Anyone use Freeze Out gear for base layers? If so, how do you like it? I'm thinking about getting the top, bottoms, glove and boot liners, and either the balaclava, facemask with neck warmer, or just the neck warmer. I'm contemplating getting just the glove liners and see if they really are warm and windproof before buying all the other stuff. Cycle Gear has a great sale on this stuff at the moment. Is it worth it and work as advertised??

 

I got the whole set last winter. I'm not certain, but I believe they have the same sale on the stuff every year, so if you miss it this time, grit your teeth for the rest of the season and wait for next year's discount.

As for how well it works, I don't have any huge complaints. It won't get you to the South Pole, but it's fairly comfortable and it'll extend your comfortable riding range. It was worth the price, to me. Bear in mind this opinion's based on riding a Sporty with no windshield. My experience has been that without anything actively generating heat, the cold will get through eventually, depending on how fast you're going and how long you're riding. The FreezeOut gear does a good job at extending the amount of time that takes, though. Typically I'd wear the undershirt, long johns, glove liners, and wool socks under a flannel, jeans, and the boot liners. Over that I'd put a hoodie, jacket, gauntlets, boots, and depending on how far I was going, a pair of chaps. That set-up would typically get me a couple hundred miles in the 50s, 60 to a hundred miles in the 40s, 30-40 miles in the 30s, and below that, I'll put heated liners on top of the baselayer.

No matter what I wear, my fingers are always the first to go. If you get the glove liners, be sure that they don't stuff your gloves so much that circulation in your hand is restricted, or they'll just freeze faster. And don't do what I did and try to make the facemask fit into a full-face helmet.

If you do just try the glove liners first, keep in mind that the undershirt and long johns feel a lot softer than the glove liners do, when you're deciding whether to complete the set. Hope this helps.

 

For the price I paid . . . no complaints. Feels a little cheap, like it wont last a long, long time, but a) it was CHEAP, and b) based on how often I will actually wear, it, it will last several years for me.

 

I've never heard of this company/product but it looks like something I need. I was out yesterday in 51° and my fingers were cold, even with leather gloves and fleece liners. I guess my blood thinner medicine is working overtime. I'll be looking into this.

 

Man, I'm getting ready to ride over to their store and check things out. It is 46 with a wind chill of 39. One of the things I like about this stuff, it is supposed to be windproof. That is half the battle, and finding windproof gear is tough, and sometimes pretty expensive.

 

I've got tops and bottoms.They have wind blocking material In some spots that help a lot.they're comfortable too.No complaints. I buy bags of chemical hand warmers at Walmart and shove them in my gloves.They add about 10* of comfort.

 

Want to stay warm?
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I did an escort ride last Saturday in 37° wet weather. I wore a pair of waterproof and wind proof gloves and had heated grips. My hands stayed toasty the whole trip. My buddy had a pair of thick leather gloves and freeze out liners. When we arrived at our destination, he said "I have got to get some warmer gloves."




BTW He also has an Ultra with heated grips...The gloves with those liners wouldn't keep his hands warm.

 

The top has some wind blocking but for me it seems to me that it is missing that material right where the arms and shoulders meet. I do wear it and it works but would work better with the shoulder and arm joint covered in the wind blocking material.

 

I got the top and bottom set last month as an early Christmas present from my wife because I ride all winter.

She got them from Road Gear. I have been out in the teens several times with them on about three hour rides. They did a great job. The thermal areas really hold heat from the body. When I presses my knees into the tank I could feel them getting warmer. With other types that I have they would just get colder from the cold tank.

I must take them off right away if I return and am going to work in the garage. Gets too warm fast in them.