarding helmet with thin synthetic balaclava, synthetic T-shirt, mid-layer, light wind-block fleece and soft shell jacket. Jeans with synthetic long johns, one pair thin wool socks and one medium pair inside short neoprene muck boots. Got a little warm at the end of a level, 5 mile ride, the only thing slightly cold were my hands, as I was wearing only thin, lined leather gloves. Fortunately there was no usual northern prairie wind. Cheers

snow_echo_NY

i wore:

top:
a wool baselayer with hood, a thin fleece midlayer and a rain/wind shell.
- hands: wool glove liners + thermal glove by Head
- face: merino wool buff under a neck gaiter
wool hood under thick fleece skullcap.

bottom
cycling short with chamois under a fleece tight
feet: 2 pairs wool socks
chrome cycling shoes

Bob Ross

23°F with a Wind Chill/"Real Feel" of 17° when I left on my commute this morning. I wore:

- Ibex Woolies 150 short sleeve merino wool base layer
- Early Winters FurnaceShirt long sleeve polypro jersey
- Performance winter jacket w/ windproof front/breathable fleece back
- Pearl Izumi cycling shorts
- no-name fleece tights
- SmartWool mid-weight socks
- Answer winter cycling boots
- Assos glove liners
- Dakine Thinsulate gloves
- Giro merino wool cycling cap w/ earflaps
- Rudy Project Ketyum glasses

The wind kinda sucked, but the cold was tolerable.

Scottrod

Today I wore....
Conditions - 32F - Winds calm - night time clear skies.
Head_ Fleece headband, regular helmet, goggles(ski clear lens)
Chest - Terramar CS Lightweight perfoformance baselayer , Wal Mart Nylon windbreaker shell with back vents
Bottom - Rusell Athletics lightweight thermal base layer, loose shortsds,
Feet- Medium weight wool socks, MTB shoes Shimano.
Comment- Although not supoer cold, the cold air really gets to my eyes and forehead. That is why I donned the goggles and they made a huge difference. Bottom oart was perfect. Top was good, actually got a little sweaty on the arms.( which is not good). Head, my boiggest challenge. My eyes and ears re sensitive to the cold and so I tend to wear too much and get sweaty. I could have used a lighter head band and the goggles and been great. Feet: Toes started to get cold, need to put a pair of wool socks over my shoes or get some booties for them. .Happy Riding!!

digibud

I'd call -32F ....oh....that's 32F, eh? That belongs in the "kinda almost like winter" biking forum .

kellichou

but this is what I wore for my 6 o'clock ride this morning: (commute to work on MUPs, ~6mi)

• skull cap
• merino wool jersey
• Buff neck gaiter
• earwarmer
• wicking baselayer and overshirt
• coolweather tights with a chamois
• clear safety glasses
• wool socks with sneakers
• fingerless cycling gloves with light gloves over top

I was almost too warm, but I couldn't think of a layer I wanted to remove. And my feet got chilly, I need shoes without mesh.

digibud

Wool socks with sneakers? My man!

gecho

I've been wearing my ASICS Thermopolis running tights over my bibs all month. They are so amazingly comfortable, like riding around in pajamas, yet are good to about -4 °C for me. Kind of lacking in the durability department when used for cycling, with holes starting to develop where they rub against the saddle. Also wearing my Wolvhammer boots most of the month since my feet get cold very very easily.

kellichou

Your comment made me cackle, I love it! Totally lame, but it worked for quite a while.

Now my feet are warmer in my summer hiking boots. When it gets really cold, I'll break out the insulated winter boots.

jfowler85

Bibs and tri singlet.

Bob Ross

19°F with a Wind Chill/"Real Feel" of 12° when I left on my commute this morning. I wore:

- Early Winters FurnaceShirt long sleeve polypro jersey (as a baselayer)
- Ibex merino wool longsleeve cycling jersey
- Performance winter jacket w/ windproof front/breathable fleece back
- Pearl Izumi cycling shorts
- no-name fleece tights
- SmartWool heavy-weight socks
- SmartWool sock liners
- Answer winter cycling boots
- Assos glove liners
- no-name wool gloves
- Assos lobster mitt (the outermost layer of their 3-way "system")
- polypro balaklava
- Rudy Project Ketyum glasses

Bob Ross

23°F with no appreciable Wind Chill/"Real Feel" (!) when I left on my commute this morning. I wore:

- no-name longsleeve turtleneck base layer
- Sahalie ButterFleece Zip-T (a perhaps misleadingly named longsleeve sweater)
- Champ-Sys windbreaker jacket
- Pearl Izumi cycling shorts
- no-name fleece tights
- SmartWool heavy-weight socks
- Answer winter cycling boots
- Specialized SubZero glove system (two-parts, liner & overglove)
- polypro balaklava
- Rudy Project Ketyum glasses

audrey27

I usually wear -
Head: Nalini Giustino Windproof Thermal Cap
Body: Nalini Dimaro 2 - Thermal Bib Tights Fluo and Le Col Sport Thermal Cycling Jacket
A pair of good shoes with Bianchi Milano Arcene's black shoecover

Scottrod

Bob Ross, I hope you don't mind if I use you as an example, does a great job at this! He always puts the Temp & the wind chill or wind conditions and weather in his posts! Very useful to me. So let us all be like Bob!

