Most of you guys are either really tough, stupid, or too poor to buy clothes 
I wear arm and leg warmers until it hits the high 60’s. I have never understood why someone would choose to be even the least bit cold. Of all the crappy things we have to deal with while training, cold is the one thing we have almost complete and total control over.
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i think you might have meant to post this in the “cry like a little biatch” thread. come on, people. we sweat and feel slightly uncomfortable a lot in this sport. Bibs, something for your arms, a thin layer under your regular summer jersey (hell, one of those cheap under-armour knockoff full sleeves from Wal-Mart) and MAYBE some toe covers, and you’re good to go.
i think you might have meant to post this in the “cry like a little biatch” thread.
Show me where that thread is and I’ll post in it…I have many many other complaints to log.
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Most of you guys are either really tough, stupid, or too poor to buy clothes
I wear arm and leg warmers until it hits the high 60’s. I have never understood why someone would choose to be even the least bit cold. Of all the crappy things we have to deal with while training, cold is the one thing we have almost complete and total control over.
I don’t dress for when I get on the bike I dress for when I am working hard. I might be cold when I start but I warm up quickly and am very comfortable for the rest of the ride. When I ride in the 50s I wear bibs, jersey, knee warmers, arm warmers, and maybe a wind vest. If it is sunny and in the 50s normally the knee warmers and wind vest come off. I did a 4 hour ride last weekend in the 50s and I was never cold except for the first 10 minutes. But on the same ride another guy had on shoe covers full finger gloves, beanie, and long sleeve jersey over short sleeve jersey and he was comfortable. The key is to find what works for you.
…I would be hot in that outfit @ 32*!!
In all seriousness, wearing a cap under your helmet will go a long way to keeping you warmer with fewer clothes. I wear a skullcap anytime it drops under 60*…but I am also bald.
I completely agree, and while people’s natural body temp might affect this…fitness level probably does as well. A 50 degree day is nice in december, but if I’m riding lower watts I have to dress slightly warmer. When March is here and I’m spending half the ride at 300 watts, that’s a completely different story…anything on my head and I’m pouring sweat!
-Physiojoe
Long-sleeved jersey, jacket with removable sleeves (in case it gets colder, which it will in this part of the world), full finger gloves, shorts, leg warmers, socks, shoes. Everything here can be modified during the ride; I’d start out with the sleeves for the jacket in my pockets.
For a run, I’d wear shorts and long sleeves.
pearl izumi thermal knickers over my tri shorts, any t-shirt and a long sleeve thermal jersey (adidas is my current fav). if it’s a cold 50 i wear a light pair of full fingered gloves a cap under my helmet and toe covers, a warm 50 i switch to a light ls jersey or a long sleeve base layer under neath a regular road jersey. I tend to keep my knees covered until 60 degrees. i also have a wind vest that i’ll break out on the damp days in the upper 40’s …
Arm warmers, knee warmers, and full fingered gloves. If its raining I’ll throw on shoe covers, a hat, and a vest. I always wear a short sleeve or sleeveless base layer until the weather hits around 70 degrees or so.
In either case I’ll encourage everyone who thinks 40-50 degrees is cold to do a few outdoor rides in the winter. I think you’ll find that 40 degrees isn’t so bad when you have the gear to deal with 33 degrees and wet or 5 degrees and windy. Or give cross country skiing a try next winter, it’s great cross training and a mental break from your routine. In either case jump into a winter sport, it makes these cold spring days feel warmer.
I do readily confess to being a total wimp. And, I need to be fairly warm for those 1st 10 minutes or the trainer starts to call my name. Also, as others have pointed out, there is a huge difference in what “50 degrees” can mean. Right now, most of my rides are 50 at the start and 50 if not colder at the end with lots of wind and often spitting rain.
Sometime soon, “50” at the start of a ride will mean that it will be 65 by the time I finish with sunny skies and if not no wind then at least there will be leaves on the trees to cut it down a bit. I’ll be dressing a lot more manly when spring finally gets here
Base synthetic sleeveless (very thin)
Regular Cycling Jersey
Possibly long sleeve synthetic
Arm Warmers
Regular bike shorts
Long thick tights
Regular Synthetic socks
Gloves
Helmet
Sunglasses
Starting out it can be chilly, but once im up to speed its a very nice comfortable non wind catching setup.
Just re-surfacing this thread for a question.
Now that we are approaching fall, with several more weeks til IMFL, I am wondering about gloves.
I see many people list “full fingered gloves”, but what are some recommendations?
I am looking for a lightweight, thin pair for the fall mornings 50-60 degree rides.
Don’t plan on doing any outdoor winter riding
I have a pair of these from REI. They are more than adequate for 50-60 degrees (you might be able to get by with something a bit lighter even). These gloves are pretty generic so you can probably find something similar from several companies. I really wanted to try them on first so I ended up with these more because there is an REI store just down the road rather than as a result of some deep research. But I’m pretty happy with them.
http://www.rei.com/product/803637/novara-headwind-bike-gloves-mens
Temps were in the low 40s when I started out yesterday morning, I usually don’t wear gloves when riding so I just used a pair of running gloves. As to the original post, yesterday was short-sleeve thermal jersey under the bike jersey, arm warmers and light jacket. Only thing I wish I had grabbed was a light cycling cap for under the helmet during the first hour.
Check out the Mountain Bike section at your LBS. They will have a rack full of full finger gloves in different weights.
Pick one you like…
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