It would be too obvious to suggest that he might be starting to wish he had a slightly less conspicuous bike. Perhaps like this one in the exciting new colour-way of "seethrough".
With that out of the way we can move on to more,
Kit that Just Works.
2. Winter Gloves.
While dealing with the extremities, you can’t ignore gloves. Winter is tough on your hands on a bike – stuck out there in front of you in the wind and attempting to still work to shift gears and brake on cold metal levers even when you can’t entirely feel them.
Most of the year I seem to manage with a pair of full-finger downhill or trail style gloves (and more on those later) but for a month or so in the deepest winter it’s time for the big guns. My choice for the last few years has been a pair of Pearl Izumi Cyclone winter gloves (although the link is to the most recent model). With long cuffs that slot in under an outer layer and excellent wind-proofing they manage to keep my hands usable in all but the most extreme weather. In fact on many winter rides I’ve had to swap back to lighter gloves as I warm up.
They’ve only let me down when the palms get wet (perhaps from sliding over a snowy road after a fall), and my only niggle has always been that the padding on the palm is a shade too thick for the bar-feel I prefer. They are solid performers that keep you riding in snow, rain and freezing conditions, and, while they won’t handle the arctic, they are ideal for most of what the UK will throw at you.
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