******* cold out there now when it's dark!
Yeah temperature has plummetted as soon as the sun goes down all week. Has caught me out a couple of times as I'll dress for the temperature at 4pm, not for 5:20pm. Doh!
To be fair I missed to put on a cycling wash earlier in the week so as my 'winter shorts' (
Sportful Fiandre Norain) where all still damp I've been wearing various summer shorts with
fleecy/roubaix padless tights over the top of them with my goto windproof jersey this time of year (
DHB Windslam Blade). Have chucked knee warmers under them in the morning & skipped them lunchtime/later and it has worked well. Temperature range (with windchill) around 3-4 degrees up to around 10/12. Bear in mind my commute is short so I barely warm up when riding and don't tend to overheat with cool winds around.
Padless tights are superb when you have various shorts & warmer options to go under them, my temperature rage is around -10 to +10 with them. I don't know why many other brands don't do them! I've got some Castelli club kit ones but not seen non-club unpadded tights except from Endura & DHB.
You're a brummie after all. Welcome home bruv.
Lol oh god, nooooooooooooo! To be fair I'd have been born in Knighton otherwise, it's only because I was a difficult birth my poor mother ended up being rushed to Birmingham... Have always considered myself Welsh as I grew up over the border and lived there for ~32 years.
What's the solution? Lycra undershorts of some description?
Thicker tights/pad, or like I use above - shorts under padless tights. Many riders around here wear padded tights over padded shorts without guards through winter, the twin pads can mean your arse doesn't really get that wet from wheel spray.
Anyone else loving the fact it's still easy Summer bike weather in early November!?
#onebiketorulethemall
Loving the weather, not loving the fact I've signed myself off from club/group riding for the past month. Going to see if her indoors will let me out for a rememberance day ride on the 11th where one of the clubs are going to ride around various war memorials in the shape of poppys. Fantastic idea!