mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I'm another everyday-clothes rider. I'd advise layering (all the rage this year with energy prices!) and getting a big saddlebag or rack bag which you put a few extra layers in each ride, but still have space to put a layer or two that you're wearing into. Then you should be able to adjust what you're wearing to the actual temperature rather than what you thought it was before you started trying to ride!
I'm currently liking Decathlon outer layers, including a part-windproof showerproof "Rockrider" MTB jacket for autumn/spring and a down-like "Forclaz" jacket for winter. I think they've done a couple of years each so far. I also have a builder's cape for when I need to stay dry during prolonged rain, but sometimes a crap driver has a different idea and sluices me with water from their tyres, getting up under my cape, so keeping spare dry clothes at work is probably a good safeguard. Sometimes I have to ride slower to avoid sweating. And I can't help but ride slower with a cape: it's the second-least aerodynamic outfit I've ever ridden in (and the least was a TV box, for a fancy-dress ride).
Uhhhhm not much else I can add to the excellent stuff above. Military-pattern boots (the tongue sides form gutters) keep my feet dry on the worst days, but usually the cape and toe-covers over shoes are good enough.
I'm currently liking Decathlon outer layers, including a part-windproof showerproof "Rockrider" MTB jacket for autumn/spring and a down-like "Forclaz" jacket for winter. I think they've done a couple of years each so far. I also have a builder's cape for when I need to stay dry during prolonged rain, but sometimes a crap driver has a different idea and sluices me with water from their tyres, getting up under my cape, so keeping spare dry clothes at work is probably a good safeguard. Sometimes I have to ride slower to avoid sweating. And I can't help but ride slower with a cape: it's the second-least aerodynamic outfit I've ever ridden in (and the least was a TV box, for a fancy-dress ride).
Uhhhhm not much else I can add to the excellent stuff above. Military-pattern boots (the tongue sides form gutters) keep my feet dry on the worst days, but usually the cape and toe-covers over shoes are good enough.