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Posted by: mich660griz
start with whool socks, not cotton. snowmobile boots, about 100.00 for a good set. wear 2 layers of sweat pants, covered by a desent set of snowmobile bibs. i paid 50.00 for mine on clearance, but the going rate for a desent pair is about 125.00 or so. long john tops, and 2 sets of them. then a snowmobile jacket. i got mine on clearance for 50.00. way low price, but 100.00 can get you a jacket. get a thin full face sock. i got a nylon one, paid 9.00 for it. works ausome. put on a full faced helmet, with a breather insert. a breather insert can be bought if you allready own a full faced helmet. a good set of waterproof gloves, mine are snowmobile, and cost 35.00 heat grips on your quad will help wonders. i have ridden like that for 8 hours, and only stoped to unzip to cool down. this is like this in up to 20 below weather.
good luck. pay the price for the gear, couse you will have it for years. you figure under 400 gets it all, and 10 years later your still happy.
Posted by: TrailBlazerguy250
I wear my snowmobiling gear , when iam not riding my snowmbile
Posted by: hondabuster
Snowmobile gear or skiing gear work well. Cotton is the worst, especially next to the skin. This is one time that synthetic fabrics are the best. You want some thing thats wind proof and warm. Youll find that the toes and fingers get the coldest. They make the hand and boot warmers, for ice fishing, and those work ok, but electric hand and thumb warmers are the best.
Any exposed skin is gonna be a killer. Snowmobile helmits, which are designed for cold weather riding, works the best. Bacalavas, keep the neck warm and out of the wind.
Youre braver than me...I usually quit riding at about 10 F. Zero is really brutal, if youre not used to it.
Posted by: hondabuster
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Originally posted by: VelociRaptor350
This probably sounds faggy, but silk pantyhose as a first layer are incredible. I learned this from an old hunter that used to take his wifes pantyhose and wear them under pants. They keep you incredibly warm, almost too warm. Other then that you need some synthetics, underarmor makes first layer stuff called coldgear. Its made for people doing athletic stuff in cold weather, so it works great at keeping you warm and dry.
Thats an old bikers trick. Youd be surprised at all the big burly, leather wearing harley riders, that wear panty hose.
Posted by: daputz
warm boots and insulated coveralls.........I have even gone as far as to wear a wet suit under the coveralls (that'll make you sweat
Posted by: deanz400
i buy a lot of my gear from the sportsman guide , its kind of a dicount warehouse factory left overs and such but i got a $120 riding jacket for $45 perrty good deals . you can go online and check them out .
Posted by: tencubed
Good question SLEDG! I have found that a lot of the stuff I have been wearing for years while going horseback don't get the job done on the quad. Higher speeds and less physical activity seem to be the causes. While it has not been very cold here yet, around freezing is as cold as I have ridden in, I have noticed I need better, or at least different, gear.
Some of you guys must have some good suggestions.
Posted by: SLEDG
question is, WHAT DO YOU WEAR WHILE RIDING IN 0 DEGREE TEMP OR LESS and still stay warm?
G-friend needs cold weather gear and so do I. Need ideas and places to purchase and approx prices.
going for a ride in Indiana the 1st of the year and want to be warm
Posted by: silverbullet2005
you can do goretex but the best thing I have tried is actual winter gear call refrigiwear. go to www.refrigiwear.com they offer bibs, coats, one pieces etc. I work for GM proving grounds and we do cold weather testing in KapusKasing Canada and this is what GM provides us with to wear since it's always at 0 degrees there. I just got back from Kap and have to go back in January which is the worst time of year cause it gets down to -40 to -50 degrees. at that temp celcius and farhenheight are equal. when I was out there a couple weeks ago it got down to -26C which is equal to about -8F. the refrigiwear kept me warm and cozy the whole time, awesome gear and it the same price or less than carhartt.
www.refrigiwear.com
Posted by: alleycat
Myself I wear a good pair of wool socks and my boots are Sorel Glaciers rated for -100. I will layer up with fleece. Outer clothing I wear a Mustang floater snowmobile suit. Wool neck warmer and a balaclava under my helmet. I will also stick to good snowmobile mitts. They are warmer then gloves seeing all your fingers are together and not separated. -26 Celsius tonight where I live. -40 with windchill.
Posted by: droz
i got fleece lined goretex pants, jacket and gloves.....also has a windblocker liner
then i got a fleece mask, covers my whole head cept eyes and goes down over the neck
and i got a pair of waterproof fleece lined gloves
whole deal cost about 180 dollars on sale at EMS
definately worth it for me as i can wear all the gear for more hten just 4 wheeling
Posted by: iceracer65
carhartt bibs, long underwear, and the most important...a REALLY good set of gloves. i payed $50 for my gloves but never had numb fingers!!
i did some figuring on a wind chill chart online for our iceracing....-15 air temp. at 60mph is approaching -80!!!!!!
p.s. the more oil covered the carhartts are the more wind proof they are!!
Posted by: MNWolverine01
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Originally posted by: SLEDG
question is, WHAT DO YOU WEAR WHILE RIDING IN 0 DEGREE TEMP OR LESS and still stay warm?
going for a ride in Indiana the 1st of the year and want to be warm
Does it really get that cold in Illinois/Indiana?
I am gonna have agree with wearing snowmobile stuff always works. Another thing though it may look kinda rediculous, when it gets really cold I wear my thick duck hunting camo and I stay plenty warm.
Ryan
Posted by: Freddy22
Just gotta wear layers upon layers, Walmart has cheap stuff. THATS IT !
Posted by: BryceGTX
Hello SLEDG. Boy did I screw up. Went to post to this thread and posted instead to an old thread "What kind of winter gear do you wear? ". http://forums.atvconnection.com/messageview.cfm/catid/21/threadid/424571.cfm
Posted by: VelociRaptor350
This probably sounds faggy, but silk pantyhose as a first layer are incredible. I learned this from an old hunter that used to take his wifes pantyhose and wear them under pants. They keep you incredibly warm, almost too warm. Other then that you need some synthetics, underarmor makes first layer stuff called coldgear. Its made for people doing athletic stuff in cold weather, so it works great at keeping you warm and dry.
Posted by: ranger696f
get you some insulated work overalls and dress like you would with out the overalls and slip them on and get some of the heat pads that last a couple hours it will help does here in montana but then eventually it gets cold because your not doing any movement or work
