As a cold weather cyclist in Maine in the 80's, with Minnesota and the Appalachian mountains more recently, I'll add to the OP's revelation regarding neoprene that a set of neoprene pogies (or bar mitts) on the outside, coupled with wool gloves on the inside, gets me through everything from 40 degrees and rainy, to -20 and breezy. I simply match the thickness/warmth of the inner wool gloves or mitts to the conditions, and if it's 50 with wind and rain, just pogies alone will keep my paws warm and toasty. I've experimented with all manner of thick and clumsy arctic military mitts (compliments of my time spent in Uncle Sam's Navy) to boiled wool mitts (compliments of my time spent on a Maine "lobsta boat") and found an outer layer neoprene pogie supplemented with the aforementioned woolies underneath provide the greatest comfort & flexibility for a range of temps and conditions while on my ride.
Al - VA On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 6:54:45 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > This by the way, but here in usually very dry ABQ, NM it has been raining > off and on for a few days and the humidity during my afternoon ride was > over 70% which mean that 45*F + wind felt much colder than at 35%. But a > wool jersey + a wool + nylon cycling jacket kept me over-warm (those wool + > nylon panel jackets are very warm indeed, I find). > > Usually at 45* I can get by with a very thinly lined cycling shell over > said jersey and may have to open the pit zips. > > Over and out. > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 1:33 PM Toshi Takeuchi <tto...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That is a great idea. The rain/air would exchange heat far less than the >> ocean, so I would imagine that even if you are wet underneath that you >> would remain quite toasty. >> >> Toshi >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 8:32 PM Jason Fuller <jtf.f...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> That's interesting, I might give some a shot this spring. I get the >>> feeling that much colder than low 40's would be too cold for most Neoprene >>> options but I don't really know. Usually when it's 45+F I am pretty happy >>> with wool and a shell that's at least waterproof enough to keep the >>> majority of water out - not much ends up being truly waterproof in those >>> conditions. I can certainly believe that the water-going folks are onto >>> something though. >>> >>> On Friday, 17 March 2023 at 07:39:34 UTC-7 Jim S. wrote: >>> >>>> Folks on this board might already have this information, but it was a >>>> revelation to me. >>>> >>>> It was 48 and heavily raining on, Tuesday I think, riding from Goleta >>>> to Oxnard, CA. We (my son and I) were uncomfortably cold, with many miles >>>> to go. >>>> >>>> We came upon a surfing shop. I know nothing about surfing or scuba, but >>>> I bought the socks, gloves, and a hat that surfers wear with their >>>> wetsuits. Wow, what a game changer. We were instantly comfortable. For >>>> heavy rain in cold weather, neoprene is great for cycling. >>>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2a914a44-47f6-4a21-945b-21fa656275can%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2a914a44-47f6-4a21-945b-21fa656275can%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAGB59xwyDyj_nUEM7wL-Ak-ttFfYmq8AGgnBFUx0YcSMfyyysQ%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAGB59xwyDyj_nUEM7wL-Ak-ttFfYmq8AGgnBFUx0YcSMfyyysQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e1692d4f-3551-440a-802d-b14d3984d2d4n%40googlegroups.com.
