For many years I have had a 15 mile (each way) commute, year round, wet or dry, cold or hot. Winter tips: reflectors can be as effective as lights. You can never have too many reflectors on rider and bike. Lights rule. I have a SON dyno hub powering front and rear lights. You can get a $35.00 marine emergency strobe that outperforms any bike specific strobe. I have one facing rearward - a rear white light may not be legal, but it's effective. Cold: Start off cold and you'll warm up soon. My hands and feet are hardest to keep warm. If your pedals permit, sandals work really well because there is plenty of room for layers of wool socks. You can also get waterproof socks at REI. Otherwise, as many layers of wool socks as you can get into your shoe. Heavy non-cycling winter gloves work best for me. And if you're a guy, a square of material tucked into the front your shorts can prevent painful frost bite. For rain I use and old Carradice rain poncho - I'm waiting not-so-patiently for the new Riv rain jacket. Keep the rubber side down!
On Monday, November 11, 2013 11:24:33 PM UTC-5, Michael wrote: > > Just curious. > > My commute may get longer soon. > I had been doing partial commutes of 5.6 miles from a park-n-ride, but > would like to work up to the full 16 mile one-way commute one day. > A change in my family's work schedule (3 of us with two cars) may > necessitate this sometimes. > > Any Riv-peeps' cold weather tips? Gets down into the 20's here in the > winter. > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
