Arm warmers or long sleeved jersey

isimba
isimba Posts: 44
edited November 2012 in Road general
I am currently out in Iraq on business and looking forward to getting home and having a good old ride. I will have been out here for a month but the time I get back next week. I have been told Devon it getting cold now.

Anyway my question is I have a summer jersey and a base layer. If I buy some arm warmers will that suffice for the winter for now or should I just go the whole hog and get a new winter jersey?

Its not the money I am just worried about getting to hot in a long sleeved jersey.

Also any good places to get stylish get non team jerseys?

Thanks!

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  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    It depends. It might be 10 or 12 degrees when you get back, in which case you'de be okay with your jersey + arm warmers (thermal roubaix type) + a gilet, but it could be <5 degrees in which case you'd probably want something warmer. If you get a jersey then one that's windproof on the front works best IMO.
    More problems but still living....
  • moscowflyer
    moscowflyer Posts: 540
    It's a funny time at the moment, sometimes I head out in long sleeves and sweat ridiculously within a few miles, but other times it's colder than it seems and I don't wear enough. I''ve just gone and bought some arm warmers and gilet so I have the choice, certainly it'll be mainly long sleeves from December onwards though.
  • isimba
    isimba Posts: 44
    If its long sleeve from Dec onwards I might as well just bite the bullet and get a long sleeved jersey then.

    SO anyway to look out for apart from windproof front?
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Once we hit the cool weather its jackets for me. I see jerseys more as a spring and autumn wear. Two weeks ago it was 3 degrees up here and it was jacket, long sleeve under and then a base layer. I'd rather have to unzip a jacket to cool down rather than freeze on a long ride.
  • southdownswolf
    southdownswolf Posts: 1,525
    Arm warmers for me, with a lightweight jacket stuffed into a back pocket in case it gets cold.
    http://www.stuartmole.co.uk/
  • Fursty Ferret
    Fursty Ferret Posts: 189
    Do what I did. Buy a windstopper long sleeve jacket with removable long sleeves. Works a treat. Gore do a very nice one.
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Gore Phantom?
  • racingcondor
    racingcondor Posts: 1,434
    Short sleeves and arm warmers is much more flexible so I tend to just ride in that down to about 3C. I don't seem to require that much protection though most of the time (and carry a small rain jacket in my jersey pocket for if I get it wrong or stop for any length of time).
  • Paul E
    Paul E Posts: 2,052
    My favourite bit of kit at the moment is a long sleeve thermo jersey with windstopper front panels.

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