Baby, it's cold outside.

[Bhud]

Just got back from a short ride (50-mile round trip). Just a fun ride, fairly cautious but not tip-toeing. Not many riders out there. The roads are indeed greasy but the ones that had had a lot of car traffic were much better than the really interesting ones out in the country. Got one cool semi-powerslide off at a set of lights (unexpected slippery patch) but, other than that, nothing unusual. Didn't bother with the pressure washer when I got back - not going to be too precious about road salt for the time being. I would have done if it had been wet. Time to get myself a pair of muffs.

[chickenstrip]

[craigs23]

It's not snowing yet, why stop riding?

[linuxyeti]

[redeem ouzzer]

OK we get it, people who can afford to run cars in winter are subhuman scvm.
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[craigs23]

[Tierbirdy]

Nah, bollocks to it. Bike is tucked up in the garage on trickle charge til probably May. Comfy, heated car that I can remotely start from my phone and have the heating warm up the car whilst Im still having my morning cuppa indoors.

Ive done my time as all year round biker when I couldnt afford to run both a car and bike, and it was absolutely shit. Nothing good whatsoever about driving rain and gale force wind and sub zero wind chill. No matter what gear you're wearing, the rain and wind find ways in eventually.

[notabikeranym...]

Still riding through winter. This year I splurged on some heated gloves and some Pilot Road 5s instead of the last couple of winters where I was still running supercorsas and summer gloves. Starting to need these comforts.

Not sure if I can get knee down in this weather anymore though, and my wheelies are now slipping so I might cut out the silly stuff until it warms up again.

[chickenstrip]

I like riding naked in a blizzard
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[MarJay]

-2 as I left this morning. A bit precarious, but I still managed my 100 mile commute without too much bother. I don't have any particularly special winter clothing, I have a 100 quid Ixon Jacket with a quilted liner, I was wearing a T shirt, V neck jumper and a fleece underneath. On my lower half I have a pair of Triumph branded kevlar jeans with quilted armoured overtrousers that I bought for £20 from a german website. The reason I wear these is twofold. One they have armour, and I don't want to wear armour all day, and second they have zips up the sides of both legs, which means you can step in and out of them easily. So when I arrive at my desk, I remove them quickly without too much faff.

I have two necktubes, a Buff and a woolen Honda branded one, and I wear Armr winter gloves which aren't super warm, but with the heated grips it's bearable. I have cold fingers and toes but the rest of me is warm even without heated kit. With heated insoles and heated gloves I'd probably be all set, but to be honest the issue for me is not so much me feeling cold as it is handling a 250kg bike with an enormous top box and a full tank of fuel... But at least I can be fairly sure that 95% of my journey will be gritted.

I also have a Shoei GT-Air with a pinlock, and I don't have a problem with distorted vision. I do have a problem with salt getting on the visor, and my glasses steam up, but Hawaiian stick seems to keep that at bay a bit.
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[Easy-X]

I've noticed a bit of a reflection issue with Pinlock with the bright and low winter sun but it's barely an annoyance. I could imagine it might be a problem with glasses.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

They only salt the A and B-roads around here and after several nights of sub-zero temperatures these back lanes are treacherous until midday-ish. There was a Focus in the ditch 1/4 of a mile away on Saturday afternoon - some people have yet to recalibrate their vehicular brain cell. Btw the ditches are very deep all around - I didn't notice the car until I was almost alongside it.
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[DJP]

Well, today it was a balmy 3 degrees here in the Sarf East so I went for a spin. With base layers and Gerbing heated gloves it was most enjoyable - just an average sunny day in fact.

Perfect biking weather.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Imo it's almost always worth it if the roads are dry.
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[Freddyfruitba...]

FWIW, the specific pinlock instructions which came with my Neotec helmet state:

[chickenstrip]

[Bhud]

Sometimes you just feel the need for winter on your face. In smallish doses, it's stimulating. Visor open, a blast of air and rain on your face can blow away a few cobwebs.

[chickenstrip]

[Polarbear]

This was me touring Europe a few years back. I must have been fcuking stupid but it was actually quite nice on the main roads. I didn't know it snowed in Spain mind!

https://i.postimg.cc/bJq2VgMT/P1130013.jpg
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