keeping warm while riding

Hothouse

All the advice here is really sensible. If you layer up with the wrong gear, you will sweat excessively and get cold. But we are all different and you have to try different layers until you find what's right. Personally, i don't really head sweat and prefer to wear an under helmet cap until i warm up. Sometimes it stays on for the full ride, sometimes not. DHB base layers are cheap and excellent. I donlt like to pay over the top prices for anything, so shop around. Go outdoors is good for mega bargains from time to time. I got a Montane Velocity DT jacket from there for 49 quid (100 quid anywhere else). Look after your extremeties with thicker stuff (decent winter gloves, socks etc) and layer up with thinner gear on your top half. The thinner gear will easily fit in youur back jacket pocket or pack.

Frostys

Top = Trespass L/S base layer £12.50 + Karrimor cycling jacket £20 Sports World

Bottoms = Karrimor running leggings £12 Sports World + Endura Humvee shorts & liner

Tooties = Sealskinz Thermal socks £25 Evans (worth every penny) + sports socks underneath

Been snug as a bug and mostly riding at night when temps have dipped well below freezing, strange thing is still wearing my summer Endura gloves and hands have been nice and warm.

freeride-mike

Frostys wrote:

Bottoms = Karrimor running leggings £12 Sports World

sounds good will go have a look at them, cheers

funnely enough i never get cold hands either and i only wear my fox gloves (not exactly thick)

tvi_82

I did the same as you freeride-mike,

Sports direct for the following...

Long sleved Nike base layer - £14
Karrimor walking shoes - £16
Karrimor cycling jacket - £20
karrimor padded cycling leggings - £12

Decathlon...

cycling jersey - £5

weekendwonder

Just incase you folks are intrested, here are some links to clothing I've got:

http://www.mandmdirect.com/products-Nik ... NK9693.htm

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/p ... RE+PRO.htm

http://www.mandmdirect.com/products-Pum ... PU1679.htm

http://www.mandmdirect.com/products-Tre ... k_QW60.htm

http://www.mandmdirect.com/products-Nik ... NK9505.htm

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/protect-1 ... -13212676/

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/basic-tig ... -10208042/

http://www.sportsdirect.com/karrimor-su ... e=18002522

This mixed with clothes I already have.