Struggling with armwarmers

[Ian H]

"no-rain"? I wonder if they're less stretchy than yer normal lycra ones.

I recall a sometime friend of mine riding with some yellow woolly arm-warmers his aunt had knitted for him.

 

[vickster]

"no-rain"? I wonder if they're less stretchy than yer normal lycra ones.
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This could be so. I have the no rain roubaix leg warmers and they are definitely less stretchy than my thin lightweight and less thin adidas arm warmers

 

[palinurus]

Hate arm warmers. I only use them for this short period where the weather is a bit in-between. Mostly prefer long-sleeved jersey, also recently have started using a light LS baselayer with short-sleeved jersey over the top, then- if warmer in the evening- I can dispense with it.

Mine are close to perfect sizing and they stay up, but not quite well enough to stop me trying to pull them up further. Only when they are right up to the start of my shoulders am I happy, and they don't want to stay there. fark arm warmers.

 

[palinurus]

Leg warmers I can deal with, right up under the shorts, no gap. Leg warmers are fine.

 

[palinurus]

What I want is arm warmers which are linked together with a bit of fabric which goes around the shoulders so you pull it over your head, and then put your arms in.

Sure, you can't pull them off when riding but at least I can stop thinking about them and instead concentrate on the advertising jingle I've got stuck in my head or whatever.

 

[vickster]

What I want is arm warmers which are linked together with a bit of fabric which goes around the shoulders so you pull it over your head, and then put your arms in.

Sure, you can't pull them off when riding but at least I can stop thinking about them and instead concentrate on the advertising jingle I've got stuck in my head or whatever.

@jefmcg uses something like this, a bolero type garment

Easy just to wear LS baselayer, I don't think we've got too much true SS jersey weather left this autumn sadly

 

[palinurus]

@jefmcg uses something like this, a bolero type garment

Easy just to wear LS baselayer, I don't think we've got too much true SS jersey weather left this autumn sadly

Just once I'd like to have an original idea.

 

[T4tomo]

Just once I'd like to have an original idea.

Yep LS base layer SS jersey is the way to go, and then roll the sleeves up if you get too hot. Arm warmers are too much hassle. Leg and knee warmer however I like.

 

[S-Express]

Arm warmers are too much hassle. Leg and knee warmer however I like.

Leg/knee warmers are arguably more hassle than arm warmers though? You can generally take off arm warmers on the move - which is less feasible with arm/leg warmers...

 

[vickster]

Just once I'd like to have an original idea.

Tough

 

[jefmcg]

Just once I'd like to have an original idea.

http://www.aerotechdesigns.com/19blbo.html

 

[Crackle]

Do you treat your arm warmers like a jersey, and wash after every use, or like a hat, and wash every now and then?

My wife caught me separating my arm warmers from the rest of my kit and dumping them back in my rack pack, while the rest of it went in the wash. She questioned the fastidiousness of my hygiene.

Oooh, hat, I reckon. Until they fail the smell test.

 

[jefmcg]

So he can still claim to have invented a bloke version?

No,, that exists.

 

[Ian H]

...A very skinny 17 year old...

A story I heard concerned another skinny young lad. The winter club-run headed for a wide ford, through which everyone splashed. This lad rode in at speed, the water soaked his leg-warmers which, under the weight of water, slid down and wrapped themselves around the cranks. Down he went into the water. The relish with which the story was told to me suggests he got little sympathy.

 

[T4tomo]

Leg/knee warmers are arguably more hassle than arm warmers though? You can generally take off arm warmers on the move - which is less feasible with arm/leg warmers...

a Leg/knee warmers stay up as the shorts grip them.
b quality shorts teamed with knee leg warmers or u passed tights means year round use for your expensive kit. Vs buying padded knickers(3/4) or long tights.