henshaw11
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Walton-On-Thames
It goes something like this...
on an upright, I'm warm in roubaix bib longs together with similiar jersey, mebbe thermal top too - rarely with a windproof as such, but a thin non-waterproof gamex (?) l/s thing that takes the edge off. All well and good.
Rotate me around 90 degrees onto the bent, and I seem to get more windchill on my legs, *particularly* the knees (mebbe worse bloodflow too ?). The few occasions they've been that cold has always been on the bent, and I'm sure I've been in way colder weather on the mtb (the winter bike of choice) and been fine.
This w/e's FNRTTC was a particularly bad case (tho' also v cold I gather) - probably not helped by me never feeling that warm at any point - but the knees started off cold, were soon achy and cold, and even once I'd got to London, about midday, still bloomin' hurt just cycling back to Waterloo
- kinda under the kneecap I'd guess (cold tendon/irritated tendon behind perhaps ?)
FWIW, the hands were fine, and the feet were tolerably cool in some porelles/sealskinz.
I guess the answer is somewhere amongst: breathable waterproofs/windproofs (mebbe not so good for long climbs); windstop-style bib longs (with the problem that the windproof panels that might not be so well positioned for a 'bent); kneewarmers (probably under the bib longs I guess).
Anyone else had the same sort of thing and reached a satisfactory solution ?
on an upright, I'm warm in roubaix bib longs together with similiar jersey, mebbe thermal top too - rarely with a windproof as such, but a thin non-waterproof gamex (?) l/s thing that takes the edge off. All well and good.
Rotate me around 90 degrees onto the bent, and I seem to get more windchill on my legs, *particularly* the knees (mebbe worse bloodflow too ?). The few occasions they've been that cold has always been on the bent, and I'm sure I've been in way colder weather on the mtb (the winter bike of choice) and been fine.
This w/e's FNRTTC was a particularly bad case (tho' also v cold I gather) - probably not helped by me never feeling that warm at any point - but the knees started off cold, were soon achy and cold, and even once I'd got to London, about midday, still bloomin' hurt just cycling back to Waterloo
- kinda under the kneecap I'd guess (cold tendon/irritated tendon behind perhaps ?)FWIW, the hands were fine, and the feet were tolerably cool in some porelles/sealskinz.
I guess the answer is somewhere amongst: breathable waterproofs/windproofs (mebbe not so good for long climbs); windstop-style bib longs (with the problem that the windproof panels that might not be so well positioned for a 'bent); kneewarmers (probably under the bib longs I guess).
Anyone else had the same sort of thing and reached a satisfactory solution ?
) - I must admit I'd like to avoid flappy layers if possible.
Still gives me scope for kneewarmers underneath too..