How to dress for WINTER Cycling | Pro Cyclist Insights with Sepp Kuss

I went behind the scenes with pro cyclist and 2023 Vuelta Espana winner, Sepp Kuss, to ask him exactly what he wears for his winter training rides.

On top of this I give a full run-through of all the cycling kit I wear when the temperature is between 0 degrees and 20 degrees Celsius so you can grab a few tips on how better to dress for winter cycling.

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00:00 Intro
01:51 Pre-ride checks
02:56 Sepp’s system for dressing
06:36 15-20°C kit choices
07:50 Tights rather than leg warmers
09:12 10-15°C kit choices
11:11 Sepp’s cold weather kit
14:04 5-10°C kit choices
17:40 Glove choice
19:08 0-15°C kit choices
21:17 Shoe covers
21:59 Accessories I use
23:41 Worst race conditions ever
25:55 Rain

This video was filmed in Andorra, where many professional cyclists live and train and where many pro cycling teams like Visma-Lease-a-Bike, Team INEOS-Grenadiers, UAE Team Emirates and others come to run training camps and altitude retreats. Riders like Jack Haig, James Knox, Pavel Sivakov, Sepp Kuss, Robert Gesink, Julian Alaphilippe, Carlos Verona, George Bennett and others use the mountains of Andorra to train, building up for races such as the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a Espana. Sepp Kuss is an American professional cyclist for Visma Lease-A-Bike who has won stages of the Tour de France, Criterium du Dauphine, Vuelta a Espana, and more, and helped current Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard to his two Tour de France overall victories. He has also ridden in support of Primoz Roglic for his 2023 Giro d’Italia overall win and multiple Vuelta a Espana wins over the past few years.

American professional cyclist for Vima Lisa bike sep Kus is definitively one of the greatest cyclists on Earth right now not only did he win a dramatic Welter espa in 2023 he’s also won stages of the tour to France the Criterium deop the Welter espa and he has helped Primo’s RIT to multiple Grand Tour wins and Yas finger guard to his two tour to France wins over the last two years sep is without a doubt one of the most hardworking and selfless Mountain domestics and GC riders in the Pro pellaton today and in today’s video I’m speaking with sep about how he dresses for winter training rides this video was born of a comment that I made in a previous video where I asked you guys if you’d like to see my system for dressing in Winter to my surprise a number of people replied and said they wanted to see how I dress for winter training rides and so in response to that I thought I would step it up a notch and interview one of the world’s greatest cyclists about how he dresses for winter training rides and also give you guys this insight as to how I dress in the system that I use for going out on the bike when the weather is chilly before we get into today’s video I want to say a massive thank you to to sep for his time in helping make this video possible sep is an incredibly kind and selfless human being and it’s a real treat to have him on the channel so without further Ado let’s get into this video this is the system that I use and sep course uses for dressing for winter training rides [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] enjoy all righty so let’s get into this video today now as I said this video was born of a comment that I made in a previous video about Not overdressing in Winter for this video I’m going to break down the different categories of dressing to four different temperature ranges I’m going to do 15 to 20° 10 to 15° 5 to 10° and 0 to 5° anything below zero I generally just wear the one kit but I do change my kit for those other temperature ranges so let’s start out with the first thing that I do when I wake up in the morning of a ride the first thing I’m doing is looking at the temperature now I’m not just looking at the temperature for what it is is right now when I look I’m looking at the minimum and the maximum temperature to know the extremes of what I’m going to be riding in the second thing I do after I check the temperature is I check my training for the day now this is really important because it’s going to dictate how hot or how cold I might get on a ride if I’m doing intervals I’ll generally dress for 1 to 2° colder than the weather is suggesting throughout the ride and I know that when I roll out the door I’m going to be colder initially but that I am then going to heat up during my intervals and if I’m dressing for a day where I either have an easy steady day or a Rec recovery ride I’ll wear a little bit more and then the third thing I look for is obviously any rain now if it’s going to be dry I generally am fine if it’s going to be wet I’ll dress a little bit differently the same also goes for humidity if I’m riding in Winter and it’s more humid I’ll dress slightly different to if it’s less humid or it’s dry