I ordered a Jacket Liner (long sleeves with a neck warmer) from Gerbing's a couple of days ago. It arrived yesterday.
This morning I turned on the weather channel and the temperature was 35 degrees. I hopped out of bed, put on my coveralls, grabbed a 5/8 and a 10mm wrench and went to work on hooking up the Gerbing's battery adapter.
Simple. Plug and Play. Zip-tied the lead to the left-side rear crashbar, put the seat back on, and then I went back inside and got ready for work.
I have never had any heated clothing before. I really didn't know what to expect, but all I know is that going 80mph in below 40 degree weather with the temperature setting at a little beyond the lowest setting, kept me plenty warm. It was an odd experience having warm arms and neck riding my bike. I felt good on my morning commute to the city. No shivers, no knife cutting cold winds... it was a whole new winter riding experience.
I was going to order the heated G3 gloves too, but they are out of stock until December or January. I really don't think I need them now though. Having my body heated really kept my hands warm too. This is the first cold morning I can remember that my hands weren't frozen wearing my thin leather gloves. I have some Tour Master winter riding gloves, but I don't wear them commuting because of the stop / go traffic and the need for more feeling in my hand controls.(...even though they make my hands sweat in the coldest of temperatures. For long distance touring, I'll wear them.) I might buy some of those ugly Hippo Hands to keep my fingers extra warm.
I will definitely say, if you want to be warm in the winter, buy some heated clothes. I've never had any experience with other brands, but this Gerbing's jacket liner is awesome.
This morning I turned on the weather channel and the temperature was 35 degrees. I hopped out of bed, put on my coveralls, grabbed a 5/8 and a 10mm wrench and went to work on hooking up the Gerbing's battery adapter.
Simple. Plug and Play. Zip-tied the lead to the left-side rear crashbar, put the seat back on, and then I went back inside and got ready for work.
I have never had any heated clothing before. I really didn't know what to expect, but all I know is that going 80mph in below 40 degree weather with the temperature setting at a little beyond the lowest setting, kept me plenty warm. It was an odd experience having warm arms and neck riding my bike. I felt good on my morning commute to the city. No shivers, no knife cutting cold winds... it was a whole new winter riding experience.
I was going to order the heated G3 gloves too, but they are out of stock until December or January. I really don't think I need them now though. Having my body heated really kept my hands warm too. This is the first cold morning I can remember that my hands weren't frozen wearing my thin leather gloves. I have some Tour Master winter riding gloves, but I don't wear them commuting because of the stop / go traffic and the need for more feeling in my hand controls.(...even though they make my hands sweat in the coldest of temperatures. For long distance touring, I'll wear them.) I might buy some of those ugly Hippo Hands to keep my fingers extra warm.
I will definitely say, if you want to be warm in the winter, buy some heated clothes. I've never had any experience with other brands, but this Gerbing's jacket liner is awesome.
