My wife asked me if I wanted to use the car today. My response: "You know full well I can go out in 15 below and not notice how cold it is! Ask me again when it gets under 25 below".
My gear today: o Full face balaclava ( outdoor research, fixed nose/chin cover - I have another one a that I can use with the chin/nose cover pulled down, but when it gets this cold, the fixed cover works much better). o Cheap set of clear ski goggles I got at menards. Zero fog problems! when I have the goggles and balaclava on, I have zero exposed skin o Pants: lycra/spandex bike pants under regular jeans. o gloves: cheap worker's gloves I bought at menards. By far the warmest gloves I have ever owned, even compared to the pricey/exotic gloves I tried from bike shops. I have 2 sets of cotton inner-gloves I wear when it starts getting well below zero, but not today. o jacket: north face gortex outer shell with an REI goose down liner zipped in. o shoes: regular old cross-trainers and tube socks. If I was going longer distances, I'd opt to use my winter boots with regular tube socks and a pair of wool hiking socks. o tires: my newest acquisition - a pair of Nokians on my winter mountain bike. These work great! My only concern is that I developed some amazing slide-correcting reflexes in my legs during last year's epic winter and I can tell the amazing grip and forgiving slide characteristics of the new tires are going to destroy those reflexes. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Reusable hand warmers > From: "Dave Minden" <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, January 13, 2009 4:13 pm > To: "'India Rose Viola'" <[email protected]>, "'Mark Clear'" > <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Outdoor Research makes a balaclava with removable chin cover and nose cover. > Totally windproof with cozy fleece liner, fits under helmet, very little > skin exposed. Costs a little more, but these are the days where your money > pays off.. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of India Rose Viola > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 3:11 PM > To: Mark Clear > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Reusable hand warmers > For what it is worth, windproof gear works wonders. And for the nose I wear > a fleece headband around my face between my goggles and my scarf/balaclava > so that the tip of my nose is covered. > -india > *********************** > India Viola > Stretton Lab > Zoology Research Bldg. > 1117 W. Johnson St. > Madison, WI 53706 > 608.262.3336 > *********************** > "How can we learn from our mistakes if we don't first acknowledge them?" > -Anonymous > "We exist in the bacterial world, not bacteria in ours" -Stuart Levy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark Clear <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 3:08 pm > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Reusable hand warmers > To: [email protected] > > My conscience requires me to disclose that I am actually too much of a > > > > wimp to ride today until someone invents a heated face warmer and nose > > cozy. > > > > Mark Clear, resisting the urge to google "heated face warmer" > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bikies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
