I have the same problem. Electric sox and gloves don’t get warm enough. I use large Swix lobster claw mitts with chemical heaters in each of the three finger sleeves. Over them I use neoprene wind shields and put three more chemical heaters in them. When your done with your ride put the heaters in several layers of zip lock bags. They go out and can be reused several times, bring spares in case the used ones fade out on you. If it’s only -10 C I don’t use the neoprene wind covers. I’ve never had luck with chemical heaters in boots. I don’t think enough air gets in there to let them get hot enough. They make boots for winter fat bike riding but they are too pricy for me to buy to see if they would work for my extremely cold sensitive feet, which have been routinely frost bitten since early childhood. My mom would toss me outside in the winter in the early fifties because I would drive her nuts. Poor rubber boots over shoes. I never realized my feet froze until I came inside. I now use Columbia over the ankle snowmobile boots. They are extremely light and not single purpose like snow bike boots. Gators can be used for blowing snow, but I almost never use them. These are warm and very light. I’m old and can ride ten miles in -30C with this rig. To ride ten miles in -30 takes many layers for your core. You start out freezing but then you quickly get over heated. Just before this happens I ditch some of the layers. I buy cheap stuff at a thrift shop to toss off. I hide them and retrieve them later. We are farther south than the UK but have a contental climate here near Lake Superior. We usually get a patch or two of around -30 each winter. Winds make it necessary to use face and eye protection, but I can ride at least 5 miles in the worst conditions if the roads are plowed. I use studs for ice on a converted vintage mountain bike and a fat bike for a few inches of loose snow. Two winters ago I was riding my fat bike in the winter 20 miles most days.
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-30 last winter here, the regions biggest winter party. 10,000 people over two days to watch ski jumping.
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Freighters stuck in Whitefish Bay in Lake Superior In the spring just after the start of the navigation season.
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cold this day but it was windy. Check out the very warm, high quality, light boots. The mitts are stuffed with chemical heaters. The start of a 20 mile ride. The extra large outer hoodie was ditched about a mile later. Young people here ride all the time in these conditions without all the hand warmers but they do use the expensive snow bike boots with SPD capability. I use flats, ice can put me down faster than I can release. I’m not convinced that the snow bike boots are warm enough for me anyway.
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The snow days photos were taken here last winter. We had way less snow than usual for the last two winters.
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