because the feeling of temperature is going to be different so those are my three first initial tips that I do every day when I get out on the bike check the temperature check my training and check for rain all righty so I’m standing here with seus uh he’s very kindly allowed me into his house to have a chat with him straight into the Wardrobe yeah straight into the Wardrobe to have a look at what he’s got in his wind kit wardrobe we’re currently up in Andora where sep lives and does a majority of his training so it’s quite cold up here in the mountains last week it was getting down to sort of – 7 – 8° in the mornings I wanted to ask you about sort of two different temperature ranges let’s start out with the first temperature range being the slightly more warmer end of winter say when you’re rolling out in the morning say it’s 5° but it might be warming up a little bit more do you usually think about what you’re going to do do in terms of efforts for the day or do you dress based on Purely on temperature or how long you’re riding for or what’s your system for dressing in Winter I think first off I I just look at the at the temperature kind of the the range of temperature for the day or or if there’s any rain or other moisture throughout the day and uh kind of plan for that but for sure if I have efforts or if I’m going to be doing a lot of climbing and then descending then I want something yeah where I’m not going to be sweating too much much but also something to put over over the top of everything it’s the same for when I’m when I’m leaving home just have something like a a good rain jacket something that’s packable to start out with so that’s always kind of the the base of things so you think about the outside first rather than the inside y y so I always I think more about the outside like my that that rain jacket is like my my safety layer I think okay today it’s going to be pretty hot but if I run anything I always have this to put on for the cold descent or if I get too sweaty or if the weather you know cuz here in the mountains it always it’s always changing so I kind of start with that and then and then go from there yeah cool and then so say it was 5° in the morning but it might warm up to 12° or 15° what would you put on as like a as a first layer and then as a second layer between that sort of 5 and 15° range what are you aiming for there yeah normally I put on like a long sleeve base layer with like kind of some Marina wool or something a bit synthetic or if it’s if it’s going to be really sunny and and quite hot than I just go for the more short sleeve Bas layer and then always like a thicker thermal on top so this is actually a kind of in between one but uh yeah this this fits well over the over a long sleeve Bas layer or over a short sleeve it’s it’s um it’s pretty good so I always try and size my winter clothing a bit larger so I can always fit that stuff underneath so I’m not feeling super super tight in the chest and the arms or the armpits and then from there I always think if I want a vest or not cuz sometimes a vest you know you you really heat up if if that’s zipped all the way and you’re going uphill and then if it’s unzipped then it’s kind of always flapping around but the other consideration with the vest is you have a whole another three Pockets so you have a whole another layer of of storage for your your food your extra gloves your yeah whatever else you’re carrying cuz I’m definitely more of a a Pockets guy than a than a bar bag guy so I try and consolidate everything a little bit on my bike but mostly just on my on my body so you’re going just to back up a moment so you said you wear wear a long sleeve base layer even when it’s kind of warm outside you still go for a long sleeve base or a short sleeve but you’re never just going I’ll just wear like a summer weight Bas layer and put a thicker outer layer on yeah usually I I I go for the the thicker base layer um and and if it gets really hot then I just completely unzip but I I always like to have my arms a bit a bit warm I mean I I guess in in in how I prioritize what what parts of my body I want warm I definitely want my my hands my toes and and just kind of my face you know if I have a good thick buff or something that that helps kind of control the rest of the the core temperature okay so once I’ve woken up in the morning I’ve checked the temperature I’ve checked my training and I’ve checked for any rain the first thing I’m going to do if the temperature is above 15° is I’m going to wear a summer weight Bas layer now a summer weight base layer is a nice lightweight breathable Bas layer that you can wear for just a little bit of warmth but you’ll find that if you do warm up you’re not going to be sweating too much I’m wearing a regular pair of bib shorts with this without leg warmers or knee warmers and then on top I’m doing one of two things if I have a hard Training Day with intervals I will