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Bump - eBay Giyo pogies / handlebar mitts.
I've put them on this week for my usual commute (20miles a leg, "feels like 5-6C" MET forecast, gust 20-25mph headwind). I've done 80miles with it already. Verdict? - pretty good! 👍
I had my usual Aldidl cycling gloves on AND the pogies the first commute - too hot! So I had a pleasure of riding without gloves - perfect. I reckon I can ride with just the pogies (without gloves) down to "feels like 3C".
Doesn't completely block the windchill but it was just perfect to have a little draft into the pogies to keep the inside temperate.
Getting my hands in / out of the pogies needed a bit of getting used to (hand signalling), not as quick as without it, obviously. But I'm now fine with it.
I'm looking forward to testing out in very cold mornings, with gloves. ❄️☃️
Right, this morning was "feels like 3C" with little wind. No gloves, just the pogies.
It was cold, but bearable cold throughout. Hands didn't warm up like the other morning ("feels like 5-6C") but just about tolerable. Both hands were slightly red from cold, stayed cold for whole 20mile commute, one hand slight purpling on the knuckles, slight numbness on the tips of little fingers by the end of the ride. Adequate sensation on the hands to operate STI shifters. No Reynauld's white finger symptom or "painfully" cold.
So I'm guessing "feels like 3C" this is the limit for pogies only, which is great. Feels equivalent to having Aldildl cycling glove so that means any colder weather I can add the gloves for extra warmth. 👍
roubaixtuesday
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Lovely sunny ride in, and had a nice chat at some lights with a guy who does the same route but faster (often overtakes me).
