Are you always too cold or too hot on your rides? In this video, Conor shares how to nail layering for maximum comfort with minimal clothing options! 🙌
⏱️ Timestamps: ⏱️
00:00 How to get your layers right!
00:18 Overwhelmed by choice?
00:53 What to wear at every temperature
04:26 To stay warm, consider how you ride
05:11 Dress for the entirety of your ride
05:56 Planning for wet rides
06:30 Don’t dress for how you feel
07:06 Remember: You don’t need the perfect item of clothing
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40 Comments
How do you stay comfortable on your rides no matter the temperature? Did we miss any cycling kit tips? 🤔👇
These are great tips for the summer! Can you do a winter one?
Cycling itself works for me. I generate a natural field of warmth once I get going. The same cycling shirt & shorts was always enough for me until it gets down to bitter winter temperatures. Wind chill is a big thing though, and conditions can be particularly bad descending down a mountain once the sun sets. Did Conor just reveal Hank's next challenge…!
Thanks from Canada
Ear warmers. When you warm up instant sweatband.
55f is cold?
Found a gilet has been the best buy ever. Cover a wide range of temperatures
You’re making fun of Canadians and you put your first base layer on when it gets ‘down’ to 17deg 😂😂😂😂 how weak are you English? 😂
It’s getting hot 🥵 in Straya, 30°C!
Keep the sun off your skin is a big concern for some
Keep the wind chill up
🇨🇦🤠🇦🇺🚴♂️✌🏼
Ok, so who’s trying not to visualise Hank in a thong?
This year is the first one where I've continued cycling into November and December, as I've changed my place of work and am now using my bike to commute. I currently combine a cycling jacket and a mesh base layer on top, and gloves, of course, with thermal track suit pants over my legs – will buy bib tights at some point. An item of gear I found indispensable is the bandana/buff, of which I use two – one for my bald head and the other over my face. Overshoes are also a win. This turned out to be sufficient for riding in temperatures between 3 and 7 degrees Celsius, which is the current weather in Belgrade.
The commute is a bit of an issue in terms of how to dress, as to work (10km) it's mostly downhill (44 meters of climbing, including a bridge), which on return leg (13km) gets flipped – and there's still a bridge to climb in addition to all the other climbing (164m)! It remains to be seen how it all goes down till March/April and then I can think of modifications/upgrades for the next winter. So far it's fun.
Yep, the buff is the most useful = neckwarmer, hat, or snot catcher 😊
🤣 I keep forgetting to put them on so when I get cold I go faster it rise my blood pressure and body temp.
negative: sweating more then you did before and will get colder when stopping🥲
positive: it increase's your endurance and over all stamina 😌
Hat.?? Sun access is very important too. Can wear less. Boots ? Come on guys. Poor video device
It's a shame that Conor didn't have any vehicle to get changed in when he needed to demo the bib-tights, I mean it's not like everyone just has a VW ID.Buzz hanging around is it.
Wind is a huge factor where I live..plus lots of uphill/downhill temperature variations..I slip a feel sheets of newspaper between my first layer and my second..which is usually a polypro mock turtleneck..long sleeved jersey combo. the paper is wind proof..and slightly absorbent if sweating becomes an issue. Also Helmet covers..I typically use two during the coldest part of the season..Jan-March..helps alot! I am a bit of a light weight so the cold temperatures and wind really affect me!
A major omission! Not a bit of hi vis! I never ride, no matter the weather, without it. Every scenario should hi vis as top layer.
my biggest gamechanger so far this year: neoprene gloves from velotoze… always thougth the thicker the better, but with these actually pretty thin REAL waterproof gloves I have ridden so far down to 3° without issues, the sweat that builds up actually seems to help keeping the fingers warm 😂
Another great options for the legs if like my you're not a fan of bib tights: Running/Jogging Tights over bib shorts.
A much more versatile approach.
Also I'm surprised you didn't mention casquettes, skullcaps, etc. There are great options that cover ears and/or provide rain protection and keep the head warm. Anything from synthetic bands to merino caps.
