The Gear You Need for Riding in All Types of Cold Weather | The Bicycling Bike Shop | Episode 40 | Preview - video Dailymotion

Deputy Editor Tara Seplavy and Test Editor Dan Chabanov discuss layering and picking the right clothing for rides in low temperatures.

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00:00how to keep yourself warm in general, right?

00:02The big thing is keeping your core warm,

00:04keeping your chest and your shoulders.

00:06Yeah, I think a lot of people make the mistake

00:07of focusing on their extremities

00:09because that's where things get really cold really fast.

00:12And I'm not saying you shouldn't invest in good gloves,

00:14good booties, we're going to talk about that.

00:16If you keep your core warm,

00:18it's going to mean that blood is able to flow

00:20to your extremities, right?

00:21Like when your core temperature drops,

00:23that's your body's signal to kind of like,

00:26uh-oh, I need to shut down blood going to the extremities

00:29because those are less important than keeping your-

00:32Than the heart and the lungs.

00:34Exactly.