This is doin' my friggin head in... - Page 2

On cold days (its averaging about 28 degrees celcius here at the moment and very humid) I wear a thin lyrca skull cap under my helmet. I love it

As my wife, a nurse said being cold doesn't mean one will get a cold but as we can loose up to a third of our bodily warmth through our head it makes sense to keep our noggin warm when needed.

Yeah, that's what I would assume to be correct. Perhaps the immune system gets shocked or weakened from the sharp change.

Great tip though, I'll definitely use that. I have huge issues with cold weather. Living in Canada is a curse for me, and I lose a lot of outdoor training because of it. But even when working hard in a gym, the same effect can be noticed - going hard on a stationary bike working up an immense sweat and then stopping the ride and walking through the gym with the fans going can bring on the chills and by the time you're showering and changing, you're already cold and sneezing. I think I might wear a toque. I've always enjoyed being on the 'hot' side

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Kev

Quite often I've driven my car with the bike in the back, to a rendezvous...then done the ride, and driving back home with the airconditioning on, it feels nice and cold and refreshing, however I get chills and get bronchitis- due to change in humidity etc...so i stopped doing that. I sometimes bring a T-shirt and change in the car before driving off, so I'm not sitting in a damp jersey...BTW whats a "toque?"

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