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Old 02-27-2008, 04:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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If you want to spend money I know the Olympia AST jacket works great riding my motorcycle down to about 25 degrees F. It is $289 though and probably has a lot more armor and abrasion protection than you really need on a bicycle though.

The Airglide pants they make would also be good for a bike but at $189 for the pants they are also probably a bit of overkill.

An easy trick though that works with what you have is to put rubber gloves like dishwashing gloves over top of the gloves you normally wear. That really makes a huge difference with the air getting through them. Get thin rain jacket/pants that are solid plastic and wear it outside to keep the air off your normal insulated stuff.

Wearing a solid plastic jacket and pants over my olympia gear I was able to ride in 15 degrees F and I was still nice and warm at 70mph for an hour long ride.
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