wear a short sleeve summer Jersey with a pair of arm warmers and then a wind stopper gilet which is just like a vest without any Pockets just to stop the wind if it does get cold or if I’m just doing a steady rub in no specific intervals I’ll wear a thin long sleeve jersey now the reason I wear a thin long sleeve jersey on top if my temperature is going to be stable is because it’s just easy to wear the one garment however if I am doing those intervals and I’m going to heat up lots I’m taking off the layers while while I’m doing the intervals then I can put them back on afterwards if you just wear the one layer while you do intervals at the temperature range you’ll find that you get really really sweaty then you’re going to get a bit cold on the way home so for me I wear a few layers when I’m doing intervals and then I just wear one layer if I’m not really doing any intervals all righty so we uh we’re just talking before about the slightly warmer temperatures one thing I didn’t ask you about was the legs you just said to me off camera that you quite like tights as opposed to leg warmers why is that and what temperature do you wear tights up to yeah I like tights I I think part of it is just for the convenience you know you just you just pull it on and then you’re you’re done otherwise if you go the leg warmers or knee warmers you putting on the knee warmers getting the shorts over getting all the creases out and and it’s always you know it never feels quite quite right at least to me but the tights you know they’re they’re also a bit thicker throughout so if you have your normal let’s say summer shorts they’re thinner in the in the groin area and and throughout the rest of the shorts so then even if you have thicker leg warmers then you feel that that difference um so for me the tights is just a nice one one theer yeah cool okay okay and then let me ask you at what temperature does it have to be before you start putting on like toe Caps or like even shoe covers is that much colder my feet get cold pretty easily so I if it’s less than 10° I usually go for some some toe covers especially here if it’s if it’s fresh in the morning I don’t like the feel so much of full shoe covers so even if it’s below zero I’m I’m usually fine with just the thick toe covers and then um just wear a bit thicker socks and then that keeps the ankles a bit warmer as well but I I definitely prefer the feeling of the the toe cover just cuz it it feels like my my foot is is better planted in the shoe than when I have a big big bot [Music] on all righty so let’s get into the next temperature bracket now that’s the 10 to 15° range if I’m going out on a day that’s 10 to 15° and I’m doing intervals I will wear a pair of regular bib shorts with either leg warmers underneath knee warmers underneath or I’m wearing a pair of three4 tights I’m wearing a summer weight base layer if I have intervals and then I’m putting a long sleeve thermal Jersey over the top and maybe a gilet as well the reason for this is because when I’m doing those intervals I can strip down the gilet I can unzip the jersey and I can find I can be the right temperature during the intervals without getting too sweaty and then in between I can zip them all up and layer up and still feel warm when the temperature is chilly if I have a steady day of riding and no intervals and the weather is between 10 and 15° I will wear a long sleeve thermal base layer and I will then wear a thermal jerse over the top of that and then also maybe a gillet as well a synthetic thermal Bas layer is a really good item to wear anytime that the temperature is below 15° because you will find that not only does it keep you warm but it dries out really quickly you’ll find that it stretches with your body and it’s just a nice basic warm undergarment to wear you might also like to go for a Marino wool base layer they’re really good they dry out really quickly and they don’t smell however no matter what you do please do not do something like wear a cotton t-shirt underneath your jersey you’ll find that it just gets wet it soaks through and it will make you really cold if you stop at a cafe and you cool down or you go out and there’s a lot of wind going through it stick with something that’s designed for cycling or Sports use and you’ll find that you get the best temperature range and comfort out of that for anyone wondering or if I haven’t made it obvious enough my kit sponsor is attacker and I want to say a massive thank you for the years of support attacker has given me all the kit that I show you in this video is going to be from attacker if you would like to get a discount on attacker kit there’s a link in the description down below cool so let’s jump into uh the really cold temperatures then cuz I think this is the thing that most people on on on YouTube are going to be interested in is like deep winter as I’ve said we’re up in Endora where like last week it was – 