I think you are also wearing #9. Good riding pants! Maybe that should be a brief video expanded to winter riding layers and how you stay warm and protected. What pants are those? Nice presentation - quick, to the point and pretty darn accurate!
Thanks Dave! The pants I had on in this video are made by Souke and they are an outdoor fleece lined pant for winter sports. I will wear cycling shorts underneath them but usually reserve these pants for really cold days. I did a UA-cam Short several weeks ago that goes over all my winter gear in 30 seconds. I will find the link and post it here. Do you do a lot of winter camping and cycling adventures?
Here is the link to the Short on my winter cycling system. ua-cam.com/users/shortsZ1F-weA8N5o?si=Yc1I7hmaTvdE63Ou I also posted a video on Friday on how to keep your hands, head, feet etc warm on my channel. Thanks again for watching and I appreciate the comments!
@@GeneVilleneuve Thanks for your reply. I am living in the Teton Valley and my winters are consumed with skiing at Grand Trarghee and in the backcountry. I do push the shoulder seasons a bit and trying to find warm, but packable cold weather bikepacking gear. I have fairly limited space on my bike, so need to go minimalist, which is fine in the summer. I used to do winter mountaineering in Seattle, but it is so cold here in winter and prefer to ski. I will check out your other videos. Thanks.
The Heat 3 Smart Gloves are an essential part of my winter gear-they're the key to keeping warm because if your hands are cold, your whole body feels the chill. Pair that with the incredible merino wool compression base layer by iomerino from Australia, perfect for aiding recovery. I've learned my lesson about keeping my Garmin inReach solely attached to myself, not the bike. Once, during a bike accident where the bike tumbled down a steep incline, I had to crawl 30 meters to reach the inReach, fortunately avoiding hitting the emergency button. Though I ended up with a broken shoulder, I was lucky to be within 5 miles of a village to seek help.
My original list had warm gloves and a discussion about hands but I wanted to keep the list shorter. But I agree, having cold hands can make your journey miserable! Also, great tip on keeping the InReach attached to your body. When riding road in cell phone distance I always keep my phone on me in case my bike disappears off the road while I am injured. So good idea with the InReach when away from cell phone service.
Thanks Robert! I've been wanting to make this video for a while as many people asked for a gear video. Instead of making it a review of the gear, I decided to make about critical gear requirements, and then from there people can decide what sleep pad, bag, bivy, satellite communicator, etc. they want to get.
Very good points and a reminder for myself to root out compact survival bag. Feet need a mention (as well as hands i.e. spare mittens). In a (UK) wintery bikepacking, hike a' bike venture and as using flat pedals, will wear 3-4 season hiking boots n' sealskinz extreme cold weather socks. I get using petroleum fuel, particularly if bivvying. As using a tent, still use gas, the canister tightly wrapped in an insulated material.
Thanks Ian! Yeah, I could have added additional sections on feet and hands. Every year I do a fat bike race at the end of February and it is always cold, -20 to -30c cold. So lots of strategies on keeping hands, feet, cheeks, noses, water, and food from freezing. Maybe I need to do another video on strategies for deep cold. One of the guys on our bikepacking trip a few weekends ago slept with his fuel canister in his sleeping bag.
And I agree that using flats and warmer boots makes for a warmer foot experience. It’s tough to get warm cycling winter boots. My winter cycling boots are rated to -18c but my feet start getting cold at -5c
I think you are also wearing #9. Good riding pants! Maybe that should be a brief video expanded to winter riding layers and how you stay warm and protected. What pants are those? Nice presentation - quick, to the point and pretty darn accurate!
Thanks Dave! The pants I had on in this video are made by Souke and they are an outdoor fleece lined pant for winter sports. I will wear cycling shorts underneath them but usually reserve these pants for really cold days. I did a UA-cam Short several weeks ago that goes over all my winter gear in 30 seconds. I will find the link and post it here. Do you do a lot of winter camping and cycling adventures?
Here is the link to the Short on my winter cycling system.
ua-cam.com/users/shortsZ1F-weA8N5o?si=Yc1I7hmaTvdE63Ou
I also posted a video on Friday on how to keep your hands, head, feet etc warm on my channel. Thanks again for watching and I appreciate the comments!
@@GeneVilleneuve Thanks for your reply. I am living in the Teton Valley and my winters are consumed with skiing at Grand Trarghee and in the backcountry. I do push the shoulder seasons a bit and trying to find warm, but packable cold weather bikepacking gear. I have fairly limited space on my bike, so need to go minimalist, which is fine in the summer. I used to do winter mountaineering in Seattle, but it is so cold here in winter and prefer to ski. I will check out your other videos. Thanks.
The Heat 3 Smart Gloves are an essential part of my winter gear-they're the key to keeping warm because if your hands are cold, your whole body feels the chill. Pair that with the incredible merino wool compression base layer by iomerino from Australia, perfect for aiding recovery. I've learned my lesson about keeping my Garmin inReach solely attached to myself, not the bike. Once, during a bike accident where the bike tumbled down a steep incline, I had to crawl 30 meters to reach the inReach, fortunately avoiding hitting the emergency button. Though I ended up with a broken shoulder, I was lucky to be within 5 miles of a village to seek help.
My original list had warm gloves and a discussion about hands but I wanted to keep the list shorter. But I agree, having cold hands can make your journey miserable! Also, great tip on keeping the InReach attached to your body. When riding road in cell phone distance I always keep my phone on me in case my bike disappears off the road while I am injured. So good idea with the InReach when away from cell phone service.
45nrth tires are brillant been using them for 8 years
Great video, Gene!!!...perhaps your best yet!
Thanks Robert! I've been wanting to make this video for a while as many people asked for a gear video. Instead of making it a review of the gear, I decided to make about critical gear requirements, and then from there people can decide what sleep pad, bag, bivy, satellite communicator, etc. they want to get.
Very good points and a reminder for myself to root out compact survival bag. Feet need a mention (as well as hands i.e. spare mittens). In a (UK) wintery bikepacking, hike a' bike venture and as using flat pedals, will wear 3-4 season hiking boots n' sealskinz extreme cold weather socks. I get using petroleum fuel, particularly if bivvying. As using a tent, still use gas, the canister tightly wrapped in an insulated material.
Thanks Ian! Yeah, I could have added additional sections on feet and hands. Every year I do a fat bike race at the end of February and it is always cold, -20 to -30c cold. So lots of strategies on keeping hands, feet, cheeks, noses, water, and food from freezing. Maybe I need to do another video on strategies for deep cold.
One of the guys on our bikepacking trip a few weekends ago slept with his fuel canister in his sleeping bag.
And I agree that using flats and warmer boots makes for a warmer foot experience. It’s tough to get warm cycling winter boots. My winter cycling boots are rated to -18c but my feet start getting cold at -5c