Winter gear- keeping warm

[Lone-Ranger]

Hi Everybody

 

This is my 1st winter doing MTB. Any gear suggestions for keeping ears and hands warm? I only start riding 7 or 8 o'clock in the morning over weekends, so don't think I need and winter body gear, this is SA we don't really have cold winters like other countries, but can be wrong....

Edited April 30, 2014 by Lone-Ranger

[fanievb]

https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/138748-winter-is-fast-approaching/

https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/138594-training-in-the-cold-health-issues/

[Lone-Ranger]

Found this article on web http://www.bicycling.co.za/bikes-gear/bikes-advice-opinion/winter-cycling-gear/

[jcza]

Get arm warmers and full finger gloves and you're sorted.

[rouxtjie]

Get arm warmers and full finger gloves and you're sorted.

What he said....remember once its nice and balmy those sealskinz triple layer goosedown gloves become HOT...

[ChUkKy]

My winter gear is my watch, when it hits 7:30 ill ride

 

if its before 7:30, I do not ride

[GLuvsMtb]

best bit of kit I bought for winter riding:

http://www.sealskinz.co.za/ the mid length thin socks.

 

other essential items:

full finger gloves

arm warmers

wind jammer (if you can get one with detachable sleeves its a bonus)

buff (versitile, you can cover everything from your neck to your whole head, your ears only or neck only depending on weather conditions, also good for keeping dust out of your lungs on big stage races with mass starts)

[Brandon P]

2 x Buffs (one under helmet and one as a scarf covering jaw) - They work superb

 

A sheet of newspaper shielding your chest under the cycle top - Can bin it when things get warmer or it folds up tiny.

Newspaper works well to keep the toes warm too (inside shoe) if you don't have those neoprene toecap covers.

 

Arm warmers

 

Thin Fleece gloves from Cape Union Mart - Washable, breathable, cheaper & more suitable for our climate than most imported cycle gloves.

 

Look after the knees (knee warmers) - They may not feel the cold as much but the joints don't like the cold.

[Lone-Ranger]

Ja that is what I am thinking don't want to wear to much and to thick gear, your body gets warm very quickly and after 8 its starts warming up a lot. The weekend I was doing Groenkloof at 7 and only my hands and ears were burning.....

Edited April 30, 2014 by Lone-Ranger

[Super Sywurm]

Hi Everybody

 

This is my 1st winter doing MTB. Any gear suggestions for keeping ears and hands warm? I only start riding 7 or 8 o'clock in the morning over weekends, so don't think I need and winter body gear, this is SA we don't really have cold winters like other countries, but can be wrong....

 

I use long fox gloves for the fingers, a buff for the ears and face. For the body, I bought a long t-shirt at Mr Price and i wear it under my cycling shirt. And for those really, really cold days, I have a First Accent jacket for the wind. I don't use anything for my legs (normal socks and shorts).

[Super Sywurm]

 

A sheet of newspaper shielding your chest under the cycle top - Can bin it when things get warmer or it folds up tiny.

Newspaper works well to keep the toes warm too (inside shoe) if you don't have those neoprene toecap covers.

 

 

I like the newspaper idea for the toes!!!

[Gen]

I got myself those vest thingies at mr price sport.. you know those like the rugby players wear for underneath my shirt . Wore it the other Day.. def kept the chill out.. but of course it's not that cold yet. I also wear think tight leggings over my cycling shorts in winter.