What's your favourite bit of winter riding kit?

Rooster hot socks

Helly Hansen Freeze. Thoroughly recommended.

BBB winter overshoes.

Nothing worse than freezy toes on the road bike.

Morso squirrel.
If its that shit outside just fire up the morso and sit in shorts and tshirt.

The ultimate winter riding kit is the post ride pub fire 🙂

It must be my Altura windproof Night Vision jacket and my hip flask filled with Jura, I am still trying to find a good option to keep my feet warm and comfy

Like Brigante, my Perfect Curve Glacier gloves- properly gamechanging those, I’ve got fairly poor circulation and nothing else keeps me warm (maybe pogies would but I am a tart)

Northwave Celsius boots and Gore Phantom 2 top, best things since sliced bread 😀

The ultimate winter riding kit is the post ride pub fire

As if you’d be allowed to sit on those sofas having just come in from a winter ride 🙂

Track bike and living 15 minutes away from an indoor velodrome, the racing is just so much fun particularly when its blowing a gale and pishing down outside!

As of Wednesday night’s ride, a crud guard. I resist every year for it looking rubbish but why wouldn’t you? I’ve modified it with bits of zip tie and electrical tape to stop it rattling which IS annoying, now I don’t know its there but my bum is dry and my kit will last a lot longer.

EDIT: And mud tyres. Obvious, but make winter riding rideable.

Montane pertex/fibre pile jacket like buffalo but lighter and cut for cycling. I don’t know how Montane stay in business – I’ve had this for more than 15 years and its still completely fine despite being used and abused. In fact I’ve never ‘rebought’ any piece of Montane gear, they just work and last. Incredible when so much other outdoor kit is rubbish.

My Aldi waterproof gloves are both the most functional and best value for money bit of winter kit I’ve got. Although I do like my Sportful Fiandre Norain jacket.

Another Aldi glove fan here. Got a proper fitting pair and another pair the next size up, for wearing with cheap Decathlon inner gloves.

Glacier gloves perfect curve gloves, as per Bregante’s pic above. Unbelievably good.

mrblobby –
The ultimate winter riding kit is the post ride pub fire
As if you’d be allowed to sit on those sofas having just come in from a winter ride

Obviously one changes in to something more comfortable prior to enjoying the pub

DeFeet Dura Gloves for anything above 0°.

Merino Buff.

Lidl’s “motorcycle baselayer”.

A set of Crud Catcher Racepack 29er (combined with front Mudhugger)and Endura MT500 overshoes – after every muddy ride I realize how much I love these simple items!

beard and silk glove liners

Winter boots…can’t see I coped without them

military goretex kex and jacket, ultimate in cheap dryness and comfort
and when im finished riding I just peel them off and hose them down over the washing line or fence, Bargaintastic 😆

Also I have a pair of Castelli thin gloves, I can’t remember the name of them but blimey they surprise each time I have them on, warm when needed, cool when needed but most of all they feel like I’m not wearing them.
Perfect.

which ones, they sound just what I’m after.

and 2nd the northwave boots and Gore Phantom softshell

which ones, they sound just what I’m after.

Bikebuoy do you mean the Castelli Lightness glove? The seams split on the palm of mine, the only time I’ve been a bit disappointed with a Castelli product.

Knee-length Chrome merino socks and winter boots (road and mtb).