Winter Clothing Advice please

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Hi all,

Got my first road bike at the end last Summer but haven't been out on it all Winter.

I don't have any winter clothes at all and am a bit confused as to what to wear. I've been doing a bit of research and I think I'm getting the hang of what to get but wondered if I am on the right track...

Presumably the first thing I need to wear is a base layer top to wick away sweat and keep me warm?

Then I see you can buy tights or bib tights - if I went for bib tights do I wear them over the base layer top and over boxer shorts ?

Do I wear anything else on my legs apart from tights or is just the tights and that's it?

Should I wear a jersey over my base layer and bib tights before a jacket? And aside from gloves, lights and overshoes is there anything else I'm missing?

Thanks for any advice.

 

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Thanks for the advice guys, very helpful.

Do these items look ok?



edit - woah I'm sure those gloves were about 25 quid a couple of days ago. May have to rethink that one.

 

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Just bought some BBB overshoes as well, on sale at wiggle, the £25 artic ones. I think those heavyduty don't have a reinforced toe area so if you walk a bit on them, you'll damage the neoprene. The Artic duty ones do.

ok. actually high viz might look a bit silly anyway given nothing else is. I've got a blue dare2b jersey coming which I got for a tenner reduced from £40 on ebay so will see how that goes.

 

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ah bikeinn are doing the gloves at £28. more like it!