From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!sdcattb!sdcarl!rusty
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Title: Re:  Winter Bicycling or Motorcycling?
Article-I.D.: sdcarl.4256
Posted: Thu Jan 20 16:52:27 1983
Received: Fri Jan 28 00:54:07 1983

From: rusty (Rusty Wright)
there is an article in one of this month's motorcycle magazines. i
don't remember which one because i just bought a motorcycle and while
at the grocery store bought all of the motorcycle magazines they had;
4. interestingly enough 3 of them had reviews of the bike i'd just
bought, the 4th one reviewed it last month and i have a copy of that
from the dealer.

anyhow, this article was about motorcycle riding in very cold weather.
they rode from colorado to seattle, the pictures showed lots of snow.
their general recommendations were (1) a faring is a must. (2) clothes
that have heaters in them are the only way to keep decently warm when
it is really cold. some preferred the electric vest (because you could
pile heavy cloths on top of it and so retain its heat), some preferred
the electric coveral/riding suit. there are also electric gloves and
electric socks (i'm not sure if i remember correctly about the socks
though). one of the things they pointed out was that if you keep the
trunk of your body warm then your body will try to keep your
extremities (feet, hands) warm. if the trunk of your body is cold your
body will expend most of its effort in keeping it warm since it
contains the vital organs.