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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: Chaps...worth it? Cold weather riding Reply #30 - 12/09/15 at 07:44:07 I haven't been riding due to temps below 50 at night I feel like a sissy
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Chaps...worth it? Cold weather riding Reply #31 - 12/09/15 at 07:46:06 If you put a brown jersey glove, that's what grandma called them, in a leather glove, dry, and that's good. Wet, nope..
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Chaps...worth it? Cold weather riding Reply #32 - 12/09/15 at 15:34:46 I've done the Jersey glove thing but it just felt too bulky wearing 2 pairs of gloves. I felt like I didn't have the dexterity I needed to safely operate the bike.
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: Chaps...worth it? Cold weather riding Reply #33 - 12/09/15 at 21:02:06 I have insulated assless chaps.... if it is real cold (below 30) and no ice on the road, I wear insulated underwear and the chaps.... good to go for an hour ride... then I have to stop to warm back up.
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Re: Chaps...worth it? Cold weather riding
Reply #34 - 12/20/15 at 20:15:22

My threshold is 30 degrees. I wear the following:

Eddie Bauer or thin Smartwool socks in my engineer boots.

Flannel lined jeans with leather chaps.

Torso covered from the inside-out as follows:

1) Smartwool, long sleeve tee shirt.
2) Micro fiber , long sleeve shirt (no bulk)
3) Mid weight, zip-up fleece.
4) Aerostich heated bib
4) River Road textile jacket

Neck protection is a silk scarf, tucked into the fleece. It's warm and acts as a gasket at the top of the jacket.

I wear Buffwear around my neck also. It can be pulled up over my face and nose tucked under the lower rim of my goggles.

I may sometimes wear a silk blend balaclava under my pudding bowl helmet.

Hand protection is silk glove liners under Marmot wind and waterproof, gauntleted gloves ( non-bulky )

I ride naked (no windshield) and I'm good for an hour. Then its time to stop for something hot to drink. I've gotten 4 hours of saddle time this way.

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Re: Chaps...worth it? Cold weather riding
Reply #35 - 12/20/15 at 20:38:54

I wear Carhartt pants most of the time when riding. They have a double fabric over the knees. When it gets cool out I wear 2 pair of long johns as well. When it is cold I have a pair of airforce insulated bib overalls along with a nomex insulated flight jacket that I wear.

If it is below freezing during daylight hours I find there is not much point riding due to ice on the roads. I would possably consider chaps but I hate the thought of being confused with the local Harley cult. Undecided

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Re: Chaps...worth it? Cold weather riding
Reply #36 - 12/21/15 at 07:26:23

Flint wrote on 12/20/15 at 20:38:54:

If it is below freezing during daylight hours I find there is not much point riding due to ice on the roads. I would possably consider chaps but I hate the thought of being confused with the local Harley cult. Undecided

Yeah, my leather jacket still has a big ol' Harley Davidson patch on it, and when I ride my Ninja I get a lot of looks and "where is your Harley?".
I tell them I traded it in for the Ninja LOL!!!! Grin

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Re: Chaps...worth it? Cold weather riding
Reply #37 - 12/22/15 at 07:12:55

Having a new bike this time year in Colorado, I looked at the local bike shops for cold weather gear but the $130 price tag for insulated pants started me looking elsewhere.

Found these ski bibs on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0032UJ2C2?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_d...

Have been out a couple times, and was reasonably comfortable

--base layer:
*poly-pro longjohns and top
*wool boot socks
*silk ski mask ("balaclava"), fits under helmet
Jeans, tucked into boots
Fleece vest
Ski bibs
First-Gear jacket w/liner
Deerskin gauntleted gloves

I'd like to find a pair of silk gloves or thin microfiber...my hands do get s bit cold after 10-15 minutes. Also, need to dig through my stuff to find my old electric vest.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Chaps...worth it? Cold weather riding Reply #38 - 12/22/15 at 09:04:19 The electric system won't sustain electric clothes. Academy sporting goods has cold weather gear.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Chaps...worth it? Cold weather riding Reply #39 - 12/22/15 at 18:35:23 My helmet keeps my head warm enough all by itself.
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