Rode today at 36F. Thick wool socks inside light leather keens. Feet were fine. It rarely gets below 20F here. Below 30, I add booties over the shoes. Wooly warm tights are excellent, and they won't roast you if temps rise during the ride. Best way to get warm fast is climb a hill, of course.
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Liesl <li...@smm.org> wrote: > On Nov 11, 3:09 pm, robert zeidler <zeidler.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ...and what's everybody doing to get some heat in their legs? I find > > this, even with some embro, to be a real problem below 40 deg. > > in 10 to 35 degrees, I consistently wear medium weight wool long johns > (like others, Smartwool, Ibex, Icebreaker whatever), wool boxer briefs > (yes, the boys' work just fine, ladies; just bump up a size as the > butts are too small), thermohair sox, and then a pair of longish > baggie cargo shorts, and Steger Mukluks. This combo really helps > regulate--warm enough but not over-heating. I think feet are really > key and can't recommend stagers enough (and no, I don't work for them; > just use 'em) > > liesl > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
