{"id":17296,"date":"2013-03-24T22:14:28","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T02:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=17296"},"modified":"2013-03-24T22:56:23","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T02:56:23","slug":"barry-roubaix-the-clothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2013\/03\/24\/barry-roubaix-the-clothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry-Roubaix: The Clothing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/v\/travel\/local_places\/biking\/IMG_2254-2-_ZF-5206-89340-1-001_.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Roger Class, Nick Shue, and I just after starting the 2013 Barry-Roubaix race in the 36 mile Fatbike class. Photo by Jack Kunnen, all rights reserved.\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/d\/103765-2\/IMG_2254-2-_ZF-5206-89340-1-001_.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robritz.com\/barry-roubaix-2013\/\">Rob&#8217;s post on Barry-Roubaix which included a description of the clothing worn<\/a> made me want to note the same thing. Not for any reason of style, but because I find dressing for longer cold weather rides to be a bit confusing for some (they sure were for me!), so I hope these notes can help others in a similar situation. (It&#8217;s also an excuse to post this photo of Roger, Nick, and I just after starting the race.)<\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s weather in Hastings was right around freezing. My bike computer recorded an average temperature of 32.5\u00b0F during the race, and the temperature when I last checked the weather before leaving for the start was 28\u00b0F.\u00a0There wasn&#8217;t much wind, but being a road race I had to be ready for 10-20 MPH headwinds throughout the day, plus more while riding down some hills.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I wore, which is fairly typical for me in these conditions:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pearlizumi.com\/\">Pearl Izumi<\/a> Barrier GTX Shoes<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Generic Kirkland (Costco) Tall Wool Socks<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/voler.com\/\">Voler<\/a> Thermal Bib Knickers (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trails-edge.com\/\">Trail&#8217;s Edge<\/a> logo from team order)<\/li>\n<li>Under Armor Thermal Base Layer (usually a generic Costco one, but this was a gift and is more form fitting)<\/li>\n<li>Voler Short Sleeve Jersey (Club-Cut, Full Zip, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigringcoffee.com\/\">Big Ring Coffee<\/a> from team order)<\/li>\n<li>Voler Wind Jacket (Trail&#8217;s Edge, also from team order)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.descente.com\/\">Descente<\/a> Coldout Beanie<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.giro.com\/us_en\/xar.html\">Giro Xar Helmet<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pearl Izumi Gavia Gloves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For other rides around this temperature or colder I&#8217;ll often use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trails-edge.com\/retail\/te_shirts\/amfbikemits.htm\">Trail&#8217;s Edge Moose Mitts<\/a>\u00a0with springtime-weight gloves. I really like these for keeping my hands warm and bike controls accessible, but on warmer days like this when I&#8217;ll be trying to push myself (such as a race) they can get too warm. Thus, just <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2012\/11\/06\/2012-iceman-cometh-challenge\/\">as during Iceman<\/a>, I opted for simple gloves. Regardless of what I chose for keeping my hands warm they always seem to get painfully cold within the first 5 or 10 miles, then suddenly warm up and be fine for the rest of the ride. I guess that must when I warm up and my internal thermostat decides that there&#8217;s sufficient heat that some can be spent on warming\u00a0extremities.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll also tend to refrain from shaving my head or face for 4 or 5 days before an event like this. The bit of scruffy facial hair does a great job of keeping the cold away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob&#8217;s post on Barry-Roubaix which included a description of the clothing worn made me want to note the same thing. Not for any reason of&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2013\/03\/24\/barry-roubaix-the-clothing\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Barry-Roubaix: The Clothing<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,29,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling","category-outdoors","category-weather","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17296"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17301,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17296\/revisions\/17301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}