Long Cold Ride (any tips)
 

Hello All.
I have to ride back to Newcastle tomorrow form Wales :?
Its going to be cold and I was wondering if anyone has any tip for keeping warm.

One suggestion is:

Get a train :lol:

what out if you do use the shopping bags, your feet will sweet like buggery, and by the time you get home, will be filled with sweet :(

Edit: stupid me :oops: read the post wrong thought you where going to use the bags on your feet,

going to climb back under my rock now :oops:

Have you got heated grips? If you've got time, it might well be worth getting them, they are a life saver.

I'm not sure about tesco bags, but you could try masking tape or something around the levers as they really do chill your hands.

If you don't already, you could try a neck tube or a balaclarva, they really help. Layers of clothing really help too.

Take regular breaks, I find my concentration wanders pretty quickly when really cold, and the colder you get, the slower your reactions too.

HTH

Put news papers on your chest.

Get a goldwing.

Heated grips or some kind of wind protection on the handlebars, used to use the handle bar gloves on my old gpz on long winter trips, did a good job...

failing that, stop to warm your hands fairly often

use a van :roll:

keep relaxed and try to keep your concentration

some of those silly stretch gloves under your riding gloves might help

maybe a jumper under your jaket

tracksuit pants under your pants

i flask of hot tea :lol:

Stop regularly, take a flask of soup with you, wear a scarf around you waist to keep your lower back warm.

I don't have heated grips :-( Just some new hopefully warm gloves.

if i was at home tomorrow i'd say pop to mine for a brew :wink:

i'd definitely recommend hot hands from oxford, although i do still find that the tips of my fingers gets cold. wear many thin pairs of sock rather than one thick pair and if the cold starts to annoy you then stop and warm up as you will soon have your mind elsewhere and that's a bad place to be.