Have you tried moleskin pants (Orvis) or perhaps, less expensively, Duluth's firehose pants? Also, try long johns under your jeans or these. Think in layers. Base layer, insulation layer, wind and water proof layer, in any combination. If 40 is a cold as you're getting, you'll be fine with any "normal" clothing in those combinations. 40 means if it precipitates, things will be very wet and cold. That is a tough combination to manage, so unless you are interested in going ventile (Hilltrek) just find a good waterproof /supposedly breathable jacket and ventilate it well as needed when riding.
Cold weather riding is slower, required changes to match the conditions of wether and the ride itself (I have to really bundle up before descending the pass back home.) You mention pants are the most important thing. My breeches are the last thing to get fortified with additional layers. Managing layers at my core and extremities is far more critical for me. But that may just be me. Experience is an excellent teacher. Try different combinations, ask questions here. You may feel like you've enough stuff on a simple day ride for an S24O -- that's a good thing. Better to have too much and not need it than too little and desperately want it. With abandon, Patrick On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 10:42:19 PM UTC-7, Ash A wrote: > > This's my first season riding around in winter. When it gets down to 40, I > feel like my jeans and shoes aren't sufficient for a comfortable ride > (typically an hour or so). > > I do not like to wear biking cloths that I see in bike shops. May be they > are ok if I'm heading straight back home after the ride. They don't feel > are suitable for riding to a restaurant for dinner. > > Looking for recommendations for pants (most important), shoes and > shirts/jackets that look like casual wear, but provide sufficient wind/cold > protection while riding. Thank you! > -- 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.
