Has anyone used Scuba wetsuit gear for cycling?
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You would absolutely die with the lack of ventilation in a wetsuit. It is designed to have water flowing through it 100% of the time. There is basically zero amount of time that wearing a wetsuit is ever comfortable outside of the water.
FYI: I have been a certified diver for many years and have numerous dives in my log in all sorts of wetsuits of various thicknesses for water between ~55 degrees F and 80+.
FYI: I have been a certified diver for many years and have numerous dives in my log in all sorts of wetsuits of various thicknesses for water between ~55 degrees F and 80+.
This reminds me, I really need to get back in the water. I don't want that to be just this thing I did during one period of my life and then never did it again. Btw: people think cycling can be an endless money pit. LOL.
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yeah. it's completely normal. Please don't forget to wear the flippers too.
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I tried wearing my neoprene paddling gloves once a few years back.
They were really warm and toasty at first, then my hands started to sweat, then they froze solid (temp was about -5F)
Would not recommend.
They were really warm and toasty at first, then my hands started to sweat, then they froze solid (temp was about -5F)
Would not recommend.
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Sooo...for maybe three months in the late fall, early winter of 1990 I commuted maybe 7 miles each way to and from the Navy base in Bremerton WA on a 27" hybrid. On especially cold, rainy days I wore a 3mm wetsuit, because being a rec diver, its what I had and it seemed to work just fine...under those conditions. For weather that is not both cold and wet, I don't think it would be a viable option at all.
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I wore a rashie on one ride. Not as heavyweight as scuba gear or a wetsuit. Never again. Talk about sweating up a storm!!
I also have two wetsuits for when we play in the water with the body/boogie boards.
There's a reason people go into cold water in that sort of gear.
I also have two wetsuits for when we play in the water with the body/boogie boards.
There's a reason people go into cold water in that sort of gear.
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Because most all cycling specific clothing is designed/sold for fairly mild European winters....where maybe the mercury gets to 30F. Not Siberian-grade winters of even 20F or below (with evil wind). It just isn't. I've yet to see cycling-specific clothing, particularly bottom half rated that low or lower. I have a cycling-specific jacket from Voler good down that low by-itself....but even Voler's coldest winter tights say "down to 35F".....basically your only choice is to layer like the dickens.
Cold makes you think up all kinds of schemes to beat it. I've wondered about wetsuits myself, being a landlocked land-lubber where our winters make Russians who fled Siberia think, "I did not move here to live in Siberia again".
Cold makes you think up all kinds of schemes to beat it. I've wondered about wetsuits myself, being a landlocked land-lubber where our winters make Russians who fled Siberia think, "I did not move here to live in Siberia again".
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Because most all cycling specific clothing is designed/sold for fairly mild European winters....where maybe the mercury gets to 30F. Not Siberian-grade winters of even 20F or below (with evil wind). It just isn't. I've yet to see cycling-specific clothing, particularly bottom half rated that low or lower. I have a cycling-specific jacket from Voler good down that low by-itself....but even Voler's coldest winter tights say "down to 35F".....basically your only choice is to layer like the dickens.
Cold makes you think up all kinds of schemes to beat it. I've wondered about wetsuits myself, being a landlocked land-lubber where our winters make Russians who fled Siberia think, "I did not move here to live in Siberia again".
Cold makes you think up all kinds of schemes to beat it. I've wondered about wetsuits myself, being a landlocked land-lubber where our winters make Russians who fled Siberia think, "I did not move here to live in Siberia again".
You can have really warm stuff, or you can have stuff that allows you freedom of movement and air/moisture circulation; but you can't have both.
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No I live in So. California it doesn't get that cold. That said as a surfer you'll be much happier with a surfing wetsuit vs. a dive suit. The neoprene is much more flexible and the suits are designed with movement in mind. You won't need anywhere near 5 mil a 1-2 mil suit will work fine. Just a 1 or 1.5 mil top or a short leg & sleeve springsuit to keep your core warm. You can find online sales all the time or visit a local surf shop.
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Remember that when you sweat it's locked in.
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I have over 1500 dives in a variety of water temps wearing wetsuits, drysuits and all kinds of layering. Remember that wetsuits are designed to keep you wet, with a warm layer of water between your skin and the suit. If the moisture is your own sweat, the neoprene gets nasty-smelly in a hurry as soon as the bacteria get to work on it. Also, peeing in your suit on dry land is not a good idea.
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I've yet to see cycling-specific clothing, particularly bottom half rated that low or lower. I have a cycling-specific jacket from Voler good down that low by-itself....but even Voler's coldest winter tights say "down to 35F".....basically your only choice is to layer like the dickens.
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I think a better bet would be to look at XC skiing clothes.
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