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Wear bright colors
yellow, orange, or fluorescent pink.
Ears
Wide headbands or earmuffs fit under your helmet.
Neck
Wool scarf, cotton tur-tle-neck, or neck gaiter keeps icy air from blasting down your shirt.
Hands
Use gardening or fishing gloves, ski gloves, or thickly lined hunter’s gloves. Make sure gloves will grip brake handles well.
Crotch
To prevent unusual frostbite, avoid porous warm-up pants. Wear wind-proof tights or pants.
Legs
When it’s cold but dry, wear loose-fitting, average-weight pants like jeans. When it’s colder use long underwear or a second pair of tights. In wet weather wear synthetic underwear with one or two pairs of tights.
Feet
Wear heavy wool socks or two pairs of socks. (Wool dries more quickly than cotton.) Knee socks protect shins from cold from below. With socks for warmth and fenders for dryness, wear shoes simply to take road dirt. When it’s really cold and wet, wear rubber boots.
Rain gear
Wear a waterproof jacket. If sweat’s a problem, wear a loose or vented jacket, a waterproof poncho that lets in air from below, or a cyclist’s rain cape that hooks to handlebars to keep it out of your tires.
Leg gaiters
often made of nylon; keep your pants legs dry.
Neck
High collar or hood keeps water from going down your neck.
Hoods
Don’t use loose-fitting hoods that block peripheral vision.
Head
Cover it unless you have thick hair. A tight-fitting hood covers your ears and fits under your helmet.