Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When i am mushing i have the same problems.I found that using wool underware and when very cold i use fleece and a very breahtable outshell,i use Norwegian Bergans.In that way the sweet pass through and leave the inner layer dry,and me dry and comfortable hot. Geir - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnny Deadman" <lists@johnbrownlow.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] It's snowing! It's snowing! > -5C this morning, so I decided it was time to put on my medium-cold > weather cycling gear. > > (this means a fleece, neckwarmer and helmet liner in addition to my > normal shell... the long underwear goes on at about -2, the shell at > about +4... at about -8 or -9 I put on my super duper long underwear) > > and of course I learn, as I always do around this time of year, the > unalterable law of cold weather cycling > > the problem is not getting cold, it's getting hot > > 2 miles into my ride I had to stop at the side of the road and strip > off, steaming like a cow. > > I delayered the fleece but kept the neckwarmer and helmet liner and all > was well. > > -- > John Brownlow > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > http://www.unintended-consequences.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html