No problem riding in +4 degrees and warmer at any speed for up to 8 hours like last Saturday up north with (any colder and there might be frost on the roads, mainhole covers and drainage covers... = crashing = stay indoors or go offroad riding):
- full face helmet + I find wearing the soft foam ear plugs makes me feel warmer
- Joe Rocket thinsulate, waterproof gloves with gel pad in palm, with a medium length gauntlet which I wish was about an inch longer, vecros on gloves help to seal the air out/in
- boxer shorts, then longjohn bottoms, & lined blue jeans (Carhart from Marks Workwear).
- Technic high sport/race boots, waterproof, no vents or perforations. My feet have never even been chilly with one pair of regular thick but tallish socks. Pants go over the boots to keep the wind out and heat in
- long sleeve tee shirt, then a heated vest (+Venture, draws 48 watts on highest temperature, even a sportbike can handle this, full heat within 3 seconds) with heated collar
and 4 position temperature controller, then snug tee shirt to help hold the vest snugly against my upper body and for added chest wind protection, then a black leather jacket with a collar and that has a liner with sleeves. Black is much warmer when the sun is out. Not one of those leather jackets with the clothe on the sleeves. All leather works much better I have found than say a Joe Rocket with the clothe on the front of the sleeves. We ride in Canada not Arizona. Added warmth comes from the jackets with the back, shoulder and elbow padding as it is like foam insulation as is common on sport jackets.
No need for the neck dickies....because the heated vest's collar seals the neck area when combined with a jacket with a collar that snaps or velcros closed at the neck.
- full tank of gas! Go ride.
