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Posted: **Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:07 pm**

luckily, NJ has had a pretty mild winter, so riding has been good... but that can change at anytime.. i will take it while i can get it.

Posted: **Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:23 am**

Up until my accident last week, I was riding. Good gear is the key

If you have overpants that let the wind blow up them, get some gaiters. Helps keep you dry and warmer. Example at:

http://www.rei.com/product/725915

They even help a bit when not wearing overpants. Goretex is surprisingly warm.

--Dave

Posted: **Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:52 pm**

Cooler wrote:
I get the chill in two places, wrists and neck. The full face helmet is brilliant, although it's the first one I've had.

A fleece neck tube is an amazing cheap way to keep your neck and chin warm.

You either need longer gloves or longer sleeves.

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:23 am**

sv-wolf wrote:Never been beaten yet by the British weather. But then, being carless I have little choice.

Hands are the worst thing. I have wondered on a couple of occasions if I was going to leave my fingers in the gloves when I got them off.

But there is a great emergency remedy for frozen finger: toilet tissue from a service station lavvy! Wind it round your fingers before putting your gloves back on. Believe me: it works VERY well!

Don't knock it! Sufficient pain is the mother of all kinds of invention.

(It's a bit fiddly getting it on, I'll admit, so the moral is, do it before your hands get too cold to cope.)

Just clarifying here, used or unused.

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:56 am**

I don't want to seem critical of your national habits down there in South Africa, sapaul, but here in Britain public lavatories only dispense unused toilet tissue.

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:43 pm**

safety-boy wrote:Up until my accident last week, I was riding. Good gear is the key

You mean living somewhere where it doesn't get cold is the key......right?

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Anyone still winter riding?