Fn cold .....

O.k you cockroach's and mexicans .(whats a ACT person called ) Reminds me of a joke .What do you call a Vico in NSW ?
Someone going to Qld .
Anyway ,it was freezing at work today with a big bad wind-chill .
So is there a trick to riding in those condition ? I'm an ex-Vico so i should know but it's been a while . Apart from the obveious (clothes ,heated grips )
Any tips i have forgotten , like a silk balaclava is as good as an extra jumper ? A newspaper down the jacket ? HOT breakfast ? STay in QLd ?

Well Gus, you'd better not pop down here for a while - here's our upcoming lows and highs (actually these have been revised upwards, they were -5c just a day or two ago). It's gonna be a loooooong winter.



13c looks pretty tropical (except no rain for a few days by the look of it).

I only have to commute 10kms - although the fingers start to freeze, the rest is OK. I don't have heated grips and wear just normal clothes under the biking gear. Then I change at work. It might be a different story if I had even, say 20kms, to ride to get to work. Coming home it's probably back down to between 5c - 6c or so but that's no problem, I even ride with the visor up.

I usually have a liner in my dainese jacket, a long sleeve tshirt, a neck sock, and winter gloves. If its nearly freezing, then I might put on my wet weathers (Dri-rider all in ones) just to keep out the wind chill. A lot of swearing usually keeps me warm !!

And I should have mentioned - I save $8.00 parking if I ride, I'm very inclined not to part with $40 per week for the ACT government - they'll spend it on more roadside art pieces (I don't have a photo sorry).

Wish I had my bike here, barely drops below 27c at night. Haven't spotted many big bikes on the streets of Hong Kong. A few big red Ferraris though:-)

How cold Gus?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7053412/Whats-going-on-down-South

Has not hit the north yet but looking forward to putting around on the bike when the white stuff arrives

Maybe I should by some ice tyres

Rustic wrote:How cold Gus?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7053412/Whats-going-on-down-South

Has not hit the north yet but looking forward to putting around on the bike when the white stuff arrives

Maybe I should by some ice tyres

Rustic. Wellington Motorcycles. Oxford Sport heated Grips. $79. 2 sets left. Normally about $110. That is all.

I have a set sitting beside me as I type, just need to get my a into g and put them on.
Hope all went well today!

Rustic wrote:I have a set sitting beside me as I type, just need to get my a into g and put them on.
Hope all went well today!

will fire you an email

i always, with all the bullshit layers of clothes i put on, put a spray jacket on over the top(rain coat of a sort) this stops all the wind getting in,and stops the heat getting out,
i`m ridding down to Briz from Gladstone on thursday night( as i always do), and before you think it doesn`t get cold up here(not as cold as south obviously) gympie always gets to 0* ,plus wind chill, and to me thats cold enough...if i don`t use my full one piece rain coat, it stings,if i use it,i usually sweat in it at those temps

This cold - long sleeve t-shirt ,longsleeve shirt , jumper ,plastic rain coat ,vest , neck scarf ,beanie ,hat .
Two pairs of long pants ,boots .gloves .
Wind chill was so cold .

Apparently a fire buy the side of the road is frowned upon by Road Tek .
Wind was from A.C.T mountains .

you still cold with that on?

i use on my night winter road trips,about 6 1/2hrs;

thermal under,top and bottom-longs
cut off socks to pull up to go over my knees
tee shirt
jumper
lined leather jacket
draggins
good pair of socks
one piece rain coat
thermal gloves
clip in wind break on helmut to seal on my neck
thermal neck warmer/wind breaker
heated grips
steel capped high lace work boots
wind guards on levers

i find if i can cut out all wind,thats the major problem

Gympie! Yes that is a cold place. I can remember pulling up there for fuel one winters morning on the bike. Fuelled up, went into pay , get a coffee, but couldnt even get any words out for the shivering!!!

put a spray jacket on over the top(rain coat of a sort) this stops all the wind getting in,and stops the heat getting out,

That really does work I rode through the Snowies wearing a cheapie raincoat and pants and they kept me warm. However, you do get condensation under them and mine froze when I was riding into Melbourne at 3am and just tore off me and then I almost died from exposure.

Yeah Gympies Cold . I live here. i have just invested in a Jett Heated vest. was going to wait to do a review after my ride this weekend but so far so good. Battery powered to Gus so when you are standing on the road. on the lowest setting will run for around 6-7 hrs

gus wrote:This cold - long sleeve t-shirt ,longsleeve shirt , jumper ,plastic rain coat ,vest , neck scarf ,beanie ,hat .
Two pairs of long pants ,boots .gloves .
Wind chill was so cold .

Apparently a fire buy the side of the road is frowned upon by Road Tek .
Wind was from A.C.T mountains .

Maybe you need a bigger lollypop to stand behind

holdenman wrote:Yeah Gympies Cold . I live here. i have just invested in a Jett Heated vest. was going to wait to do a review after my ride this weekend but so far so good. Battery powered to Gus so when you are standing on the road. on the lowest setting will run for around 6-7 hrs

tell me all you can about this..how much..where did you buy..other heated items..how much surface area does it actually heat...how many heat settings does it have...can you chain link other heated items to this garment...anything else you can think of...am i over flooding you with questions.....

Looks like the Jett products are limited to the vest and associated baterry packs.

You might be better off looking at the Gerbing range, they have heated sole inserts, pants, coats, and gloves - price is pretty high though (i.e. $640 (USA) plus delivery for a set of pants and jacket).

$ ?

$149 delivered for the vest

http://www.jett.us.com/

It only heats on your back but i like it . The heat penetrates your body. i have rode to work at 0 degrees and felt nice and snug just with my work shirt vest and jacket

barry_mcki wrote:Looks like the Jett products are limited to the vest and associated baterry packs.

You might be better off looking at the Gerbing range, they have heated sole inserts, pants, coats, and gloves - price is pretty high though (i.e. $640 (USA) plus delivery for a set of pants and jacket).

i looked at this option a few years ago,and was impressed with their range, but like you say, the price!!!

i guess you get what you pay for!!

mtbeerwah wrote: cut off socks to pull up to go over my knees

I had never thought of that, what I good idea.

Down to -5.2c this morning. Frost everywhere of course, looking like snow. I'm willing to bet we hit -10c this winter. I won't keep posting our overnight lows but I will if it hits double figures.

Thats just too cold ewok. Living up here in the tropics i enjoy my cooler weather but not that cool

Ewok1958 wrote:Down to -5.2c this morning. Frost everywhere of course, looking like snow. I'm willing to bet we hit -10c this winter. I won't keep posting our overnight lows but I will if it hits double figures.

-4 in Wang. Fingers are getting cold in the gloves on the bike when I ride home from Benalla. I feel for you Ewok