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hats are more important than you realize, you lose most of your heat thru you head, wear a hat |
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do not wear only earmuffs, or an ear band, but rather, wear a whole hat |
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it's tricky cause your head doesn't feel particularly cold but it will make your whole core cold, which is bad |
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Dec 7, 2014 16:14
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another unexpected warmth trick: eating some food is a great way to warm up, if you are starting to get cold in the core. if you are getting actual hypothermia, food and water are two things you should seek immediately, plus obv a blanket and stuff |
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Dec 7, 2014 16:16
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goddamn scientists can't make up their minds (they're all one person you see) |
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Dec 7, 2014 16:17
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when you boil snow for water at night, pour the extra into your water bottle and keep it in your sleeping bag for extra warmth (plus you don't want your water to freeze) |
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Dec 7, 2014 16:26
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i bike just about everywhere i go, unless it's icy. Even snow isn't that bad unless it gets really packed down. Doesn't matter whether you have a road bike or mountain bike, either is decent in some light/fresh snow as long as you pedal/turn carefully. but alnilam, you live in a cold city, where it's not unusual to have daytime temps of 15-20 F (-10 to -5 C) in Jan and Feb. How do you do it?! Well I'm here to tell you how to do it too!  The summary here is: Underdess your torso, overdress your hands and face. Torso -get a waterproof/windproof shell for your outer layer. i prefer this layer to have no insulation, it's more versatile year-round that way -under that, layer as in SecurityDrone's post, but here is the big secret: you should always underdress, when you are biking somewhere!! your core is going to get really hot as you pedal around. When you first get outside, you hsould feel a little underdressed. I promise you, even on a 25 F day, I am always unzipping my outermost layers halfway by the time I get to work Hands Focus on gloves! This is the most important part of your winter biking outfit. Unlike with your torso, your hands need to be OVER-dressed. They are subject to the brunt of the wind, they are far apart from the rest of you, and they do not get much warmed up by your pedaling activity. Good gloves are key! I have a light pair, a heavy pair, and two different kinds of liners (liners are cheap or sometimes free); between all those, I am good in any weather. Face When it gets below freezing I break out some sort of face covering. Your face and your hands are the two spots where you definitely want to cover up the most, because of all the wind. Balaclavas, scarves, whatever. Be able to cover your face You may even want some clear glasses or light sunglasses - otherwise when it's really cold it can hurt my eyeballs and freeze/frost my eyelashes  Hat Get a thin beanie that fits under your hlmet that should be fine, this may combine with your face covering if you get a balaclava Legs and feet long undies and jeans do me fine all winter, but I recommend having some waterproof overpants for snowy, slushy, or rainy days. like with the outermost jacket, they shouldn't carry any insulation of their own, otherwise you're gonna get hot Feet: wear boots and wool socks idk i just wear what i would wear walkign around "Ugh do I have to wear fancy bike clothes and then change into work clothes at work?" Nope, I wear work clothes under my jacket all the time. If I have nicer pants on, I'll throw on my waterproof overpants to protect them from salt. If you DO want at least your outermost layers to be bike-specific, Showers Pass makes nice stuff, and REI brand Novara's rain jacket is good too (or was when I got my jacket 5 years ago, and I still wear this jacket winter-round). Ncie thing about bike-specific rain jackets is they have a hanging buttflap to shield your butt from slush/rain/salt coming up. But any jacket should do. Final tips: rinse salt off of your bike (esp moving parts) with water every few days, then re-lube it. find somewhere above freezing to let your bike dry, do not let the rinse water freeze on your bike  ---if you don't do the salt rinse, it's not the end of the world, but expect parts to wear down faster get a fender(s), it helps a lot with slush especially
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Dec 8, 2014 22:17
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oliwan posted:only weaklings wear bike helmets tbqh i don't wanna get into another helmet fight but i'll just say the studies suggesting that helmets don't help are dubious or very context-specific, and are mainly espoused by certain european bike advocacies whose main interest is to get more people (in a culture where people hate wearing helmets) to ride, and to be fair it's probably okay because they have insanely more physically separated bike lanes/trails whereas i have to ride on the road for 80% of my commute 
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Dec 8, 2014 22:30
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ChairmanMeow posted:people in Pittsburgh are not courteous to bikers and helmets are a good idea here. that seriously almost every time i get in a helmet argument the person ends up being dutch lol, no offense to you, it's because your country is really good for cyclists! but you must understand that helmets do protect your head, and when the risk of a crash is higher, the reason to wear a helmet is too
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Dec 8, 2014 22:39
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smoobles posted:aren't your legs tired by now lol
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Dec 8, 2014 22:44
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one time in middle school my friend peed on top of a kerosene heater in the little detached garage / hangout room at his place and then it smelled really bad lmao
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Dec 8, 2014 23:32
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