Anne, I live and ride very near to the ride I suspect you are speeking of, Ventura, and wish I was going, but time, prior commitments etc....Wish the ride were Sunday
I would do it with the ibex knickers, thin wool top, heavy wool top and my Patagonia Houdini. If the rain really does show up I have a heavier rain jacket. Last year I rode fo rhours in all manner of wet and finally decided that the knickers alone were best on the bottom, maybe an extra pair of tights if it was in the 30's. The wool can work some seriois magic in our micro-climates. Just on my rides up to the mountains form the coast it can go 45 - 30 - 65 in an hour and a half. I rock the knickers in everything below 65 now that is for sport and not errands. The Wool up top with a windbreaker layer can keep one toasty into the 30's with gloves and a hat. I know everybody is different, just what works fo rme. I am thinking about making a set of booties for this winter, help wiht pushing the sandal envelope. Rob - http://oceanaircycles.com/ On Nov 11, 11:30 am, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > Esteban, you live in Southern California where there's not much > weather, but does your plan even work for all the other randonneurs in > your area, let alone places with more extreme weather? > > Today, it's raining in LA, the high is supposed to be 70, the low 50. > Presumably a 200K is going to include some hills, and we can assume > that the weather 2000 feet above LA will be somewhat colder and > windier than the weather in the valley. What single outfit will work > all day today? I don't know about you, but no outfit however woolly > is going to work for me both at 70 degrees in the sunshine, and at 45 > degrees descending in the rain. For me, if it's 45 degrees and raining > I need to put on more than just a rain jacket at the top of the > descent. A wool hat and rainpants are coming out of the bag at that > point, plus the booties if I haven't already put them on. > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Here's what I would bring: very little. Wear wool and you won't need > > layers. > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > My hovercraft is full of eels -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
