How cold was your ride this morning??
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No car = no choice.
Yes, I live in Texas, but we are in some sort of cold funk right now. It was around 34 when I left for work today at 1pm, and around 36 coming home at 11pm. "Feels like" was a few degrees less each time.
Thing to dress for isn't the ambient temperature, but the actual temperature your body feels at speed. I read an article once that said at 30mph you subtract 12 degrees from the actual temperature and another 2 degrees per 10mph after that. Meaning at 70mph you are experiencing temperatures about 20 degrees colder than the standing air temperature.
Not sure how accurate that is, but seems close enough to me. Oh, I've also found that layers of useless clothes do nothing but bulk you up and you end up nothing more than cold and funny looking. I personally wear one of those "freeze out" jackets (super thin under-layer) from Cycle Gear under my leather jacket, non-heated thermal lined gloves, textile over pants at 35 and below, and my FXRG-3 boots (awesome boots, btw), as well as a Freeze Out balaclava and I'm usually good to go. Very few layers, I don't look like Randy from A Christmas Story, and I stay warm because the gear is designed for it.
Yes, I live in Texas, but we are in some sort of cold funk right now. It was around 34 when I left for work today at 1pm, and around 36 coming home at 11pm. "Feels like" was a few degrees less each time.
Thing to dress for isn't the ambient temperature, but the actual temperature your body feels at speed. I read an article once that said at 30mph you subtract 12 degrees from the actual temperature and another 2 degrees per 10mph after that. Meaning at 70mph you are experiencing temperatures about 20 degrees colder than the standing air temperature.
Not sure how accurate that is, but seems close enough to me. Oh, I've also found that layers of useless clothes do nothing but bulk you up and you end up nothing more than cold and funny looking. I personally wear one of those "freeze out" jackets (super thin under-layer) from Cycle Gear under my leather jacket, non-heated thermal lined gloves, textile over pants at 35 and below, and my FXRG-3 boots (awesome boots, btw), as well as a Freeze Out balaclava and I'm usually good to go. Very few layers, I don't look like Randy from A Christmas Story, and I stay warm because the gear is designed for it.