I just thought this was an odd and rather positive phenomena about arm and leg warmers, and wanted to see if it was just something generally known to the experienced cycling community that I was missing, or if its somemind trick I'm playing on myself...
I'm wearing arm and leg warmers for the first time since I started road cycling (not that long ago). Previously I would either wear normal summer kit and cycle in the winter months on days when it was not too cold (California winters are very mild) or train indoors.
But though the rollers and trainer are great on rainy days... I'm finding its alot more engaging to head out onto the road even at night when its very chilly out. In fact, with work, the only real times I can cycle during the middle of the week are in the cold and dead of night, and summer kit doesn't cut it then
What I noticed though is that with the leg warmers on (which, before I started road cycling I thought were really silly looking and not to be caught dead in ) There is a mild "masaaging" effect which tends to distract, on some days significantly, from the fatigue I feel in my legs...
The pain, and burning is still of course there, but the sensation of whatever happens with your legs while you cycle with the warmers on seems enough to push the threshold of discomfort "farther away" Does anyone else experience this? In a sense its like like when you run with a partner and talk while running... You just seem to be able to go longer...
...About cycling at night in the winter, one thing that I find amusing is that walkers and generally people who are out at night give me "approving" maybe even admiring nods as I pass, as if they are thinking "this guys a serious cyclist" when in fact I would respond only with "Hey, I suck at cycling, and this is the only danged time I can find to ride this thing!!!" *laughing*
I'm wearing arm and leg warmers for the first time since I started road cycling (not that long ago). Previously I would either wear normal summer kit and cycle in the winter months on days when it was not too cold (California winters are very mild) or train indoors.
But though the rollers and trainer are great on rainy days... I'm finding its alot more engaging to head out onto the road even at night when its very chilly out. In fact, with work, the only real times I can cycle during the middle of the week are in the cold and dead of night, and summer kit doesn't cut it then
What I noticed though is that with the leg warmers on (which, before I started road cycling I thought were really silly looking and not to be caught dead in
) There is a mild "masaaging" effect which tends to distract, on some days significantly, from the fatigue I feel in my legs...The pain, and burning is still of course there, but the sensation of whatever happens with your legs while you cycle with the warmers on seems enough to push the threshold of discomfort "farther away" Does anyone else experience this? In a sense its like like when you run with a partner and talk while running... You just seem to be able to go longer...
...About cycling at night in the winter, one thing that I find amusing is that walkers and generally people who are out at night give me "approving" maybe even admiring nods as I pass, as if they are thinking "this guys a serious cyclist" when in fact I would respond only with "Hey, I suck at cycling, and this is the only danged time I can find to ride this thing!!!" *laughing*
