Thursday Night Ride to the Coast - Felpham March 28th
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StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
BBC (& Met Office) reckons low of minus 2. Positively balmy 
The historical records seem to say that the morning of the 19th March 2011, were about the same as is forecast for Friday morning, just a touch below zero. The weather on that occasion also had very little wind (which gels with my memory of it), whereas the forecast for this ride has a bit more wind, so it could be a little cooler when stopped without a wind break (if fairy visitations delay the ride, for example).
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User482
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From memory, we recorded -2 degrees on that ride. My water bottles turned to slush, my bars frosted over and I had to buy an extra jumper from the 24 hour Tesco. I'm taking more layers this time...
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Oh yes, they were keeping warm....
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
gut eve-nink Lundun, Oslo calling. Here ist da vote of da Norveejan jury: Minus Three.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
More layers
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
half the joy of FNRttC season openers is in the anticipation of the pain to come.2381369 said:
More layers
It's my fingers and toes I'm worried about, even with heat packs and heated gloves/insoles in my armoury.
mmmmartin
Random geezer
I plan to do my monthly 200k from 4am tomorrow* so am not going to Bognor: I advise six layers on top and four on the feet, two on the hands (big loose mittens are much much warmer than any gloves) and certainly one hat, perhaps two. One hesitates to tell peeps to check their tyres a la Dellzeqq advice but check those tyres and dig out the little bits of flint, so saving the TECs freezing their parts off. I once had a pair of chemical heated foot warmers thingies and they seemed to be warm when i inadvertently opened them inside the house, but haven't seen any on sale since.
*It's a present to myself to mark the first day of my retirement after redundancy. I thought it would be good to start as I mean to go on.
*It's a present to myself to mark the first day of my retirement after redundancy. I thought it would be good to start as I mean to go on.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
You can get them at Decathlon.
I count myself as something of an authority on chemical hand/foot warmers from my winter Finland hols.
The foot ones are something of a disappointment. (These are the flat D shaped things you stick on the toe area of your insole). They do work, but tend not to last. Ensure they are activated by placing it on radiator before use (although that may not be necessary if your house is nice and warm).
The hand ones are in my opinion a godsend. These are the teabag-like ones. Pop one inside each glove (which should be roomy-ish). Last several hours. Highly recommended.
I'm wondering whether to wear my enormous extreme weather mitts. I don't know if I'll be able to operate the brake and gear levers (yes, I have both, not all-in-one) properly.
Multi layers on the feet can be a mixed blessing. If your cycling shoes aren't big enough to accomodate them all then putting extra layers on could squeeze your feet and be counterproductive.