Headband/keep ears warm, below 6 degrees.
Missed keeping your head and ears warm!
17c is summer in the uk
"freezing your knackers off" (5:13). Perhaps you could've gone for the more inclusive, gender neutral "freezing your bits off"…
I usually wear a full-body 7mm wetsuit and two pairs of Marigolds between September and July, when it gets warmer I take off the extra pair of Marigolds
Upstate NY here, just a couple of hours south of Canada. 25°F this morning. Got the BOB trailer on the Surly and several layers. Trip to pick up 40lbs of wild bird seed.
Great video. Thank you!
I have one of those Castelli thermal head cap things. My first winter riding there was a particularly cold day below 0. My ears froze and my bike had ice on the front lol. I ordered the warmest one they sell and it works wonders covering the ears. I actually think its easier covering the ears from the helmet down than the neck up
I don't get how some ppl can ride at 5c without any head warmer. I need to cover my ears at probably 12c or my head starts to hurt.
Be bold, start cold is a good mantra
Also trust the weather forecast
Great example of how to layer and entertaining way to visualize it. While I do own several leg warmers, I've found myself choosing knicker shorts in place of leg warmers. They both work, but I've found that the nickers feel better because they are thicker over the important knees and man parts while I barely notice the little bit of exposed skin below the knickers. I'll even wear knickers with booties on really cold days. And Castelli has at least two thicknesses, I have thinner knickers for mild days and the thicker ones with red fleece inside for the colder bootie days. Check out the Prologo CPC gloves with the little mitten covers built in, expensive but they offer a very wide temp range in a relatively thin & grippy glove.
Feet …you can add as many layers as you like …but to keep feet warm you need to wiggle them …..warm up before you got out . Get kitted out and then do 20 press ups . Bon route
My throat is really sensitive to cold air, such that my 45 minute commute in cold air with nothing covering my face could quickly turn into needing to take a couple of sick days. Balaclava's have been a lifesaver for me, I'll start putting them on when it looks like my complete ride will be under about 55 degrees F/15 C. If my face is feeling too warm I just pull the balaclava down. I mainly use thin, lightweight ones, and only wear the more thermal ones when it gets around freezing or below. I also cut off the sleeves of old t-shirts and use them as thin sweat rags under my helmet during the warm months, but for the winter I can put them under a thin balaclava to add more ear protection when it gets below 40 F/4 C. I then use the rest of the t-shirt as a bike cleaning rag 🙂
A little frustrated that have to convert all these tips into Fahrenheit° 🇺🇸
I’ve enjoyed all your videos posted, but sometimes with the winter riding ones it’s missing something: fat tire biking in the snow!
Normal cycling kit no matter how expensive will not do the job when it’s freezing! insulated jacket is a must and will help with all day riding.
Folk with any doubts then listen to Iditarod competitors 🙂👌🏻
I think it depends where you are from. I’m from Ireland and don’t mind wearing shorts and no gloves in 5°c 🇮🇪
Mudguards make a difference too. Nothing worse than being sprayed on the bottom with cold, dirty water.
Jesus that was annoying
I’m a bit surprised that as far as I can see none of my fellow Canadians have mentioned pogies. When the Arctic vortex is in high gear you can’t beat pogies for keeping your hands warm.
Canadian cyclist from southern Ontario with 46 seasons under my belt. So here it goes… I always dress for the temp in the last half of the ride…. summer kit to about 10C. Around 10C max temp, I'll put on arm warmers. Below 10, a summer base, arm warmers. 7C the knee warmers come out. 5C toe caps and light finger gloves, cotton casquette. Zero to 5 and a long sleeve base, long sleeve jersey. Zero and below, bib tights and booties. and double light gloves. -5 to -10 winter long sleeve base, merino hat under helmet, long sleeve jersey/jacket and winter gloves. Colder than -10 the roads generally too dangerous so Zwift.