Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Kit, Unfortunately I ride a Suzuki GS500, so there is no electrical outlet, and the battery is quite wimpy, so I doubt that it is a good idea to attach any electric accessories. In any event, my jacket is quite warm enough, and totally waterproof, so the arms and chest stay nice and warm. Really I just need to buy some warmer gloves, maybe something along the lines of what John suggested, and some thermal socks and longjohns. Nathan Kit McChesney wrote: > Nathan-- > > If you ride a BMW, buy one of those cool heated vests and get some heated > handgrips, and you're set to go! > > Kit > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 1:29 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] It's snowing! It's snowing! > > I made a slightly different discovery this morning. It was also around -5C, > gorgeous weather, so I took my motorcycle to go the office. I discovered, > however, that neither my gloves nor the long underwear I wore are adequate > for a 45 km commute at motorway speeds. This weekend I will have to go to > the local MC emporium and buy some proper winter gloves and thermal undies. > > Nathan > > Johnny Deadman wrote: > > > -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 > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl > Mobile: +31 630 868 671 > > Photo site: http://www.wajsmanphoto.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 - -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl Mobile: +31 630 868 671 Photo site: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html