Roubaix season

gtvlusso
gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
edited October 2010 in Commuting chat
Alright, not Paris - Roubaix.....but certainly getting towards Roubaix bib tights now! Damn cold this morning!

Saw a few people in tee shirts and shorts, but I think over the distance I do, I would be asking for an injury due to the cold!

Anyone got any kit they would like to "big up" for the winter months?

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  • cee
    cee Posts: 4,553
    hang fire there chap....

    last week in november is when the warm stuff comes out....

    es practicamente la ley.....

    but when it does come....i love my gorecountdown gloves....they are awesome.
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    This week I've gone from lycra 3/4s to roubaix 3/4s to roubaix tights.

    Endura roubaix 3/4s = v nice.

    Assos full lengths = v v v nice. Like doughnut nice. Ummmmm. Doughnuts...
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Left knee is a bit clacky and crunchy when climbing stairs at the moment, so my roubaix bib tights came out yesterday. Mmmmm, toasty warm.
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Greg66 wrote:
    This week I've gone from lycra 3/4s to roubaix 3/4s to roubaix tights.

    Endura roubaix 3/4s = v nice.

    Assos full lengths = v v v nice. Like doughnut nice. Ummmmm. Doughnuts...

    You mean Assos girl nice? Or just Doughnuts nice?!
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    gtvlusso wrote:
    Greg66 wrote:
    This week I've gone from lycra 3/4s to roubaix 3/4s to roubaix tights.

    Endura roubaix 3/4s = v nice.

    Assos full lengths = v v v nice. Like doughnut nice. Ummmmm. Doughnuts...

    You mean Assos girl nice? Or just Doughnuts nice?!

    Ummmmmmm. Doughnuts and Assos girl. Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Not yet, still shorts and kneewarmers. Quads were cold last night though, may have been the reason for my epic lack of power.
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Full length came on this morning for the first time, but largely because my 3/4 length thermals weren't clean.

    The full finger gloves are likely to come on next week.
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    A mate in Helsinki said this morning that there's ice on the road already. Bugger. That.
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    I did go for the neoprene gloves over the Knog fingerless this morning.......
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    I'm on 3/4's now and long sleeves I'm also currently rocking my autumnal gloves.. full fingered but not super warm. It's been fecking chilly in the mornings this week, the wind and rain turned it down another notch this morning too
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Clever Pun wrote:
    I'm on 3/4's now and long sleeves I'm also currently rocking my autumnal gloves.. full fingered but not super warm. It's been fecking chilly in the mornings this week, the wind and rain turned it down another notch this morning too

    I didn't think you felt cold. I thought cold felt you.

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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Was about 7 degrees when I left this morning, so I was in shorts and a long-sleeve jersey, I arrived slightly too cold. Wednesday and Thursday were 4 degrees, so I tried my new NorthWave tights and was slightly too warm both times.

    It's the time of year I never manage to get it right. :roll:
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