How To Ride Your Gravel Bike In Extreme Cold

Riding your bike in winter is not always easy. In the coldest parts of the world riders often take to cross country skiing, riding indoors or mountain biking to stay warm, but what if you don't want to give up gravel or road riding? Jeremy's home in New England is the perfect place to show us we can still get out on the road or gravel and stay warm when the temperature is well below zero, join him as he shares his top tips for beating freezing conditions!

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[gcn]

How do you stay warm in sub-zero conditions? Let us know in the comments!

[michaelschlechter]

I often wear my rain pants over my thermal tights when it is really cold. Keeping the wind off the legs really makes a difference.

[profscharn]

In the Minneapolis area we do a ton of fat biking as well as gravel all winter.
-10F, no problem and it’s so fun to be out when everyone else is sitting inside.
Barmitts or poggies are a must when it’s below freezing. 45Nrth cobrafist poggies allow your to ride with thin gloves so you can maintain dexterity.
When it’s really cold, Patagonia Nanopuff pullover as a top layer.
Also a good balaclava works great

[DAlexKablack]

Love these cold weather videos, gives me a little motivation to get out there in the cold.

[AndrewJillings]

A tip from the Adirondack mountains of New York State, where we ride fat bikes all winter. Keep your clothing relatively tight around core and limbs, so that moving air doesn’t suck heat away, BUT keep gloves and shoes loose to encourage blood circulation. I have gone up two shoe sizes and overshoes even larger to accommodate heat packs. Enjoy winter everyone, it’s a great time to ride!

[PolyglotBikepacker]

October 28th glacial winter ride at Kyrgyzstan's 3800 meters summit on my way to China: a blizzard, snow everywhere, low tire pleasure, five layers of everything and a whole lot of motivation. That one labels as one of my coolest bike rides ever (literally and by means of speech)

[KcarlMarXs]

Please please carry a Mylar blanket "space blanket". It's super super light and will keep you alive/recover from hypothermia if you're far from a place to warm/shelter in case

[robbchastain]

I recommend flat pedals--instant foot down or detachment when ice causes a slide or fall--and a lower saddle through either a dropper or a simple adjustment. Lower and slower on the ice ice, baby.

[greggenna]

As a Northeasterner now living in the UK, one of the things I miss about home is this type of winter riding. I would much rather ride in this type of weather than the slightly warmer but constantly wet winters in the south of England.

[un]

I'm from Canada but have been in New Jersey for more than 10 years. Some of Jeremy's advice is spot on, especially the air-activated warmers. I buy the toe warmers for both my feed and hands (they're much thinner and fit better in shoes and gloves). One trick... if you're doing more than one ride in a day (like commuting to work), you can use the same warmers twice. Just drop them in a zip-lock bag after the first ride - squeeze out as much air as you can. I've used them for a second ride 10 hours later with plenty of heat left. I've also invested in a snowboarding helmet with adjustable venting, winter cycling SPD boots, and a number of different weights of gloves and lobster mitts. For temps below 20 deg. F. I use ski goggles rather than wrap around sunglasses. And I've got a few pieces of cross-country ski clothes that work really well.

[TedonTwo]

Switching from a variety of shoe covers to some proper winter cycling boots was life-changing. No more faffing about with multiple wet and grimy layers, just slip them on and you're off.

[brookeamm]

I've been riding my cross bike in our Western Massachusetts weather all winter! Tons of fun!

[Steven_Pelham]

Yes!!! I love every time Jeremy does a gravel video.

[aeriegrove]

that's the most top shelf gravel bike I've ever seen

[frisedel]

winter gear is wool socks and real winter shoes, water and wind proof, winter bib tights, wind proof and water resistent. a merino wool base layer with a neck and half zip, merino neck warmer and a good but not to thick head gear under the helmet. lobster style gloves and a good jacket that is water and wind resistent. also, a wind proof vest and a hardshell jacket in the back pocket along with the bank robber mask. studded tiers is essential.

[zachanderson]

This mornings commute to work was only about -9 F. We love getting out and getting after it here in Minneapolis!

[SIvers-orke]

And here I am in Sydney Australia looking out the window before a ride in our winter at 10deg Celsius !
I need to watch Jeremy in my winter and harden up.

[evandarling]

I'm from North Eastern Massachusetts and live in Boulder Colorado now. One of the best tips I have heard is to not walk around the house in the sox you are wearing on your ride...they get a tiny bit of moisture and it's hard to warm up once the toes are cold. Also use some foot powder just before putting them on. Makes a big difference!

[danielfairbanks]

I live in Utah where it gets very cold in the winter, especially at higher elevations. But, in the mountains, we have some of the best winter cycling conditions anywhere. I ride a gravel bike on the roads and a full-carbon fat bike in the snow. For both, I switch to flat pedals, put fenders on the bikes to stay dry, use a powerful headlight for when it gets dark early, and drop the tire pressure (my gravel bike has a tubeless setup). For clothing, I wear knee-high thermal overboots with heavy tread over my shoes (essential for carrying the bike over deep snow or on ice), mountain-climbing mittens, thermal bike pants, a good down jacket, two layers of head-and-neck gear, and a MIPS helmet with a visor to prevent the fogging that happens with glasses. Sometimes, I use ski goggles instead of the visor.

[woolfel]

lol, I zwift when it gets cold. when there's snow / ice on the roads, riding around central MA adds more risk than necessary with cars