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Bike people: what do you wear in 10-15C temp? And lower?
Context: I usually use a windbreaker and something underneath; or a jacket. But this leads to tons of sweat, which leads to wet and then cold clothes, and then a cold or worse. What allows sweat to evaporate while cycling?
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More context:
* I'm almost 50.
* I'm subtropical; :-P Below 18 I feel cold.
* I'm mostly in bad shape; not fat (<70kg for 1m65+), low metabolism.
* Right now have problems on my legs getting cold.
* I'm also getting colds really easy, maybe related to above, maybe to getting old.
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@mdione I wear a light and tight tanktop, a light long sleeve looser fitting thermal (the long john waffle weave kind), and then a light jacket I keep open in the front. The tanktop wicks away the sweat, the light thermal absorbs it and then the wind rushing around me between it and the jacket usually takes the moisture away. I'm not a very sweaty person though so it depends on how much you sweat if this will work for you or not
@mdione merino wool base layers are always the best. Don't have the budget? I go to any large box store that carries reasonably priced 100% polyester active wear and use that as a base layer.
As a bike messenger in Chicago, IL in the year 2009, this got me through hard winters with difficult winds.
@mdione most often some synthetic base layer, plus a warmer layer, synthetic or wool. I have some Craft sleeveless base layers that are created from a very woven - lots of air in the spaces - synthetic materials that are durable - fifteen years old - and keep me dry. I also like Patagonia Capilene base layers. On top, either thicker cycling jersey, like a long-sleeve winter jersey if road or gravel, or my favorite for mountain biking; old Pendleton wool, button-down shirts. Here in the USA, they can be gotten for ~ US$20 on eBay. Can't beat 'em.
I'll pack a synthetic material vest / gilet for road /gravel in my back pocket, and I'll carry my favorite shell for MTB, an old Patagonia Houdini.
@mdione Wool under a wind layer. Gore-Tex if you can afford it will let some amount of sweat out.
Cotton kills. Especially on your feet and hands.
I wear a merino wool t-shirt with a long sleeved base layer on top of that. Then a vest (mine is fleece) with the wind shell on the outside. That seems to work well for me. It's also lots of layers so I can remove what I need to as I go along.
@mdione At the lower end, mesh baselayer with a long-sleeved jersey or Castelli RoS on top. If it's really cold, the Alpha RoS. If it's really REALLy cold, I will put a Gore-tex shell on top of that. I tend to run hot, though, so 10-15 sounds positively balmy, and I might even be in short sleeves.
@ravenbait @mdione seconding a wool or synthetic mesh base layer. Game changer. Keeps the wet clothes off your skin and gives you a vapor barrier.
@mdione I prefer any daily cloth that I will feel a little cold when I first get out. When I start riding, I get warm but don't sweat much to feel cold.
@mdione uniqlo heat tech tights and tshirt is a great combination, been using that for outdoor activities and seems to work well!
@mdione at 11C or higher I just wear a jersey and bib shorts, but I am pretty cold tolerant. Below that I switch to long sleeves, and below 0C I switch to insulated tights and toe covers.
@mdione I do wool or viscose long sleeve shirt and tights, then additional layers of looser stuff, preferably also wool, then leg warmers or knee high boots and my boxy trench coat plus a scarf and maybe hat. Then loosen scarf, remove hat, unbutton coat as I get warmer. The real cheat mode is heated gloves, heated vest, and e-bike which lets me start warm and never get too warm but is hard on the e-bike battery :)
@mdione cycling clothes (but for real decathlon branded cycling shirts and wind breakers usually donthe trick)