It's official

gn2 · Post by **gn2** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 6:51 pm

Winter is here and that's an official fact.
Last night it was just above freezing on the way home so today I wimped out and put the thermal liners back in my riding suit.

Then the temperature shot up to 1.4°C for my ride home tonight.
Toasty.

Taz · Post by **Taz** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:46 pm

We are opposite, 34 degrees C at moment. I got a new air mesh jacket with holes in it. Looking forward to a twilight sail in a couple of hours as cooler on the water!

WhiteNoise · Post by **WhiteNoise** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:40 pm

It may be fall here but it's Not when the temp has dropped to 28 degrees F last week! The aftermath of "Perfect Storm Sandy" has been enough to deal with, now the ice age cometh!

Gear up warm, layer those clothes folks!
(I'll be burning marshmallows, drinkin' hot chocolate, cruising the forum and texting Santa

he's next on the agenda

uploader · Post by **uploader** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 5:22 am

Its not winter in the uk till December 21, god knows how bad its going to be then

Cracksta · Post by **Cracksta** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 5:54 am

i think its going to very bad in the UK this year.

Today is the first time there was frost on my car and the whole neighbourhood.

also my usual ride to work today, my fingers were frozen and started hurting, need to decide if i should get new gloves, heated grips or bar muffs

Trawlerman · Post by **Trawlerman** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 6:24 am

Took the bike out for a short run yesterday ~25 miles. It was down to about three degrees here and my hands were frozen when I set off. I went for a run down to the riverside.

Was testing my new heated gloves. Gerbing G3's and was proper toasty, infact for the return leg of the journey I had to drop the power down to thema little as they were too warm. So a big thumbs up from me

gse123 · Post by **gse123** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 6:27 am

I went to a friends house last night at 7.00pm. Was inside his house for about an hour having a coffee and a quick catchup, and went back outside to be greeted with a thick layer of ice on the pcx seat, that I had to scrape off with my glove!

My fingers were so cold on the way back, I thought thtat I need to invest in some warmer gloves as an absolute priority, as my fingers were getting so numb I was struggling with finger dexterity (i.e. I accidentally hit the horn instead of the high beam)

brains_t · Post by **brains_t** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:39 am

gse123 wrote:I went to a friends house last night at 7.00pm. Was inside his house for about an hour having a coffee and a quick catchup, and went back outside to be greeted with a thick layer of ice on the pcx seat, that I had to scrape off with my glove!

...

I read somewhere that frozen seats can split and it is recommended that you dampen and thaw out the seat before you sit on it.

Views from the experienced?

Alibally · Post by **Alibally** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:50 am

Don't know about seats but plastic soft top windows can. Knew I guy that cracked his window on a week old Porsche boxter. #raging

Cracksta · Post by **Cracksta** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:54 am

[quote="Trawlerman"]
Gerbing G3's and was proper toastyquote]

Tell me more!

I have about £100 ish to spend on new gloves, looked at the Alpinestar Polar but i think heated gloves is probably best so how does the lead connect?

Do you have a wire from your gloves loosly running to under your seat?

djcat · Post by **djcat** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:33 am

I have the Tech7 winter gloves, very toasty and protective, great value for money, too. You will loose some feeling as with any winter glove but still prefer that than to loose all feeling due to the cold...

Cracksta · Post by **Cracksta** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 5:07 am

quite cheap the tech 7 but seems out of stock.

got frozen finger tips today, will only get worst so need some new gloves as mine arent as breathable anymore

maddiedog · Post by **maddiedog** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:17 pm

It's winter here too. It was 34 degrees F, 1 degree C during my ride in this morning.

Ishida · Post by **Ishida** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 2:45 pm

Here it's the same as Australia, too hot for a week (around 35~40C) and now that the weekend came it's raining and flooding everywhere bit still not under 25~30C...

Taz · Post by **Taz** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:16 pm

What do you call a sunny day that follows 2 days of solid rain? Monday

Ishida · Post by **Ishida** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:14 pm

Taz wrote:What do you call a sunny day that follows 2 days of solid rain? Monday

True

Trawlerman · Post by **Trawlerman** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:37 am

Cracksta wrote:
Trawlerman wrote: Gerbing G3's and was proper toastyquote]
Tell me more!
I have about £100 ish to spend on new gloves, looked at the Alpinestar Polar but i think heated gloves is probably best so how does the lead connect?
Do you have a wire from your gloves loosly running to under your seat?

That's it pretty much. I got a cable about 18" that I wired into my battery and ran out under the nose of the seat. There is another set of cable that run down each arm to the gloves themselves. The power from the battery goes into a small junction box with a button that turns them on/off and each press gives 100/75/50/25% etc with an LED to show what setting.

It sound like a lot of wires but it isn't really as you thread the main set from junction box to the gloves through your jacket and leave them there.

I just did a 100 mile round-trip from Hull-Scarborough-Bridlington-Hull and never once did feel at all cold. I've tried alsorts of gloves and also keep a pair of Dainese Guanto Scout winter gloves under my seat yet nothing comes close for overall comfort.

The only complaint? No armour at the knuckles but they do have a pair with this feature but they cost more.

As far as I'm concerned they are a great buy.

gn2 · Post by **gn2** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 5:30 am

Trawlerman wrote:The only complaint? No armour at the knuckles

Nine times out of ten your hand will contact the ground palm side down.

you you · Post by **you you** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:21 am

True. It's a natural reaction

Trawlerman · Post by **Trawlerman** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:49 am

gn2 wrote:
Trawlerman wrote:The only complaint? No armour at the knuckles
Nine times out of ten your hand will contact the ground palm side down.

Hence why I'm not unduly worried about not having knuckle armour. My regular gloves have decent coverage of leather on the palm and those Scaphoid protection doo-dah's too.

No matter how much armour you wear it'll never be enough or nearly quite good enough. Marco Simoncelli was wearing the best and look what happened to him.

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