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Keep Your Hands and Feet Warm while Cycling: Cold hands, Cold feet

How to dress for winter cycling is always a challange. Winter cycling has its most effect on hands and feet. Here are some suggestions for your windter cycling kit. Cold hands? 1. Good quality gloves for warm hands. They do make "pogies" (also called bike mittens) that cover the brake and shifters. Some swear by these and they do work well, especially those that allow you to wear a thin glove when inserting your hands. Don't buy cheap pogies. Go with Bike Mitt pogies or 45 North pogies.They do restrict placement of your hands, so, if you’re one that likes to move your hands around on the bar, these may not be for you. They do make "claw" gloves that group your fingers but I find that the following work better. 2. Hands Warmers (used by skiers): Most of us know about hand warmers, but you may not be aware that it takes up to 30 minutes to get hot. So, remove them from the package on the way to the ride so they'll be ready. In extreme cold, consider the follow: Use Hot Hands boot warmers used by hunters. These really get hot, in fact, too hot to handle. So what I did was cut the end of an inexpensive pair of mens dress socks to make a small pouch to place the warms - which then go in your gloves Cold feet? 1. Good quality Marino wool or alpaca socks seem to be the best cycling socks for warm toes. But make sure you have enough room in your shoe or you'll constrict the vessels in the toe and actually make them colder. 3. Or can use a good quality lined overshoes such as I have here, or even a dedicated cycling boot (which are by no means cheap) such as the fleece line Sidi Cycling Boot. 3. Toe warmers - take about 30 minutes to allow them to warm up. Cut the edge but leave them in the wrapper or they may puff up too much to put into the shoe. Again, make sure that they do not make your shoe feel too tight or they will have the opposite effect of cutting off circulation and making your feet colder. One set of my bike shoes that have a little extra room that makes them ideal for heavier wool socks and toe warmers. 4. Finally consider hunters foot warmers, not for feet (too bulky) but for hands. They get so hot one must make a insert for them out of an old dress sock as shown. And don't neglect the rest of you which needs to be layered and warm. 1. Layers: Long sleeve lined bicycle shirt, fleece vest and good jacket. If it gets hot, you can unzip or remove layers as needed. 2. Head Covering: Although it's a myth that you loose 50% of your heat thru your head, it is true that if you're otherwise bundled up, you should also use head covering to keep you're body warm. Depending on the temperature, I use two to make a double layers. I can remove one and throw it in the knapsack if I know it warms up. 3. Neck Warmers: From thin to heavy duty depending on the temperature. Finally, the quickest way to warm up is to look for those hills or just ride harder, if you're so inclined.