Concise Cold Weather Advice.

[Raymo853]

How about a thread of concise cold weather riding advice. Suggest keeping it to three concise phrases in bullet format. Here are my three.

1. Toes lightly covered in petroleum jelly stay warm

2. Too thick of socks can reduce blood flow to the feet making them colder

3. Slice out all elastic wrist cuffs on jackets/jerseys as these can reduce blood flow to hands.

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[DaveK]

Stuck in my head forever. Thanks, jerks.

On topic, and with apologies to Michael Pollan:

Wear clothes. Not too many, mostly wool.

[Greenbelt]

Remember the big three larger-picture necessities, especially important in winter:

hydration, nutrition, caffeine, bacon

Oops, that’s four — too much caffeine

[jrenaut]

@Greenbelt 74283 wrote:

hydration, nutrition, caffeine, bacon

I assume the post-ride beer is included in “hydration”?

[ShawnoftheDread]

@jrenaut 74285 wrote:

I assume the post-ride beer is included in “hydration”?

If by “included” you mean “the basis for.”

[pfunkallstar]

Two words: Java Stout.

[bikenurse]

@Greenbelt 74283 wrote:

hydration, nutrition, caffeine, bacon

Speaking of which, check out this excellent article on exercising in cold weather from Alan Lim of Skratch Labs. http://bit.ly/1aAjML8

[PotomacCyclist]

@Greenbelt 74283 wrote:

Remember the big three larger-picture necessities, especially important in winter:

hydration, nutrition, caffeine, bacon

Oops, that’s four — too much caffeine

There’s a new type of PED — porcine epidemic diarrhea virus.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/01/26/265706146/pig-virus-continues-to-spread-raising-fears-of-pricier-bacon

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