Winter cycling kit essentials

By A Mystery Man Writer

You don’t want to stop going out on your bike just because of cold weather. But, if you don’t have the right winter cycling kit basics, you’re going to be pretty miserable for a few months of the year. The trick to cold weather cycling is layering because your body heat warms the air between the layers, keeping you much warmer than a single, thicker layer. But the other reason layering is a good idea is that you can remove layers as you ride to stop you overheating on the ascent and to keep you warm on descents. Which layers do you need? The main thing with winter kit is not to hand over 100% of the work of keeping you warm to a single winter-weight jersey as it won’t be enough on its own. But neither should you bundle
You don’t want to stop going out on your bike just because of cold weather. But, if you don’t have the right winter cycling kit