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Rapha long sleeve merino baselayer. Assos tiburu jacket and get the Rapha wind jacket in the sale now as a third layer. And Rapha buff and a merino and a winter hat, should all be cheap in the sale soon. That should do it for anything where the lanes are not an imminent danger of black ice and you bleeding to death.
Get the Rapha rain jacket instead of the wind if you spend a day or night with the odd hours of rain. The softshell I wore only once last January on the hilly 200 were it was very advisable to stay on the main roads because lanes had very bad frost in the morning. So you couldn't really use that at night because you would crash badly or overheat.
fussballclub-
I have posh long and short sleeve merino base layers already. That's one area of clothing I've actually spent decent money on in the last 5 years.
Rapha Wind Jacket... "Test ride any of Rapha’s Classic products to destruction".
Oh really... :->
"it packs down small enough to fit into a jersey pocket." = useful, but if I'm wearing a jacket for the whole ride because it's 5degC all day and night..Well, if there's black ice risk I'll not be out or I'll be riding very cautiously. It's a bit tricky to choose something if you are alone for 24hrs+. I guess the main thing is whatever I get it has to keep me warm. Being wet doesn't matter if I'm warm.
Softshell - crash badly/overheat? Huh?
hippy
I use either a cheap Madison softshell type jacket or a hand-me-down Lusso windproof thing or a massive rain cape that flaps like a bastard.
I want something that's warmer, drier, aero and suitable for riding all day and night in the winter. I'm guessing a form-fitting race style thing that might be a bit lighter than what people normal consider 'jackets' but designed to wear over a base + jersey combo. Any wonderful solutions that I'll love? Castelli options seem nice but pretty spendy.