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54 miles at 39 degrees this morning. Wore my new Freeze Out gear I got from the new Cycle Gear store in Centerville, Ohio yesterday. I am pretty impressed with it.
For being super cheap gear it is pretty nice stuff. Got the long sleeve shirt, pants and balaclava (and my wife got gloves).
There is an extra panel of some material(?) in the stomach, chest, shoulders, thighs, knees, neck, chin and top of the head. Must say it seemed to do a good job of insulating. Wasn't cold at all and didn't have the heat turned on on my jacket liner. Will have to try it on the naked CB but IMO was well worth the $50 we spent on it.
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I've got the boot liners and they work very well. I got the balaclava too, but I never seem to get out when it's cold enough for that.
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Was it still on sale? Last I looked it was something crazy like 80% off
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yep, we got shirt, pants, balaclava, and gloves for $56 incl tax. Mind blowingly cheap imo
I felt nothing on my neck or chin or cheeks with the balaclava.
You look like a Ninja wearing the stuff, but I can accept that for the comfort provided.
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Ferret,
Any special laundering requirements on the material, I didn't see anything on their site.
Can they be tended to on the road, in a motel room, etc?
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Hand or machine wash on delicate, no dryer I believe. No not really motel room overnight dry-able I wouldn't think
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Got it, thanks.
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(03-04-2018, 07:38 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Hand or machine wash on delicate, no dryer I believe. No not really motel room overnight dry-able I wouldn't think
No dryer, but they dry VERY quickly
Posted this last month:
Cycle Gear has a sale on Freeze-Out thermals
Already had the pants/long johns (block the wind through jeans, very well)
Got the long sleeve T for $19.97 (67% off).
Not many sizes on the rack, but can be ordered on-line.
Hoping to go across the desert to Los Angeles in a couple weeks.
Going to SoCal tomorrow. Mountain Pass (~5K feet elevation), across the border in California has a forecast of 38 F at 9 AM, with a wind chill of 28 F. Wind 15 - 22 MPH, but it should mostly be a tail wind. Should be nice once I pass Halloran Summit, about 90 miles south.
Baker should be 58 F by 11 AM
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Doc could you wash them in the sink at say 6 pm, wring em, towel em, hang them on the shower rod and they would be dry by morning?
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(03-04-2018, 11:56 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Doc could you wash them in the sink at say 6 pm, wring em, towel em, hang them on the shower rod and they would be dry by morning?
Don't know about wringing, but after spinning in the washing machine, they air dry in a couple hours, but it is low humidity here.
With shorts and T shirt under, probably no need to wash for a ~3 day ride.
I can dry a heavy weight cotton T shirt over a chair in front of hotel A/C or heater overnight
