Skip to content
Sione riding the waterfront in a gale

Road cyclist in Wellington

Riding all year in the windiest city I know

I'm Sione. I ride to work and race the club's Sunday loops in Wellington, wind or rain. I write about what to wear, what to eat and how to keep going, and I sell my kit guide and plans.

What I wear, by the degree

Every layer I own and the temperatures I wear it at. Find today's number and read down: that's the outfit.

  • I wear it
  • Comes off on the ride
  • Light, or only when it rains

Base layer

Next to the skin

Jersey

The middle layer

Shell

Wind and rain

Legs

  • Thermal tights0° to 10°Bib shorts15° and up
  • Knee warmers10° to 15°

Hands

  • Winter gloves0° to 7°Mitts14° and up
  • Thin full-finger gloves7° to 14°

Feet

Head

Under the helmet

  • Thermal cap0° to 8°
  • Cotton cap8° to 18°

On a southerly or a long descent, read the chart about five degrees colder.

Shop

Downloads arrive by email as soon as you pay.

Sione adjusting a bike chain in a narrow hallway

About

About me

I'm Sione. I ride a road bike to work across Wellington five days a week and ride the club's long loops on Sundays. The wind here comes from the north or from the south, and the southerly is the cold one.

I started writing down what I wore on each ride because I kept getting it wrong. That list became a chart of every layer I own and the temperatures I wear it at, and then a weekly letter.

I sell the chart as a printed guide, a six-week base plan, a fuelling sheet and two short video courses. Everything is written for ordinary riders with jobs, not racers with coaches.

The Southerly

A letter every Tuesday about riding through the week: the weather, the kit and the miles.

One email every Tuesday. Unsubscribe any time.