Riding - Bit cold for ya?

[ZeroIndex]

where would i find these?

any bike shop should be able to get these in.. just ask them at the counter for the oxford catalog and say "i want this, and this, and this.." well.. i'm off for my ride.. 2 sets of thermals, a t-shirt, and my quasi leathers (i plan to use the knee scrapers tonight .. my junky glove inners, my quasi gloves, and my bike boots, my balaclava, and of course, my helmet..

[T.W.R]

Nothing much extra during the winter just a set of polyprops & a Milair tramping top under the normal gear & if it's really cold a pair of Milair tramping pants over the poly L/Js.

If it's cold & wet as above with a wetweather suit over top

[justsomeguy]

I chose two layers - if that's what you call the detachble lining in cordura gear and thermals. They really work when doing all day rides.

[Back Fire]

I wear exactly what I wear in summer... saying that though, im not saying I'm 'hard' .... because in mid summer I wear cordura with liners in it and a jumper and trousers underneath....

[diggydog]

in 20 minutes, i'm gonna put on some thermals.. other extra warm gear, and my leathers, and take my Kinetic out to one of those big parking lots near the cock and bull, and practice cornering.. wish me luck I've been meaning to practice cornering for a long time, and am feeling crazy enough to do it tonight.. I think the lights there should still be on (i hope)

Ps. to any police reading this thread, this is not some lame-ass illegal street race.. this is simply practicing cornering in a 'fairly closed / safe environment', which will in turn help me be a better rider on the roads.. no need to send a patrol car along.. unless they are good at getting nice footage (which can be saved on my computer )

well done ,go for it, hope you have enough light, maybe thats what i should be doing ( catcha) some time.

[ZeroIndex]

well done ,go for it, hope you have enough light, maybe thats what i should be doing ( catcha) some time.

well.. just got back from my cornering practice..

2 things didn't happen, one good, one not so good..
1). I didn't crash (good)
2). I've come to the conclusion, that no matter how far I lean off the bike, commuter bikes don't allow for knee scraping..

If anyone with a 'commuter'-style bike can get their knee down, please tell me how!!

I think I'll have better luck on the CT110.. plus if i drop that.. well.. IT'S A CT110

[The_Dover]

I wear exactly what I wear in summer... saying that though, im not saying I'm 'hard' .... because in mid summer I wear cordura with liners in it and a jumper and trousers underneath....

That almost certainly says you're a poof then.

[RT527]

It was fricken cold.

rode through some fog.. at the other side of it, the fog on my visor had turned into ice! and I had to scrap it off with the glove!

Snap!!!!
Same thing happened to me.

[ZeroIndex]

well.. i'm off for my ride.. 2 sets of thermals, a t-shirt, and my quasi leathers (i plan to use the knee scrapers tonight .. my junky glove inners, my quasi gloves, and my bike boots, my balaclava, and of course, my helmet..

argh.. can't believe I bothered with all of that extra gear.. made it a lot more difficult to move around in.. and when i wasn't moving, i was too hot, and as soon as i was moving, it was like 'normal' temperature when i just have my work jacket on..

[oldrider]

So why do you live where you do?
Gold coast is nice.

I am married to mrsO/rider and shes still hot enough to keep me here or I would over there! John.

[Gremlin]

because in mid summer I wear cordura with liners in it and a jumper and trousers underneath....

AND its not a joke.... even better, he stands at the stops in full gear, while we get jackets off as fast as possible...

On the days I do my labouring job on construction sites, it has been bloody cold in shorts, gumboots and cordura jacket, gloves etc. Couple of mornings me poor legs have been red with cold. Worst part is not being able to talk properly for a good 15 minutes, until my lower face gets some feeling to it. Might get a neck/lower face guard or something. At least my pipe is warm for a few minutes, just enough to get my hands back.

Normal uni commute or something, I have no issues at all. Jeans and jacket, maybe its liner, depending on weather. Just like summer, bar the different thickness of gloves.

[InDeSkyz]

Put the winter lining in my jacket, no jumper.
Still using summer gloves, means I can feel (well as far as I can for someone loosing feeling in their arm - meh).
Just brought some cheapo rain pants from the warehouse for my legs. Jeans were ok, but once it started raining hard (and maybe hail), I shivered like a cold car.

Although I can't ride the bike too much at the moment, work is at night and I haven't been bothered to update my licence. Fark getting fines

[Biohazard]

Dainese rocks.

Is that like Blackpool Rock then ??

[kevie]

umm dont wear cordura so dunno how to answer the silly poll

Me neither ... got good old fashioned real leather, not the warmest but I just throw on a couple extra layers when needed.

I start work 2pm so all good as far as warmth is... BUT .... downside of a good start time is a 1am finish and a 45km ride home ... can be chilly, in reallllllly cold winter I wear thin thermal gloves, my bike gloves over them and a pair of antarctic overmittens over them ....yeh im a woos LOL but a warm one!... keep thinking about them handlebar warmers ... never quite got there and bought them tho.
Thinking of getting a real job tho ... you know ... one of them 8-5 ones with evenings and weekends off..... I hear they also give you a social life too

[Wolf]

I wear what I normally wear in summer - lined cordura jacket and leggings, work clothes underneath, heavy gloves, motorbike boots. In winter I sometimes throw on some polyprop leggings and t-shirt under my clothes, and possibly a sweatshirt for extra warmth. If it really gets cold I wear a balaclava as well.

The last few mornings I've ridden to work in various frosts with the visor open - only doing 50km/h maximum. The visor's getting a trifle hard to see through so I normally keep it up so I can see.

By and large the lined Cordura is adequate to keep me nice and warm, it's my gloves that fail me - even though they're Thinsulate lined. My fingers generally freeze - more so than my face.

The current frosty weather is one of the reasons I wanted to get a new bike before the winter was over - so I could be fully kitted up in my warm riding gear and get to work in 5-10 minutes rather than trudging half an hour in the freezing cold wearing less warm clothing (so I can actually walk).

The thing I really want to do is get new jacket and pants with removable liners before summer so I can make my gear cooler when I want to. Riding around in summer with my heavy lined jacket is not so bad but waiting at traffic lights can literally be a killer.