Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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