Ride 365® - Windy Weather

Wear a windproof jacket or vest with a wind-blocking front, plus gloves and knee warmers. On cold, windy days add a thermal layer, since wind drives the chill much deeper.

Wind chill strips the warm layer off your skin, and at speed you generate your own wind on top of the weather, so a still, cold day feels far colder once you're moving. Blocking wind on your core is the fix.

A wind vest blocks the core while venting heat for milder days; a full wind jacket adds sleeve coverage when it's colder. Both should pack away for when the wind drops. Compare options in Wind Protection.

Stay relaxed on the bars, lower your profile to reduce sail area, anticipate gusts near gaps in hedges and passing vehicles, and gear down into headwinds. Gear that doesn't flap helps you hold a stable line.

It sheds light spray if it has a DWR finish, but sustained rain needs a waterproof shell. On genuinely wet and windy days, choose waterproof over wind-only.

Your core and hands first. A windproof front and windproof gloves cut the worst of it, and knee warmers protect the joints that stiffen fastest in cold wind.