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What to wear when the wind is a 'blowin
Not every day is a Goldilocks cycling day (in which everything is just right), so a little apparel preparation for the chilly rides will stand you in good stead, and allow you to enjoy that precious bike time all the more.
You are weak, so weak
If ever an Alien race descend to Planet Earth intent on enslaving us for their perverse pleasure, they could do a lot worse than develop the power to harness the wind, and have it blow down the front of everybody's necks simultaneously. Yes indeed, it's a weak point, and more so for cyclists, who speed into it at a great rate of knots at all times. So, our first recommendation for a happy chilly ride is to protect your neck with some warming bicycle accessories!
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A well armed cyclist
After the neck, it's the arms that feel the cold the most. Once those hairs start standing at attention, it's all over, and you might as well stop and have another piece of cake and a cup of tea. Or, you could have started the ride wearing a pair of cycling arm warmers - curious tubes of fabric designed to be popped over your arms, and under the sleeve of your cycling jersey, providing the requisite chill protection in one fell swoop.
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Knees of wonder
Moving down the body, and the next victim of the wind's chilly fingers is almost always the knees. Now, a cold arm might be uncomfortable, but a cold knee? Not nice at all. Avoid extended horizontal periods then, with a pair of cycling knee warmers. Like the aforementioned arm warmers, but usually wider and shorter, they are seriously effective tubes of fabric, designed to fit with one end under your cycling shorts (please don't wear them over your shorts!), and the other end gripping your mid calf.
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Put a shoe on it
Road cycling shoes are usually designed for warm conditions, and as a result, tend to have many wonderful vents that in the warm conditions let air in, and in the cold conditions, erm, let air in. Luckily, it's pretty easy to seal up those holes, and we would recommend the use of a cycling over shoe. Rather like an actual sock, but often (but not always) a lot thicker, a good cycling overshoe, or cycling toe cap, will take the edge off the wind, whilst still allowing your feet to breath.
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That's all for today, but we really hope you have enjoyed our short article about how to stay more comfortable cycling in chilly conditions. Until next time, ride safe!
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