7 you’ve obviously written in colder temperatures and that as well let’s talk about uh what you would put on like say from the bottom up when it’s when you’ve looked at the temperature and it’s like ah I’m rolling out it’s – 7 and the warmest it’s going to be is like zero mhm yep so always you know same with the more medium temperatures always a good base layer so just kind of like a something like this kind of base layer I don’t know it even says the percentage of 35% wool 3 5% polyester 26% polyal and and and elastin so okay uh yeah something like that and and that’s always a good good base keeps you warm it it Wicks the moisture pretty well and then so on on top of that if it’s yeah if it’s if it’s really cold and I’m not going to be climbing too much or sweating too much then then I would go for for this one it has this uh this Polar Tech uh material on the inside so that that keeps you really really warm and it’s it also is is pretty pretty warming when it’s when it’s wet but with these with these War warmer items you have to be really careful with how much you’re you’re sweating because if you stay zipped up on the climb and you just sweat a ton then you’re going to get pretty cold either way you’re going to phase on the disent yeah I mean for a man who has access to every kind of possible cycling kit you could need like what’s your like oh I love this piece this garment is my go-to is it that is it I mean that’s the hard thing about being in the mountains is that you’re you’re going up and down so much so then sometimes this item I would wear more if it’s more of a flat ride and I’m going to be steady body temperature the whole time but if it’s more up and down then I go for more more layers options so base layer thicker thermal a vest over that a couple different kinds of gloves and and yeah always a good um like wind wind stopping layer over the top so you might be wearing up to five layers yeah if it’s really or even and then just just accept that you’re going to be pretty uh full up with with all the extra things but I I think it’s worth it to to stay warm I mean out of Interest so for you kind of always at the limit in terms of performance uh and and your body’s probably on its limit of potentially getting sick I guess when you get really cold are you is that something that’s in the back of your mind like I can’t get sick because I’ve got you know the start of the season coming or I’ve got training camp coming up are you thinking about that when you’re dressing or you just like pure Comfort no I just want to be comfortable uh not too much I think after years and and and different races especially where you you have the feeling of yeah I was really underdressed there because in a race you you never have the opportunity to be comfortably dressed cuz you’re exerting yourself more you’re you’re always in a in a hurry yeah in a Race So I think for me if I know if I’m if I’m dressed comfortably then I’m going to be let’s say healthy on the bike and not and not getting sick I always prefer to overdress a bit than than underdress but it’s it I think it comes with the experience and just trying to always stay more or less less dry when you have the down Hills where you can get really cold yeah [Music] interesting all righty now moving on to the next temperature bracket and that is the 5 to 10° range now within this temperature range that 5° can actually make a massive amount of difference one because if you go up some difficult climbs or you’ve got a day of training it’s very easy to overheat when the temperature is closer to that 10° mark But equally if it is staying around that 5 to 6° temperature Mark it’s very easy to get cold if you’re not doing any kind of intensity so this is what I wear for the 5 to 10° range firstly on my legs I’ll put a pair of 3/4 length tights or full length tights one or the other if it is sunny outside but it’s that chilly temperature I’m going to go with the 3/4 length tights if there’s any kind of moisture around on the road either if it’s rained the day before or it looks like it is going to rain I’ll wear a pair of ful length tights there I will also then wear a thermal base layer the long sleeve thermal base layer from attacker over the top of that I will put a long sleeve thermal Jersey so I’m not going for the thinner one when it’s this temperature I go for the thicker attacker thermal Jersey and then on top of that I will put my galet one of the accessories that I then pair with this that I find helps keep me really warm is a buff around my neck now the buff is actually my favorite accessory out of all the cycling accessories not only is it nice and cozy to wear when it’s cold outside but because of the amount of blood flow that’s close to your skin around your neck you’ll find that if you put a buff on when the temperature is cold it can help keep your entire body warm because your neck is not cooling down and equally if you do need