cold riding sugg?
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RE: cold riding sugg?
If you want an awesone pair of overpants you can wear year round, check out the FirstGear HT Overpants 2.0. I love mine.
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RE: cold riding sugg?
I hate to think about cold, but it is coming.
Several posters have spoke of bundling up and not being cold. That indeed does work. You will not be cold. Buy the electric clothes, and you will be WARM. There is a big difference between not cold, and being warm! Also with the electric stuff you don't move around like the Pilsbury dough boy from all the layers of thick clothes. I will commute my 40 miles in the Winter down to 30 degrees. I could go colder, but I own a car!
Several posters have spoke of bundling up and not being cold. That indeed does work. You will not be cold. Buy the electric clothes, and you will be WARM. There is a big difference between not cold, and being warm! Also with the electric stuff you don't move around like the Pilsbury dough boy from all the layers of thick clothes. I will commute my 40 miles in the Winter down to 30 degrees. I could go colder, but I own a car!
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RE: cold riding sugg?
First, keep the wind off you. Lowers are key, soft or hard. Next, layers, leather overpants, fleece pants under that then jeans, remove as neccessary. Leather Jacket/liner with fleece vest, thermal top, tshirt. Big guntlet gloves from HD. Thats all I ever used and I never used electric stuff, would have liked to but didn't have the budget. I road three years in Europe, it always seemed to be 35 degrees in drizzle. If it was raining, raingear on, one layer off, no problem. Oh, not popular, but full face helmet made the difference between staying warm at 65 mph or having to slow to 50 and still being cold in 30 minutes.
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RE: cold riding sugg?
So I have a complete set of the Gerbing gear, jacket liner/pants, gloves and socks. I started with the jacket and gloves and thermostat controller and then added the pants and socks the next year. So I maybe have $500 into it all.
The way I look at it, I bought it in 2001. It adds at least 45 to 60 days of total comfort riding to the fron tand back of my riding season.. March to December, here in Massachusetts. So that's a solid 3 months (at least) across 6 years, so a total of 18 months of total comfort riding, divided by 18 and I get a cost of $28 a month, or about a buck a day. I'll take it!!
Speaking of which, who sells the best lowers for my EGC. I've seen them in canvas or leather, where can I get them? What is the "in the know thinking" of the best ones?
The way I look at it, I bought it in 2001. It adds at least 45 to 60 days of total comfort riding to the fron tand back of my riding season.. March to December, here in Massachusetts. So that's a solid 3 months (at least) across 6 years, so a total of 18 months of total comfort riding, divided by 18 and I get a cost of $28 a month, or about a buck a day. I'll take it!!
Speaking of which, who sells the best lowers for my EGC. I've seen them in canvas or leather, where can I get them? What is the "in the know thinking" of the best ones?
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RE: cold riding sugg?
Friends of mine bought heated liners, and bragged that all they had to wear over them to keep warmwere their lightweight Gold Wing jackets.
Then we went to a rallye, temps were in the high 30's low 40's, and they froze walking around, because they didn't pack any other warm clothes. Those of us that dressed in layers were comfortable all weekend.
Buy ski items in the spring when they are on sale. The gloves are great, as they are waterproof and fingers are preformed into the positon to hold grips. The "miracle" underwear that wicks moisture that you see advertised in snowmobile stores also goes on sale in the spring, and really works, and is very lightweight. A lightweight turtleneck sweater is great--unroll the turtleneck and put your helmet on over the top. Lined jeans, with leather pants over the top (not chaps, which leave your crotch in the cold!) work great as well down into the high 30's.
My knees, however, get cold on the Ultra. The wind comes through between the batwing and the lowers. Any ideas on keeping knees warm?
Then we went to a rallye, temps were in the high 30's low 40's, and they froze walking around, because they didn't pack any other warm clothes. Those of us that dressed in layers were comfortable all weekend.
Buy ski items in the spring when they are on sale. The gloves are great, as they are waterproof and fingers are preformed into the positon to hold grips. The "miracle" underwear that wicks moisture that you see advertised in snowmobile stores also goes on sale in the spring, and really works, and is very lightweight. A lightweight turtleneck sweater is great--unroll the turtleneck and put your helmet on over the top. Lined jeans, with leather pants over the top (not chaps, which leave your crotch in the cold!) work great as well down into the high 30's.
My knees, however, get cold on the Ultra. The wind comes through between the batwing and the lowers. Any ideas on keeping knees warm?
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RE: cold riding sugg?
ORIGINAL: larry5h
I use Under Armor and flannel lined jeans, works down in the 20's.
I use Under Armor and flannel lined jeans, works down in the 20's.
On top....Under armor, a turtle neck shirt and a good lined leather jacket. A Balaclava is nearly a MUST, along with either heated gloves, or heated grips.
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RE: cold riding sugg?
ORIGINAL: poppa cooter
do you have outer wearing pants or inner waring, im curious about the warmth on the outer wearing pants,seem easier to put on after i get off of work?
do you have outer wearing pants or inner waring, im curious about the warmth on the outer wearing pants,seem easier to put on after i get off of work?
You can find these jeans in most hunting stores.
Best thing about the Ultra is being able to pack cold weather gear for when you need it!