who has the best winter riding gear?
#12
I favor the Olympia textile gear. It's reasonable in price, high in quality, and very versatile. In my sig pic, I am wearing their AST 3/4 length jacket and overpants. Each comes with a zip-off quilted liner and is totally waterproof. I'll often match the jacket with my Gerbings heated jacket liner and Gore-Tex gloves and boots. No such thing as "too cold to ride" with the proper gear!
#17
With the Gerbing liner's I wont have to dress up like an eskimo, or santa clause either. I deserve to experience this kind of warm ridding. All of my ridding years I have rode till the shakes got to bad to go on. I really like the looks of the 3/4 length olympia. But I wonder if it gets crammed up in the back above the seat? Many thanks for the help.
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#20
I ride year-round including a 50 minute commute each way. My system is something like this:
Under 65-70deg: Jacket, light gloves
Under 50-55 deg: Leather Jacket, Chaps or Snow board pants, med gloves
Under 40 deg: above, with heavier gloves, snowboard pants, sweater or sweatshirt, full face helmet
Under 30 deg: above, but with gerbing heated gloves, baclava under full face helment
Under 20 deg: above, with long johns, gerbings heated socks.
I will probably get a jacket liner sooner or later, and would like to get boot inserts vs. the heated socks. I find the electrics are great, but a bit of a hassle as far as getting wired up. I avoid the hassle if I can stay comfortable.
Under 65-70deg: Jacket, light gloves
Under 50-55 deg: Leather Jacket, Chaps or Snow board pants, med gloves
Under 40 deg: above, with heavier gloves, snowboard pants, sweater or sweatshirt, full face helmet
Under 30 deg: above, but with gerbing heated gloves, baclava under full face helment
Under 20 deg: above, with long johns, gerbings heated socks.
I will probably get a jacket liner sooner or later, and would like to get boot inserts vs. the heated socks. I find the electrics are great, but a bit of a hassle as far as getting wired up. I avoid the hassle if I can stay comfortable.