to releve yourself of some temperature by taking the buff off you immediately get a temperature drop which feels really really nice so I wear a buff every time the temperature is below 10° no matter whether the sun’s out or not you can take it off and pack it away in a pocket really really easily I highly recommend a buff and attacka has a few different colors as you can see here once it starts getting down to that 5 to 10° range I also change my socks up so generally above 10° I just wear standard attack of cotton socks once it gets down below 10° I wear the attack of winter socks now the attacka winter socks have a thicker base to them they’re a bit thicker overall they’re a bit more cushy and comfortable and they have some extra thickness to me that they are actually a little bit warmer when the temperature is that bit colder like sep I don’t really like running anything on my feet unless it’s really cold or really necessary so when the temperature is above 5° unless it’s raining I’m not putting anything on my feet like toe Caps or anything like that the final thing I’ll add when the temperature is below 10° is they take a pair of midwinter gloves from attacker these midwinter gloves are a very nice feeling semi thick glove but they’re not too thick and bulky that you can’t access all the controls on your handlebars and also the fingertips on these gloves mean that you can access your phone if you need to and swipe around the screen which I find a massive help as you guys know I like to take photos and videos with my phone while I’m out on the ride so this makes a big difference there I’ll keep those in my pocket I’ll put them on for The Descent or generally just riding around if I’m doing an easy day cool so now let’s just jump into like again with those deep winter temperatures can I ask you about your accessories in terms of glove buff cap like thick beanie do you have like preferences do you go like oh my hands I don’t mind my hands getting a little bit colder so I don’t run as thick of gloves or are you just like thick every wear if it’s really really cold first of off I like I said earlier I really like the you know having having warm hands but I also don’t like having thick gloves so uh so let’s say for the for the downhill I’ll I’ll put on something thick like these these kind of lobster Lobster gloves so if you’re getting cold in these then probably shouldn’t shouldn’t be out so I have these just kind of when you’re just cruising downhill and and you’re not shifting very much you just need finger to break and and that’s it because with with the thicker gloves you you feel a bit less part of your bike so I always have this and then like a thinner let’s say Springtime set of gloves in the pocket so I’m always kind of switching back and forth between the gloves so you know I I’ll put these on for the for the downhill and then when I warm up a bit or I’m on a flat Road or climbing then I put on the the pretty lightweight gloves or or no gloves at all so you carry two sets of gloves with you on a ride yeah quite often yeah yeah this time of year quite often I’ll have the just a thick ones as uh as a plan B and then uh are you a buff person like you yeah yeah yeah I always go with the buff in general it’s just your standard uh thin buff but if it’s um if it’s super cold then then I always like uh you know something like this a bit bit thicker buff where you know it kind of stays perched on your on your neck and and you don’t always have to kind of grab up to to get it above your nose and and the thin ones once you’re once you’re breathing in them for a while or all the snots coming down then then they just get wet so these thicker ones they kind of have a bit more this is almost like a ski level buff H yeah yeah exactly and and they do get really hot so I think this is also something that you you want to take off pretty quickly if you’re if you’re going uphill or you know doing efforts or something so you are throughout a ride you really taking off and putting on layers yeah because you know especially around nandora you’re always stopping at the top of the climb anyways to to throw on a jacket or have a bar or something so I just take those moments to okay let’s let’s see how long this next next downhill is going to be how cold it’s going to be if it’s in the shade or not and then yeah just try to keep more or less even body temperature the whole time and finally getting down to the last temperature range that I dress for now this is anything below 5° I did say 0 to 5° but we’re going to go with below 0 up to 5° now when it’s that kind of temperature if I have intervals it doesn’t really matter what I wear because I generally find if it’s below 5° and I’m doing intervals I’m not heating up so much that I’m sweating a lot but it is important to still work on a layering system there so for the temperature being below 5° I will always roll out wearing a pair of long winter