Most layers ever??

[Deleted member 1258]

Its the jacket , i only use mine if its really cold or as you have said you just boil in the bag.Much better to go for another more breathable layer .

I've got a light waterproof jacket plus an old fashioned cape, the sort you can pitch at the side of the road and use as a tent, the cape lives in my work bag and only gets used if its raining when I leave work, most of the time I'll use the jacket, but if I can get away without using it I will, if its cold and I have several layers on it takes time for the rain to get through and I can often finish the ride before the wet gets to me.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Today was 0 degrees with a wind chill of -7.
25-45mph winds. Went out for 2 hours and wore the following:

Full length bibs
Thermal compression base layer
Windproof winter jacket
Neoprene overshoes
Snowboarding gloves

Felt like a summers day!!

Now i am off to take a cold shower and wash myself with some sandpaper. Then maybe a nail sandwich.

 

[GrasB]

There are two distinct stages of being under-dressed. The one where you feel cold & the one where your muscles are too busy keeping warm to develop power. Most people dress to the former, I bet if you rode with a power meter you'd find you were actually under-dressed. Or put it another way, at -5C I'm about 1-0.75mph slower for the same perceived effort than at 25C

An interesting one is that the difference between those two stages of being under-dressed seems to be much wider in men than women.

 

[Jet]

Today was 0 degrees with a wind chill of -7.
25-45mph winds.
Now i am off to take a cold shower and wash myself with some sandpaper. Then maybe a nail sandwich.

Well 'ard!


Today I built 4 snowmen.

 

[cyberknight]

Well 'ard!


Today I built 4 snowmen.

I got home from nights, had 2 hours kip then looked after the screaming kids when the wife went to work do i win ?

 

[Get In The Van]

for me its a Golf (the sport not the car) baselayer with turtleneck, seriously warm, short sleeve top, mountaineering goretex jacket, which is a bit flappy but again keeps the cold out, motorbike skull cap then neck buff pulled up and over skull cap. Decathlon neck warmer thing.
Thats the top half, bottom depends on how cold it is, cycling shorts, then a pair of M+S thermal longs, then a pair of DHB unpadded thermal tights, if its not too cold the M+S longs will stay off.
Thin pair of thermal gloves then a pair of snowboard gloves on top, feet are mountaineering socks, then a thin pair of regular socks with the Endura Neoprene overshoes over the lot.

usually keeps me pretty toasty for a few hours

 

[roadrash]

Up until today (may just not go out today - too windy here), it has been 2 layers and yesterday I was too warm with that and was sweating!
Standard winter cycling kit is: 1 icebreaker/smartwool top & a windproof top. winter cycling tights with leg warmers (have to keep my left leg warmer since the canine incident since now missing a major artery in the left leg) 1 pair of woolly socks (smartwool) +boots, neck buff & woolly hat plus winter gloves (no liners not cold enough yet).
that is good for down to about -5C.

In -15C I lost the leg warmers (OK I nearly lost the leg as well, but that is another story) and added waterproof trousers due to the wind, added merino wool glove liners & ski gloves and added my climbing hoody but still only 3 (upper) layers & 2 lower body layers in -15C.

Now summer is more interesting because there is a limit to what I can take off and I overheat very easily and have had heat stoke in Denmark...

Hi emma, im looking for some good winter gloves and remember you told me you used skiing gloves ,what type if you dont mind me asking

thanks

RR

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Hi emma, im looking for some good winter gloves and remember you told me you used skiing gloves ,what type if you dont mind me asking

thanks

RR

Hi
I used some Scott Gore-tex ski-gloves (complete with additional removable thermal liner) which included a plastic strip on them to clear (one assumes) ski-goggles which worked really well. I have not been able to identify them with me having purchased them in eastern Europe what is effectively 2 seasons ago, but they were pricey. All of the options I have seen since have not included the liner gloves and quite a few are not Gore-Tex ones but any general mountaineering gloves would work as well... but these seem to be the closest http://www.scott-sports.com/global/en/products/2200150001006 (sorry I can't photo them, I am not at home at the moment).

In the UK I personally have not needed them at all this winter and even my OH is happy without them and has warm hands with merino wool glove liners (icebreaker) and Endura Strike waterproof gloves (buy 1 size larger than you really need £29.99) or the Luminite version which is the same glove as far as we can tell just in hi-viz yellow. I have not yet needed the merino wool liners this winter with those gloves. If you want, when I get home I can try to ID them for you and PM you details - might not be any good for this 'Spring' but who knows for "autumn"!

 

[Gravity Aided]

I use 3 or 4 layers and 2 pairs of pants with a balaclava and Extreme skiing gloves. If that's still cold, I ride the trainer or exercycle in the basement, or go to my Athletic Club for spinning class and socializing.

 

[BrumJim]

Still just the bamboo or merino base layer, hi vi jacket, regular trousers, two socks underneath cycling shoes, and long-fingered gloves.
Oh, and a buff.

 

[DWiggy]

In the cold its really just the wind you need to keep out the rest takes care of itself, you soon generate plenty of heat from just the exertion of riding...well I do anyway

 

[Stebo]

We all know that nobody ever wore underwear with cycling pants and a chamois, so that's not my question.
However, I generally wear a baselayer / compression vest top under my jersey in winter. Now I've just got my first ever pair of "bib pants". The serious question is....does the bib go over the base layer, or the base layer under the bib...?
Did anyone ask that one before?

 

[slowmotion]

On the 7th November night ride to Southend I wore a Helly Hansen cold weather vest, two more merino vests, a jersey, and a waterproof jacket, all long sleeved. It probably never went below about eight degrees but I was very happy. I don't do cold. What's the point?

 

[DWiggy]

We all know that nobody ever wore underwear with cycling pants and a chamois, so that's not my question.
However, I generally wear a baselayer / compression vest top under my jersey in winter. Now I've just got my first ever pair of "bib pants". The serious question is....does the bib go over the base layer, or the base layer under the bib...?
Did anyone ask that one before?

I have base layer on first with bibs over

 

[MichaelO]

The serious question is....does the bib go over the base layer, or the base layer under the bib...?

Aren't they both the same thing?!