Cold weather clothing recommendations?

If you were warm enough while riding then you were dressed warm enough to
ride. It sounds like you needed to dress warmer after the ride was over,
since that's when you got cold. Note that your body is typically only 20 to
25% efficient producing power to the pedals. This means that if you put out
200 watts then you also produce 600 to 800 watts of heat. When you get off
the bike you likely reduce that heat output and thus you should either go
inside or put on warmer clothes.

Bruce


"BruceW..1" wrote in message
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Last fall I rode about 50 miles on my road bike. The temperature was in
the 40's (Fahrenheit). I felt fine (temperature-wise) while riding, but
a few minutes after the ride ended I had hypothermia symptoms and
shivered for the next hour. Apparently I wasn't dressed warm enough.
Yet to me the actual mechanism remains a mystery. I was wearing shorts
and a long underwear top.

Maybe there wasn't enough food in my stomach, though I was not hungry.

The dilemna then is how to release body heat (from exercise) yet be
dressed warmly.

Should one insulate the extremities (head, arms, legs, hands, feet) and
not the abdomen, or vice versa? What's the right way to dress in cool
temperatures? Or, might food intake be the key?

Thanks for your help.

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 16:43:18 -0400, Threeducks
wrote:

David Reuteler wrote:
BruceW..1 wrote:

The other problem was with water. Below 25 F it would freeze in my
water bottle, makeing it not terribly useful to carry.

Water? Biking at that temperature, surely you would have to be
drinking something at least a hundred proof.

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On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 16:43:18 -0400, Threeducks
wrote:

David Reuteler wrote:
BruceW..1 wrote:

The other problem was with water. Below 25 F it would freeze in my
water bottle, makeing it not terribly useful to carry.

Water? Biking at that temperature, surely you would have to be
drinking something at least a hundred proof.

Woods 100 Navy rum is a very tasty addition to blackcurrant cordial, highly
recommended. The small alcohol addition stimulates absorption through the
stomach wall as well as the gut. Extremely useful to absorb sugar fast to
combat the bonk.

Trevor

I always refer back to this text:

http://mudhead.uottawa.ca/~pete/winter.txt






"BruceW..1" wrote in message
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Last fall I rode about 50 miles on my road bike. The temperature was in
the 40's (Fahrenheit). I felt fine (temperature-wise) while riding, but
a few minutes after the ride ended I had hypothermia symptoms and
shivered for the next hour. Apparently I wasn't dressed warm enough.
Yet to me the actual mechanism remains a mystery. I was wearing shorts
and a long underwear top.

Maybe there wasn't enough food in my stomach, though I was not hungry.

The dilemna then is how to release body heat (from exercise) yet be
dressed warmly.

Should one insulate the extremities (head, arms, legs, hands, feet) and
not the abdomen, or vice versa? What's the right way to dress in cool
temperatures? Or, might food intake be the key?

Thanks for your help.

I always refer back to this text:

http://mudhead.uottawa.ca/~pete/winter.txt






"BruceW..1" wrote in message
. com...
Last fall I rode about 50 miles on my road bike. The temperature was in
the 40's (Fahrenheit). I felt fine (temperature-wise) while riding, but
a few minutes after the ride ended I had hypothermia symptoms and
shivered for the next hour. Apparently I wasn't dressed warm enough.
Yet to me the actual mechanism remains a mystery. I was wearing shorts
and a long underwear top.

Maybe there wasn't enough food in my stomach, though I was not hungry.

The dilemna then is how to release body heat (from exercise) yet be
dressed warmly.

Should one insulate the extremities (head, arms, legs, hands, feet) and
not the abdomen, or vice versa? What's the right way to dress in cool
temperatures? Or, might food intake be the key?

Thanks for your help.

Bruce Frech wrote:
If you were warm enough while riding then you were dressed warm enough to
ride. It sounds like you needed to dress warmer after the ride was over,
since that's when you got cold. Note that your body is typically only 20 to
25% efficient producing power to the pedals. This means that if you put out
200 watts then you also produce 600 to 800 watts of heat. When you get off
the bike you likely reduce that heat output and thus you should either go
inside or put on warmer clothes.

Bruce


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After the aforementioned ride I got in my car and turned the heat up all
the way while I drove home, for the better part of an hour. I shivered
during most of this time even though it was blazing hot in the car.

So dressing more warmly after the ride doesn't solve this problem.
Something fundamentally wrong happened to my body during the ride, even
though I didn't feel it at the time.

Bruce Frech wrote:
If you were warm enough while riding then you were dressed warm enough to
ride. It sounds like you needed to dress warmer after the ride was over,
since that's when you got cold. Note that your body is typically only 20 to
25% efficient producing power to the pedals. This means that if you put out
200 watts then you also produce 600 to 800 watts of heat. When you get off
the bike you likely reduce that heat output and thus you should either go
inside or put on warmer clothes.

Bruce


=================================================

After the aforementioned ride I got in my car and turned the heat up all
the way while I drove home, for the better part of an hour. I shivered
during most of this time even though it was blazing hot in the car.

So dressing more warmly after the ride doesn't solve this problem.
Something fundamentally wrong happened to my body during the ride, even
though I didn't feel it at the time.

Last fall I rode about 50 miles on my road bike. The temperature was in
the 40's (Fahrenheit). I felt fine (temperature-wise) while riding, but
a few minutes after the ride ended I had hypothermia symptoms and
shivered for the next hour. Apparently I w

Here's a surprise response from Southern California. It does get in the 40's
in So. Calif during the winter months, but only occassionally. So I borrow
technology from the ocean surfers; I get long sleeve rash guards for the torso.
And I often put on two rash guards, one short sleeve and one long sleeve. I
use full length triathalon type tights from TYR. You can actually ocean swim
in these. The Pacific Ocean gets pretty cold during the winter months, so
these help a lot.

Last fall I rode about 50 miles on my road bike. The temperature was in
the 40's (Fahrenheit). I felt fine (temperature-wise) while riding, but
a few minutes after the ride ended I had hypothermia symptoms and
shivered for the next hour. Apparently I w

Here's a surprise response from Southern California. It does get in the 40's
in So. Calif during the winter months, but only occassionally. So I borrow
technology from the ocean surfers; I get long sleeve rash guards for the torso.
And I often put on two rash guards, one short sleeve and one long sleeve. I
use full length triathalon type tights from TYR. You can actually ocean swim
in these. The Pacific Ocean gets pretty cold during the winter months, so
these help a lot.

So dressing more warmly after the ride doesn't solve this problem.
Something fundamentally wrong happened to my body during the ride, even
though I didn't feel it at the time.

Interesting. Maybe its not the ride, its your body. The cooler temps while
riding might have triggered this episode.