types now these types that I have on in this video are attackers all day winter types they are a neoprene style of tight so they’re quite thick they’re very very warm no matter whether it’s rainy or whether it’s dry and I really like those when the temperature is really cold it keeps your entire body and your entire leg warm also as you can see at the ankles they have this kind of slight KNE creany finish on there and that helps keep your ankles dry and keep your entire body warm under those I’ll also wear the winter socks on the top I will then put a long sleeve thermal base layer I’ll put on a long sleeve thermal Jersey as well and then if I’m absolutely certain that the temperature is not going to go above 5 de I’ll then wear a jacket over the top of that one of the big things that I would say that I focus on more when the temperature is colder is actually the accessories rather than the clothing so when the temperature is below 5° I will also take with me a little skull cap that goes on top my head that keeps my head warm I will wear a buff as I said in the last Point that’s really important to me The Buff helps keep my neck warm I’ll wear a slightly thicker pair of winter gloves so attack to have some deeper winter gloves or if it’s really cold I wear a pair of deep Winter Ski gloves and I find those are the best in terms of keeping wind out when it is definitely below 0 de but I don’t generally carry the ski gloves unless it’s below that 0 de because I find it’s just too much to carry and then for me it’s at this temperature that I’ll put on a pair of booty covers I find a pair of shoe covers like this helps keep my feet and my my ankles warm and that makes a big difference to My overall warmth as well it’s really important to remember that you lose a majority of your heat through your extremities things like your head your neck your hands and your feet so if you can keep those areas of your body warm you’ll find that in the coldest temperatures you actually feel most warmer and most comfortable so then the one of the last questions I’ve got for you is what temperatures it does it need to be before you’re putting on like full booty covers like full full length for me that would have to be cold and rain because that’s that’s when I start to to melt yeah so then I then I go for the full full option okay so just real cold and rain but if it’s just real cold but it’s sunny you’re staying away from the booty covers yeah then I’m staying away from the booty covers just from just that I need my just my toes warm and the rest can can be a bit bit more cold it’s kind of nice to have your ankles a bit free hey so you can like pedal a bit easier exactly yeah yeah I always just have a weird sensation with the the full the full shoe covers but yeah if it’s raining then then you need everything pretty pretty sealed now a couple of other little accessories I do want to mention as we get towards the end of this video one of them is that I will wear a cycling cap if I’m riding in the rain a cycling cap is great cuz it’s got the little Peak and although it doesn’t keep your ears warm I do find that having the peak on the front there when it is raining and the rain is coming from the top down obviously you find that by having a peak there it’s not going straight into your face the other thing that I really like wearing in winter is a pair of photochromic glasses photochromic glasses or lenses are a lens that changes in different light conditions so you find that if you’re riding either in low light in winter in the rain or when there’s not as much sun around the lenses are quite clear but then equally when you are in some bright Sunshine they go a bit dark so they work well in all kinds of lighting conditions it’s really important not to just take glasses off in Winter because there’s things like mud spraying off the road it’s always cold as well and that cold air against your eyes not only causes a potential little bit of damage also it makes it more difficult to see so having a good pair of photochromic glasses in Winter makes a nice difference there and then a couple of other little tips that I don’t use very often but I have picked up over my years of writing that is that if you are prone to getting very cold hands I would try wearing a pair of beauti gloves underneath your regular gloves you’ll find that that rubber helps keep your hands a little bit warmer under your regular gloves and then on top of that if you’re prone to getting really cold feet wrapping some aluminium foil around your toes before you put them in your shoes helps keep your toes a little bit warmer one other thing you can do which I don’t do but you can if you live somewhere very cold and there’s a lot of cold air is you can tape up the inside holes of your shoe shoes to stop air going through the vents in your shoes if you are prone to getting a cold head you may also want to wear a more Arrow helmet in Winter