Thanks to all who contribute, I really find the information useful and will be contributing myself when it gets cold here!

Thanks

Scott

maloosik

28 degrees at 7am in Parker CO, 5mph tailwind

32 degree brand (Costco) synthetic thin base layer top & bottom
Polyester long sleeve jersey
Eddie Bauer lightweight fleece
Pearl Izumi thermal balaclava
Wool socks over poly
Fox MTB chamois shorts
Generic fleece gloves
Sunglasses

Need:
Better base layer, looking at woolX or similar
Better gloves, leaning towards wool liners first
Wind blocking breathable shell with venting options
Foot covers, or just wear boots
Considering ordering a set of Schwalbe studded snows

This is my first winter commuting, today was the coldest so far and I wore the least amount of clothes. I was the most comfortable yet due to not overheating, but my hands, feet, and legs to a lesser extent, got cold.

I commute less than 20 miles round trip on a MUP which should get plowed and or brushed daily (when snow shows up) so the studded tires are for the short frost covered bridges I cross (eight of them) and the numerous underpasses which will eventually be wet during the day and ice at 5:00 pm.

audrey27

Hello! This is my latest get up for winter when i go out cycling :
Head Bandearl Izumi
Thermal Jersey: dhb Aeron AW17
Gloves: dhb Extreme Winter Gloves
Tigh: Assos LL 607 Lady
and a lovely and warm Pearl Izumi Women’s Elite IV cycling shoes.

rumrunn6

I don't mind a fleece jacket as an outer layer sometimes. depending on inner layers & temps it can be thin or thick. but sometimes I have to add a wind break vest. my hi-viz day-glo green cycling jacket has zip off sleeves & I remember using that vest last year. better go dig it out I guess

gecho

I've been feeling colder so far this year than I remember being in -10 to -12C, my hands in particular. I'm going to get a pair of Fired Up brand heated glove liners to try out. They won't be available until the middle of December, and are a Christmas present so I'll have to do without for a while yet. Instead of using wired resistors connected to a copper heat spreader it seems they use the conductive and resistant properties of carbon fibers to generate heat.

I'd been having problems with a cold forehead due to the way my balaclavas sit in that area. So I started wearing a summer cycling liner under the balaclava which helps a lot.

One thing I've noticed over the years is that under high exertion my hands get colder. That tends to only be an issue on my fat bike since I seek out the looser snow while I'm riding it.

gecho

My warmest base layer shirts are crew neck which can leave some skin exposed on the back of my neck. So I added an acrylic turtle neck dickie to my pile of gear.

a1penguin

California "winter" weather: leave the house at around 40F and by the time I get to work it's upper 40s (22 miles, 1.4 hours later). I have this worked out really well:

- Shimano MW7 winter cycling shoes with wool ski socks (warm feet!)
- Castelli SFIDA long sleeve jersey
- Cycling windbreaker
- Regular cycling shorts
- REI Headwind pants
- Leather (unlined) long sleeve cycling gloves

About 5-7 miles in when it hits about 44 I switch to fingerless gloves and ditch the windbreaker. Whenever I start feeling sweaty is when I change and it is around 44F. It has been sunny and I think that makes me feel a bit warmer.

wipekitty

I'll play this year...

Head:
Snowboard helmet, ski goggles, merino balaclava

Torso
2x merino baselayers: Ibex Woolies 1 (very thin), Icebreaker 100g or some such, short sleeved cycling jersey (for pockets), Mammut Ultimate Hoody (unlined softshell with Gore Wind Stop)

Legs
1 thin synthetic baselayer, 1 fleece baselayer, 1 pair women's leggings.

Feet.
REI Expedition socks; winter boots.

Hands
Dakine Sequoia gloves (shell only - no liner.)

Conditions
20F, NW wind at 6-10 MPH, scattered flurries. Ride time about 1 hour 40 minutes; dry pavement.

Notes:
Feet: OK, but a bit brisk at the end. Torso/hands/head: Sweatfest. Conclusion: Slightly overdressed.

rumrunn6

re:sweatfest, what would you change? less layers? different layers?

wipekitty

Torso: Possibly drop the thinner layer, possibly change nothing and make sure to vent early on. I got pretty damp about an hour in, and kept riding around to see if I'd experience a core temperature drop (but did not). I'd want to rethink layers for over two hours...or just find a gas station and change out for dry layers.

Hands: Hands are so tough in that temperature range (for me). A few degrees warmer, and I'd go with silk glove liners and thin work gloves with thinsulate (the cheap kind from the home improvement store), but this setup doesn't block the wind well enough. I've resigned myself to just having sweaty hands if I'm going to be out for more than a half hour at 15-25F. My current gloves breathe well enough to prevent a dangerous situation.