I love my showers pass rain jacket but I live in the N.W. where it rains and the temps are not too cold in winter. I stop riding when it gets to around 30 degrees. I ride with cotton sweat pants or my Riv MUSA pants when it gets cold. I also ride in my regular $10.00 Walmart jeans for rides up to about ten miles. For the colder days I also have a pair of MUSA wool "tights" but only used them once last winter. I ride in my Teva sandals down to about 32 degrees with two pairs of wool socks one being a artic style Carhartt thick boot sock. I suppose if I rode in colder temps and for longer than maybe 10 miles I'd pay more attention to clothing. I'm trying to make my bike clothing the same as my regular clothing so I've been experimenting and so far most of my regular stuff is fine for cycling as long as the distance isn't over 10 or 15 miles. I've also been slowing down my efforts and attempting to sweat less and this seems to help my comfort level. I found that for the measly extra 1-2 mph I have to put out quite a bit more energy without much gain in my fitness or commute times.
On Oct 3, 1:30 pm, geezer <bair.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. I'm looking to improve my winter wardrobe this year. I'm > specifically looking for a jacket and pants that work well for riding > - somewhat trim, zippers for ventilation etc. I live in northern > Michigan (the home of miserable winters) so, realistically, I'll park > the bike when it hits around 20 degrees and/or the snow and ice become > glacial. > > I'm willing to spend some bucks on this stuff. I understand layering > - I'm mostly interested in outerwear. > > I'll do the research - just point me in a direction for stuff that has > worked for you. > > Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions, > > Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
