# Where’s the winter cycling thread?
**URL:** https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293
**Category:** Bikes
**Created:** [November 28, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293 "2018-11-28T14:26:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 74
### Author:  [@jame5on](https://tarck.cc/u/jame5on)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1462 "2023-11-28T18:46:09Z")
this is what we traded for polar bears
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### Author:  [@earwig](https://tarck.cc/u/earwig)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1463 "2023-11-28T18:59:07Z")
> [@Dickason\_Daniel](#):
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> Just found this amazing item on AliExpress. Check it out! $15.18 56％ Off | PEMILA The Four Seasons Cycling Helmet With Goggles Lens Ear Protection Bicycle Helmet MTB Reflective sticker E-Bike Bike Helmet
Hmm…that $10 helmet doesn’t show up on the [Virginia Tech crash safety ratings](https://helmet.beam.vt.edu) for some reason.
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### Author:  [@Dickason\_Daniel](https://tarck.cc/u/Dickason_Daniel)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1464 "2023-11-28T19:00:54Z")
We’re the polar bears now dog.
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### Author:  [@Shamp](https://tarck.cc/u/Shamp)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1465 "2023-11-28T19:01:09Z")
Some days I really wish I had a full face shield. It’s cold and my eyes water at the slightest hint of a cool breeze.
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### Author:  [@Dickason\_Daniel](https://tarck.cc/u/Dickason_Daniel)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1466 "2023-11-28T19:04:46Z")
I bet this guy’s isn’t either
:max:
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### Author:  [@jame5on](https://tarck.cc/u/jame5on)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1467 "2023-11-28T19:04:54Z")
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### Author:  [@akasnowmaaan](https://tarck.cc/u/akasnowmaaan)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1468 "2023-11-28T19:41:47Z")
I’ll risk being ‘that guy’, don’t skimp on helmets. I fractured my skull close to 15 years ago, and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. Even to this day it’s easy for me to get vertigo doing something basic like walking down a tight spiral staircase.
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### Author:  [@jame5on](https://tarck.cc/u/jame5on)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1469 "2023-11-28T20:10:16Z")
where do I find a dot approved darth vader helmet snowman?
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### Author:  [@akasnowmaaan](https://tarck.cc/u/akasnowmaaan)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1470 "2023-11-28T20:49:33Z")
… use the force?
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### Author:  [@Master\_Stabby](https://tarck.cc/u/Master_Stabby)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1471 "2023-11-28T21:01:42Z")
> [@Shamp](#):
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> …to chill, then riding to a coffee shop to chill, then riding to another park, etc. So I get hot riding and soak my cotton shirt and hoodie then cool off and get cold.Hopefully fitness continues to increase and the merino and moisture wicking stuff helps.But I’m not riding in 20f weather like you, just low 30s to upper 40s so far.What do you normally wear? Do you have the ability to change at work?
fuckin wool and synthetic wicking is your friend for pnw riding.
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### Author:  [@Shamp](https://tarck.cc/u/Shamp)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1472 "2023-11-28T22:28:31Z")
I got a couple merino wool shirts and some sort of fleece/synthetic wicking + wind blocking hoodie coming in the mail.
All my socks and underwear are already merino wool, I guess at some point everything else but jeans will be too. I’m gonna be That Northwest Guy.
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### Author:  [@yonderboy](https://tarck.cc/u/yonderboy)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1473 "2023-11-29T00:04:33Z")
I use a double-layered balaclava in the alpine, which is usually good to single digits with wind chill. The outer layer will be frozen solid, but my face is still warm.
> **[Team Hood Balaclava | Solids](https://bsbrand.com/products/team-hood-balaclava-solids)**
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> The team hood balaclava by BlackStrap® provides maximum protection with a contoured design and adjustable pull tabs allowing it to be worn over or under a helmet.
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### Author:  [@b-roll](https://tarck.cc/u/b-roll)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1474 "2023-11-29T01:38:34Z")
I want to like BlackStrap, but everything I’ve gotten from them just isn’t that warm.
Also suspicious about a balaclava that claims to work over and under a helmet.
:colbert:
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### Author:  [@Emor\_please](https://tarck.cc/u/Emor_please)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1475 "2023-12-02T03:12:59Z")
Love/hate this totally baffling Minneapolis forecast for December
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### Author:  [@BEEutiful\_Wednesday\_DDS](https://tarck.cc/u/BEEutiful_Wednesday_DDS)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1476 "2023-12-19T22:28:49Z")
28F and an inch or two of snow here. i took the week off work so i went for a ride. 3.5 hours at like 14mph average (on crushed gravel/dirt rail trail). it was mostly great. my big toe on my right foot always gets cold. other than that, plus my bottles freezing, i was very happy.
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### Author:  [@Emor\_please](https://tarck.cc/u/Emor_please)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1477 "2023-12-20T19:19:59Z")
STILL mostly above freezing here. It’s going to RAIN on Christmas.
Wtf
Also HY bike commuting has been hella sick this winter
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### Author:  [@blackholelectron](https://tarck.cc/u/blackholelectron)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1478 "2023-12-23T02:07:21Z")
anyone else with sub-freezing winter have experience with different bib tights? what’s good? I wanna go fast but not have cold/wet crotch problems. lookin at velocio zero, rapha pro team thermal, etc.
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### Author:  [@BEEutiful\_Wednesday\_DDS](https://tarck.cc/u/BEEutiful_Wednesday_DDS)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1479 "2023-12-23T04:03:16Z")
i have some pearl izumi. they are arguably too warm. they’re also too tight. i wear a medium EVERYTHING cycling related from any brand, including medium PI stuff in other varietals. but these mediums are too tight around the guads.
the other annoying thing about the PI ones is that the seams are the weak points so when you take them off your skin at the seams is all red and chilly. so i guess do not buy PI tights. they’re good down into the single digits but i run hot in general.
honestly the best winter leg wear i have is a pair of performance bike pants with windproof front and fleece back. i think i got them 15 years ago.
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### Author:  [@Bootus](https://tarck.cc/u/Bootus)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1480 "2023-12-25T17:30:10Z")
@Emor_please 27.5” Conti winter tires are in stock again
[https://www.bike24.com/p2197627.html](https://www.bike24.com/p2197627.html)
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### Author:  [@Emor\_please](https://tarck.cc/u/Emor_please)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/where-s-the-winter-cycling-thread/22293/1481 "2023-12-25T18:12:14Z")
SNATCHED
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