So what gear do you guys wear to keep you toasty in these less than ideal conditions (UK only please, dont need you folks on the other side of the world making us jealous!!)

Compression vest, long sleeve merino base layer, montane velo jacket, merino padded under shorts, 3/4 baggies, merino socks and seal skin gloves.

Dressing gown and slippers.

My riding kit sounds very much like Ian above –
Windproof bib tights, merino socks, merino long sleeve base (if really cold a short sleeve jersey on top), baggies, Seal Skin gloves and outer shell – either a Gore Phantom softshell or Vaude Tiak.

Merino. Lots and lots of merino.

I’m bored of it now. Need to get t-shirts and shorts out…..

Glacier gloves ftw. To give an idea of how warm they are, this last week has been the first time this winter it’s been cold enough to wear them!. Shimano goretex boots and thick woollie socks below, with army camo goretex trousers over the top to keep the water out.

As long as my feet and hands are warm the rest of me is fine, maybe except for a buff for my face.

Everything…… Twice. 😯

A car.

snowboarding gear

Bibs, DH shorts, base layer, windproof, windproof body warmer and windproof gloves. Sorted!

I bought some Castelli gear just for my SS. I use their long bibs ( wind stopper and thermal ) merino socks and either their neoprene overshoes or their wind stopper ones, then I use a merino long sleeve T, a LS roadie riding jersey, then either a wind stopper gillet or a Rapha wind stopper rain jacket, then gloves are either neoprene or wind stopper.
The only part of my body that has gotten cold on long SS rides are the tips of my toes and tips of my fingers.

If its proper wet and muddy I use a lot of old kit and just layer up.

It’s similar kit on the roadie but consists of Raphas deep winter tights, merino T, deep winter wind stopper LS jersey or rain jacket, gloves I use my Castellis as above.

One thing that works for me though is embrocation. Rubbing this on pre rides in this horrid cold weather has made my rides soooo much more fun.

Oh, for hats I either use a winter merino beanie or a casquette under my helmet. Or some other thermal beanie I have lying around.
And shades, well clear lens shades, just to keep the wind off my eyeballs.

Leopard print Speedo’s, knee warmers and a Pussy Riot style pink balaclava

last 2 days – mt500 shorts , altura winter cruisers , altura synthetic base layer , buffalo active smock , buff round my neck and a gore windstopper balaclava , marmot winter mitts, salomon ski socks shimano winter boots and mt500 overshoes

my bar mounted thermometer shows -10 when riding along the road and it was driving hail today into a coont of a headwind – last night was good , sunny , vents on the smock open and a gert tail wind all the way home – unusual to have easterlys 😀

Commute to work this morning – thermal bib tights, waterproof trousers over the top, helly hansen base layer, short sleeve jersey, long sleeve thermal jersey, waterproof jacket, buff, socks, shoes, overshoes, sealskinz gloves, big glasses to keep the wind and snow out of my eyes.

Leopard print Speedo’s, knee warmers and a Pussy Riot style pink balaclava

POIDH!

No, hang on a minute. This thread is fine without pix!

yes goggles were order of the day today – wish i had some

In the recent cold spells –
Shimano winter boots & normal socks
Endura Stealthlite Biblongs with baggies over the top
Compression T-shirt
Base Layer
Stealth Jkt
Buff
Seal skin gloves

All = Toasty

On yesterdays commute

castelli three quarter bibs shorts
gore paclite waterproof shorts – makes a big difference to wind chill
merino sleeveless base layer
long sleeve rapha jersey
rapha softshell
merino socks
shimano winter boots
aldi winer gloves
castelli cap under helmet

It was a low of 0 degrees on yesterdays commute and I was warm enough.

That lot will generally do me to around -5 although I may wear a thicker base layer, a polartec buff and an extra pair of merino gloves.

Top Down

Aldi skull cap
Buff
Howies Merino Base
Buffalo
Lycra shorts
Gore leg warmers Baggies
(or ron hills and waterproofs if wet/cold)
Shimano Gore tex winter boots

Merino long sleeve vest, softshell top, buff around the neck and on the head.

Thermal bib knickers and a pair of baggies or ordinary bib knickers and some old endura freeride trousers, woolie boolie socks and some winter boots. Hands usually wearing Specialized Defroster gloves.

Merino socks
Normal shoes for flats
Cheap Karrimor tights
Baggies
Base layer
Long sleeve cycle top
Shell jacket
Silk liner gloves
Answer Strike neoprene gloves
Urge AM helmet
Goggles

Fingers will be cold until I get to some DH techy stuff

Aldi Winter socks
Aldi Cycling tights
Endura 3/4 baggies
Howies Merino Baselayer
ye olde Nike ACG long sleeve top
Aldi Cycling Jacket
Rapha Cap
This keeps me pretty warm on my commutes, though I think sometimes overshoes and better socks are needed.

hagloffs trousers
rab base t shirt
rab generator pullover
buff
ski gloves

managed 3 days riding over the NYM at the weekend ok.

Road.

Thick long sleeve based layer.
Dhb zero bib tights.
Gore bikewear jacket, tool2.
Gillet.
Thick merino socks.
Normal Roadie shoes.
Grip grab overshoes.
Merino gloves and gore wind stoppers over the top.
A buff.

This will do for anything around zero.

This week, I have mostly been wearing bees.

(with thick socks)

I find once I’m hot, I don’t need a lot of gear on. As has been said, hands and feet are key, the rest of me just gets hot and is fine.

Baabaa Merino base
Tenn Outdoor long sleeve (cheap and disposable)
Funkier thermal tights and Humvee’s.
Gore winter gloves.

Roadie bib shorts
Aldi leg warmers
Endura waterproof over-shorts
20 year old Duofold base layer top
Polaris zip up cycle jersey
Windproof or waterproof top depending on conditions
Beanie under helmet
Seal Skins waterproof winter gloves
Thick woolie socks
Spare top in rucsac

Howies long sleeve merino base layer
Gore Phantom 2 jacket
Padded short liner
Altura Waterproof 3/4 shorts
Wollie boolie socks
Shimano MW80 boots
Berghaus half gaiters
Pearl izumi pro softshell lite gloves

Commuting and off road. If temparatures go lowere than say -5, i ll change the base layer to a thicker merino.

Merino base layer
Thickish thermal top
Wind/waterproof jacket

bibs
bib tights

thin socks
Sealskinz thermal socks

Neck buff
under helmet hat thing

Endura Winter gloves – almost like skiing gloves.

That lot just about kept me warm for 7 hours this weekend.

This old girl has been wearing thin merino base layer, Gore Windstopper jacket, Gore windproof tights, shorts, Goretex gloves, Windstopper buff, Sealskinz light socks.

Absolutely fine apart from my nose and cheeks becoming sore due to the wind chill.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/68973329/VIDE0148.MOV

does that work ? at 7.04 this morning see how quick it turned into a blizzard and white out – what the camera sees is pretty much what i saw even with my specs off- even thought better of drafting off the tractor