because you’ll find that without all the vents letting in cold air your head stays just that little bit warmer all righty and last question that I have for you can you think of a race that you’ve done like what’s the worst conditions you’ve ever done and like whether you dress perfectly or you dress terribly like something that sticks in your mind is like one of the peak experiences of I’m at the limit of dressing capacity here yeah yeah I think you know this this year in the in the jro in in the 2023 jro it was super super cold and rainy almost the whole first half of the race so that that gave me a lot of experiences with what I should dress or when I’ve been underdressed or overdressed and I think you realize that in a race situation because you don’t have time to just put on what’s the most comfortable because if it’s starting uphill from in the first hour then you can’t be with two different rain jackets on but um yeah I remember one stage I forget which one exct but we we climbed up this super long kind of draggy climb forever and it’s just getting colder and colder and colder and rain is coming down harder and harder and then almost 20 30k downhill and and the whole time we’re just going faster and faster cuz it’s a really strong break ahead and and then you think oh there’s time there’s time there’s still 10K left in the climb but then you realize the whole Caravan is full with everybody changing clothes you see guys stopped on the side of the road like with frozen hands the directors are putting clothes on them and you’re thinking oh God I should get the I should get changed now but then I ended up getting super cold too so my hands were frozen I couldn’t zip up my I think I was wearing three rain jackets uphill and then and then we have a guy on our team at w though and and he never gets cold and then we hear on the radio I need gloves I need gloves and I was back at the car I was like okay I’ll bring I’ll bring the gloves to him but I don’t know I don’t know if I’ll get to him in time and then I got to him just over the top of the climb but our hands were both so cold that we couldn’t you know cuz you have these neopreme gloves that you just can’t get and then a downhill just frz hands and your neck is totally frozen and sff CU you’re just you know on the limit sprinting out of every corner but your muscles are totally cold and yeah just just those moments where you you have no option but to just go yeah yeah and you know it’s it’s miserable but it’s uh yeah is what it is interesting yeah now one thing I haven’t obviously spoken about so far in this video is if you are riding in cold temperature and in the rain riding in the rain is an unavoidable fact of riding in Winter you got a couple of solutions one of them is that you can stay indoors of course but if you do want to get outside there’s a few accessories that I recommend to avoid getting too cold in the Rain the first one is on top of that regular layering system that I mentioned using a really great outer rain jacket now there’s obviously lots and lots of Brands there’s different thicknesses of rain jackets you can get a packable rain jacket for light showers or you can get a thick rain jacket to wear all day in Winter I actually don’t use a rain jacket too often because of how dry it is here but if you are looking into getting a rain jacket do check out the ipx rating of them that is how waterproof they are it’s worth chatting to your local shop about what works best for the kinds of rainy weather that you’re going to be riding in but getting a good outer layer to Chuck on in the rain is very very important on top of this a pair of nice neoprene gloves is good and neoprene shoe covers now the reason neoprene is great is because like a wet suit it allows some water in but then it traps that water and it Heats it up and that keeps your hands or your feet warm I would also recommend using one of these little flaps underneath your saddle in Winter they’re called an ass saver if it is raining they stop as much water flicking up your back as you might get and that water flicking up your back can soak into the layers that you’ve got on it and end up making you that extra little bit cold so if you use an AR saer or you use a mud guard in Winter that makes a big difference to your overall body temperature it also just keeps you that little bit cleaner as well so you’re not getting mud sprayed all over you awesome all right well thank you so much for taking the time to uh chat with us and walk us through your your wardrobe it’s been cool to see I definitely have some uh shopping to do to get enough kit to keep up with you uh good luck to your training game uh and yeah cheers thanks dress thanks man all righty now that brings us up to the end of this video I hope you guys got something out of this learned something from sep maybe learned something from me if you 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