I have a question that maybe one of the girls could help me with.
We live in Texas where cold weather is not a problem, but we're traveling tomorrow to chillly Rhode Island for the Cyclocross National Championships where there will be snow and it won't get over 35F degrees.
Last night I bought my daughter some Under Armor cold weather base layers and when we got her clothing together and tried everything one we encountered a problem.
When it's cold in her mountain bike races she just puts some Pearl Izumi tights on over her shorts. Most of the time she doesn't have to dismount in a MTB race because she's so light she floats over the muddy stuff and can climb what most people have to walk, so tights catching on her saddle while dismounting or mounting is not an issue.
In a CX race, however, because of the frequent dismounting and mounting we thought tights would be a potential problem (catching on the saddle while she dismounted or mounted the bike).
Because of that she planned to wear her base-layer leggings and then her shorts and leg-warmers over them but that's where the problem arose: the base-layer leggings have a seam running down the center. She had to wear panties to not be bothered by the seam but it was a little uncomfortable with them on under leggings and shorts.
Any other suggestions?
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http://irondad.blogspot.com/
We live in Texas where cold weather is not a problem, but we're traveling tomorrow to chillly Rhode Island for the Cyclocross National Championships where there will be snow and it won't get over 35F degrees.
Last night I bought my daughter some Under Armor cold weather base layers and when we got her clothing together and tried everything one we encountered a problem.
When it's cold in her mountain bike races she just puts some Pearl Izumi tights on over her shorts. Most of the time she doesn't have to dismount in a MTB race because she's so light she floats over the muddy stuff and can climb what most people have to walk, so tights catching on her saddle while dismounting or mounting is not an issue.
In a CX race, however, because of the frequent dismounting and mounting we thought tights would be a potential problem (catching on the saddle while she dismounted or mounted the bike).
Because of that she planned to wear her base-layer leggings and then her shorts and leg-warmers over them but that's where the problem arose: the base-layer leggings have a seam running down the center. She had to wear panties to not be bothered by the seam but it was a little uncomfortable with them on under leggings and shorts.
Any other suggestions?
___________________________________
http://irondad06.blogspot.com/
http://irondad.blogspot.com/