Last week was a busy week. No cycling past Tuesday. 4 hours of flying on Wednesday (to VA Tech and back, then down in Atlanta from Thursday through the weekend to visit my brother.

Back to it today. No excuses as we're expecting temps in the 60's here in VA.

Cold weather layering

I have all the gear now to cycle through most of the winter. Since this is a first for me a lot of experimentation is in order. Here's my MO so far:

• Above 60 - choose between long or short sleeve depending on temp.
• 50 - 60 - long sleeve jersey, leg warmers, synthetic undershirt w/temps on low-end
• 40-50 - Craft undershirt, long sleeve jersey, polartec or Windstopper jacket (the latter on the low-end of the temps and if raining); booties for low-end (i hate cold feet), therma-fleece tights, beanie, fleece gloves under riding gloves
• 30's - haven't been here yet, but I will. Most of the above will work, perhaps with all

I need to experiment more in the 40-50 range. The Windstopper jacket (Gore) got me sweating pretty good. In similar conditions, swapping with the Polartec the next day felt better. The Windstopper might be better left for light rain and sub 40 weather. Will the tights be enough for sub-40? We'll see.