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Cam: Do you ever ride to work? What would you do if it was cold in the morning and hot in the afternoon? Just curious. Here in Maryland it can be 40 in the morning and 75-80 later that afternoon.

Nick Pimpin wrote:Cam: Do you ever ride to work? What would you do if it was cold in the morning and hot in the afternoon? Just curious. Here in Maryland it can be 40 in the morning and 75-80 later that afternoon.

You weren't asking me, but I wear my Kevlar jeans under waterproof overpants in the morning, and just the jeans in the afternoon.

For a jacket, I'll either wear leather with insulation in the morning and leather with no insulation in the afternoon, or mesh with waterproof liner in the morning and no liner in the afternoon.

I commute every day on my bike. I usually wear mesh, with the water liner in and a light zip hoodie. In the afternoon, I stuff all the excess into my backpack or saddlebags. If it's empty, I can fit my rain liner under my seat.

if it looks like it's gonna rain, I bring my ripzone snowpants.

Nick Pimpin wrote:Cam: Do you ever ride to work? What would you do if it was cold in the morning and hot in the afternoon? Just curious. Here in Maryland it can be 40 in the morning and 75-80 later that afternoon.

I used to ride to work everyday, and I'm about to start doing it again next week.

If it's cold in the morning, and likely to be hot in the afternoon, I'll probably wear the leather jacket and just deal with the heat on the way back. Of course, my commute isn't nearly as long as it used to be (15 minutes compared to an hour and a half). If it was still an hour and a half, I'd probably wear a sweatshirt under the textile, and put it in a back pack in the afternoon.

Speaking of backpacks, they come in real handy on a motorcycle if you're not a saddle bag type of guy. I got in the habit of carrying mine everywhere.

camthepyro wrote: Speaking of backpacks, they come in real handy on a motorcycle if you're not a saddle bag type of guy. I got in the habit of carrying mine everywhere.

I can't go without it these days... I'm looking around town for a Dakine Apex. It's great! Holds a fullface helmet by the chin bar, has a water bladder inside it, and straps underneath that are meant for mountain bike armour, but could hold other things.... It's also got a chest strap and a waist strap to keep it secure. And cheap too, only like 89 bucks or so. And since the helmet is held externally, it doesn't eat up your cargo...

Nick Pimpin wrote:Cam: Do you ever ride to work? What would you do if it was cold in the morning and hot in the afternoon? Just curious. Here in Maryland it can be 40 in the morning and 75-80 later that afternoon.

if your like me I goto work at 10pm when its just cooling off and come home when its the coldest (get home around 7am). MOST times it only drops 15 degrees overnight but there has been times where its 60 coming in and below freezing on the way home. But thats michigan for you lol. I am like others, however, and if its hot when I go into work I take the liner out and if its supposed to be cold when I get out of work I put the liner in the saddle bags. I see a backpack as just another item to throw off my balance should I have an issue where I need to avoid something.

I dunno, I don't even notice my bag no matter how full it is.

I carried bicycle tires and even my sportstand with it...

Nick Pimpin wrote:Cam: Do you ever ride to work? What would you do if it was cold in the morning and hot in the afternoon? Just curious. Here in Maryland it can be 40 in the morning and 75-80 later that afternoon.

not cam... but i have an joe rocket alter ego jacket. i have the panels zipped in on the way to work, and take them off on the way home.