I've put the road bike away for the winter.

[paul04]

Due to problems with my fingers (cold weather related)
At the moment I can only use the front gears and rear brake (left hand) (can't really bend the fingers on my right hand) anymore than 30 minutes outside I can't feel my fingers, even with gloves on.
I am still going to use the MTB for the commute to work (the very short way just over 4 miles,about 20 minutes) using 2 pair of gloves and hand warmers.

not the best picture, just covered the bike to protect it.


And the good old MTB

 

[helston90]

Roll on spring indeed- sorry to hear about your forced change over against your will- what does your body classify as cold btw?

 

[paul04]

Roll on spring indeed- sorry to hear about your forced change over against your will- what does your body classify as cold btw?

The cold does not really bother me, wrap up well and you can stay warm. just my fingers feel it most, no matter what gloves I wear. At the moment I am using ski mittens (which should work well in the cold)
I would say 5 minutes without gloves and I would not be able to feel my fingers. So I use the mittens so I can put a hand warmer in,which does help. But not easy to ride the bike.

 

[biggs682]

thats not good to hear

 

[postman]

Roll on spring

Spring roll,yummy now where is the phone book,chinese takeaway.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I saw a cyclist yesterday riding without gloves,the temperature was slightly above freezing! He had all the winter kit on but nothing on the hands. I was out with woolen gloves under "thermal"cycling gloves and i could still feel the cold!

 

[nickyboy]

I saw a cyclist yesterday riding without gloves,the temperature was slightly above freezing! He had all the winter kit on but nothing on the hands. I was out with woolen gloves under "thermal"cycling gloves and i could still feel the cold!

That could be me. Eg. yesterday I wore base layer, short sleeved cycling top and a high viz jacket and that was about right. I wear a pair of thin gloves for the descents. Rest of the time no gloves as my hands get too hot

 

[asterix]

My hands get hot too. If it is dry weather I can take the gloves off after a mile riding in the frost as by that time they are warmed up. It's my feet that get cold, like blocks of ice - I must need my system rebalancing, although cold feet are less of a problem than cold hands. I like temperatures in the 20's and low thirties, me.

 

[nickyboy]

My hands get hot too. If it is dry weather I can take the gloves off after a mile riding in the frost as by that time they are warmed up. It's my feet that get cold, like blocks of ice - I must need my system rebalancing, although cold feet are less of a problem than cold hands. I like temperatures in the 20's and low thirties, me.

It's the pedals and cleats that are the problem. My feet go numb after an hour or two in frosty weather, the rest of my body is merrily sweating away. Like you, if only I could find a way to transfer the excess body heat to my feet it would be perfect. How about a tubing system pumping cold water from my feet and hot water from by body?
Unlike you I hate cycling in anything over about 25 degrees. Just too hot and keeping hydrated is real problem for me

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

That could be me. Eg. yesterday I wore base layer, short sleeved cycling top and a high viz jacket and that was about right. I wear a pair of thin gloves for the descents. Rest of the time no gloves as my hands get too hot

Nothing below the waist then

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Appreciate it might be an expensive option & not one you could afford, but how do the new electric changers work, I just sort of assumed it was a button for up & a button for down, could you operate them. With the brake, could you put the front on the right hand side & then have a foot brake for the rear? There must be a specialist bike shop somewhere that does bike modification for disabled riders, not that I am suggesting you are disabled, but if you do want to continue these are places I would investigate.

Alan...

 

[nickyboy]

Nothing below the waist then

Damn right! My body hair keeps me warm on the "lower half" and it also gives me somewhere to store my gloves when not descending

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Damn right! My body hair keeps me warm on the "lower half" and it also gives me somewhere to store my gloves when not descending

Just be careful what gets caught in your chain then - the thought makes my eyes water without the cold