Fred, 40 and dry, easy. 40 and wet, challenging. It’s all about moisture management. In Colorado, when we have thunderstorms in spring, summer, and fall, temps easly are in the 40’s or 50’s with high humidity (90+%).
The key to either begins with the baselayer. Fishnet longjohns. https://www.brynjeusa.com Depending on how warmblooded you are, on a dry day you may only need a thin shirt over that (I wear a medium weight cotton flannel shirt over mind for freezing up to 50’s.) No other layer required. When wet, you have a choice. Dither and play with the synthetics trying to make them work and spending a lot discovering they do not, or pony up once for Ventile and/or Cotton Anlalogy from Hilltrek and be done with it. http://hilltrek.co.uk When wind or wet or both get added to the mix, it’s spot on what to wear as your outer layer. Breathes almost like a t-shirt, keeps wet out, so you get wet neither from your sweat nor from rain/sleet/snow. Gloves, get the boiled wool gloves from here: https://www.sweaterchalet.com/dachstein-woolwear-boiled-wool-sweaters-mitts-socks-caps-gloves/ and you’ll be fine down to 25 or so. They have a leather palmed one if you like. I just wear their mitten, no leather palm. Works great (15˚F on today’s ride, no overmit needed). Also, their 3-ply hat is brilliant for those conditions (4-ply is overkill by far). Socks too, but you may need larger shoes or you’ll just cut off your blood supply to your feet and be VERY cold and think the socks don’t work.) Or the hood on the jacket may be all you need. Not light weight, but if you have to stop riding unexpectadly, you’ll be comfortable and warm. Play with the layering, how heavy an insulative layer (I switch to a sweater below 20˚F) and when to wear/not wear your ventile shell and you’re golden and toasty. With abandon, Patrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
