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I built a site like this for running (https://dressmyrun.com). I've gotten a few requests to make a similar site for cycling. I don't ride much myself so it's a little more difficult for me to judge how it should work. But I keep meaning to at least take a stab at it.

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Cycling is much harder to plan for than running due to much higher variability, but it's compensated by lots of cycling accessories / layers that are small enough to be carried on the bike. Arm warmers, skull caps, long-fingered gloves, glove covers, shoe covers, thin vests, and so on can handle a high range of temperatures.

Nice! I am going to give it a try for my Sierra Nevada foothills location. On cooler mornings I tend to add a light Smartwool beanie and a second shirt layer (long sleeve over short sleeve), weights according to my feelings about the temperature.

Can I just say thank you, I love your site! Despite being a regular runner it's much more convenient than trying to remember what I like to wear for a particular forecast.

Thanks so much, I appreciate that!

It will be a bit harder because of different route profiles. On a bike, you can both be quite cold when coasting downhill and steamy hot going uphill.

Even road quality can be a factor: huge difference between a cold -1000m elevation drop at -6% on a road where I can blast out of the curves at maximum watts and a cold -1000m elevation drop at -6% where I have to tiptoe down constantly pulling the brakes. The former can be tolerably comfortable with much less clothing despite much harder wind.

I love this site! Wish I had found it sooner

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