If you experience a chill, what should you do?

If you experience a chill, what should you do?

• A. Leave the roadway the first chance you get, and find shelter. Drink warm liquids and do exercises to warm yourself up. Change out of wet clothing.
• B. Stay on the roadway and ride slowly.
• C. Increase your speed to stay warm.
• D. Ignore it.

Answer: (A)

Feeling a chill while riding means your body is losing heat and you need to warm up safely. The best move is to get off the roadway at the first safe opportunity and find shelter. Once you’re out of traffic, remove wet clothing and replace it with dry layers, drink something warm (non-alcoholic), and move a bit to generate heat. The goal is to warm up gradually and dry off before continuing, because riding in wind and rain will keep cooling you and can impair your judgment and reaction time. Staying on the road or increasing speed just to stay warm keeps you exposed to the elements and increases risk, and ignoring the chill can lead to hypothermia and a dangerous ride.

Feeling a chill while riding means your body is losing heat and you need to warm up safely. The best move is to get off the roadway at the first safe opportunity and find shelter. Once you’re out of traffic, remove wet clothing and replace it with dry layers, drink something warm (non-alcoholic), and move a bit to generate heat. The goal is to warm up gradually and dry off before continuing, because riding in wind and rain will keep cooling you and can impair your judgment and reaction time. Staying on the road or increasing speed just to stay warm keeps you exposed to the elements and increases risk, and ignoring the chill can lead to hypothermia and a dangerous ride.