Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry-- Snow is what is piled up outside my door, caked on the bottom of my Bernese Mountain Dog's feet, in my eyes when the wind blew hard today! Remember Bambi's remark to his mother at the onset of winter? "Mama, what's all that white stuff?" Kit PS--I'm making you a present! ;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jerry Lehrer Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 8:11 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] It's snowing! It's snowing! John What is snow? Jerry John Collier wrote: > That is the part other people have a tough time believing. It is > overheating that will kill you. You get wet from sweat and then freeze > solid. I am not sure how cold it gets in Toronto but out here it gets > much colder. At about -25C the clothing starts freezing up and it gets > to be hard work just to pedal lightly. MEC makes a great pair of > goretex cycling pants with articulated knees (the fabric is bunched up > at the knee) which makes it much easier to keep those pedals turning. > > If you are using flat bars, get yourself to a snowmobile shop and buy > some handlebar muffs. They are huge but very effective and very toasty. > That way you can wear lighter gloves which is handy when you need to > adjust clothing or get locks and what not. Unfortunately they do not > work with drop bars but MEC also carries Pearl Izumi Lobster Mitts. > These are mitts with a glove like split in middle so two fingers are in > each "finger". They work great as each finger has a separate pocket in > the large finger which gives you good control for working road STI > levers. > > John Collier > > On Dec 8, 2003, at 12:01 PM, 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. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html