Winter bike clothing for less

Step 8 Epilogue

I'm sure I am going to get a lot of comments to the effect of "this totally wouldn't work in Stavanger/Nunavut/Murmansk/Reykjavik/Tibet/Antarctica, you need uber thermal underwear and Goretex sock liners and NASA-developed hollow fibre everything to not freeze to death".

If you live in any of those places or somewhere with a serious winter, and intend to keep cycling in -40 temperatures and not get frostbite, you will probably need more serious clothing than I have described. I, however, live in London. It gets a bit chilly here, dips a handful of degrees below freezing and rains a lot- in those conditions, what I have described is perfectly good enough for short or medium length bike journeys, and I expect serious cyclists will probably have their own adverse weather gear anyway. If you can get away with waterproof trousers with a scarf duct-taped to the inside then great, but if you need the space-age winter clothes buy the space-age winter clothes. And with that we come to...

The Disclaimer
These clothes, while snug and warm in slightly adverse conditions, are not intended for use in extreme environments. If you try to cycle to the north pole wearing only clothes that you bought at Oxfam and subsequently get frostbite, I disclaim any responsibility.