Cold advice!

[yorkie_chris]

Neck tube, or one of those arab style towels are good in summer too. You won't think it's a good idea untill you catch a wasp with your neck.

also, handguards are excellent for keeping your hands warm and dry.

[TEC]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

....I'm sometimes cold when I stop, but my bonce doesn't have much insulation without a lid on.

And neither do your hands unless you leave your gloves on but you hit the nail on the head and this could be ljm2008's problem as well. No matter how warm you are when actually riding, most riders take their glove and lid off when standing about shooting the breeze, in a breeze hey presto all that warmth you had built up will be sucked away in seconds through your head/hands Simple solution, if wearing a neck tube, pull over head or put a hat on, cap beanie etc. Try and keep hands a little warmer by sticking them in a pair of thin gloves or in your pockets

[embee]

I was amazed at just how effective the forcefield back protector is at keeping you warm. Especially effective around the kidney area. If you can keep the core warm your body won't start to shut down circulation to the extremities, so hands stay warmer.

[yorkie_chris]

Yeah I stay a lot warmer with a backpack on... waist strap stops draft getting up my jacket.

[fastdruid]

Heated jacket and heated grips.

Best bits of kit I ever got for riding in winter. Cut down both the number of layers I was wearing (and so quicker to get kitted up) and meant I was actually warm rather than just gradually losing heat. I also found that just having the jacket on meant my hands didn't get as cold either.

Druid

[yorkie_chris]

Halvarrsons jacket here, heated grips and enduro handguards. Not tried it with the handguards on a long run yet, but seems pretty toasty so far.

Originally Posted by embee

I was amazed at just how effective the forcefield back protector is at keeping you warm.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Yeah I stay a lot warmer with a backpack on... waist strap stops draft getting up my jacket.

Keeping the core of your body warm is the main aim, you arms and legs will look after themselves.

Ooooh...heated grips sound lovely after my ride to work this morning! Borrowed a friend's gloves to try today because I was thinking of getting a pair, but they were too small for me and also I'm sure they must be summer gloves because my hands were in agony after only around 5 miles!

So added to the shopping list is a cosy neck tube and something to go over my head, new gloves, thermals and some thicker socks then we'll see how that goes

I think you might be right though about cooling down when I take my helmet and gloves off...never thought of it like that! To *maybe* discount the sweat thing, I change clothes as soon as I get home and then after 10 mins or so I start to get really cold... But will go shopping soon to get some bits and pieces and hopefully that'll help!

Laura
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Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Yeah I stay a lot warmer with a backpack on... waist strap stops draft getting up my jacket.

Does tucking your top in not help then (or whatever you happen to be wearing under your jacket) ? Or does the draft prevent it from staying tucked in?

Thermal gear highly recommended, I just got me some Peter Storm thermals, top and bottom, cheap built-in central heating

[Paul the 6th]

in a mother knows best scottish accent:

"if yer dun't get yer porridge, yer'll be cold all day"

aye, something nice like porridge and several t-shirts seems to work for me. If I wear a tshirt and a jumper it doesnt work as well as say 3 t-shirts