Winter gloves

[Andrew_Culture]

Unless the temperature is brutally low my hands warm up after a few miles but my commute is just too short for that to happen.

To those folk who wear cheap ski gloves - can you still operate the brakes okay? Do they have any grip?

 

[wanda2010]

Blazewear heated gloves.

 

[Mo1959]

This was fortunate, as yesterday I had to remove my liner gloves in order to use them to insulate a different part of my anatomy that was suffering from the cold.

Does Santa need to bring you a willy warmer then?

 

[numbnuts]

the lobster type gloves
1+

 

[steve52]

silk glove liners £7 ish ebay are the bees bollox or the dogs kneees

 

[Andrew_Culture]

silk glove liners £7 ish ebay are the bees bollox or the dogs kneees

Thanks for this, I've just sent an email to my wife saying something like 'if anyone in my family loves me enough to buy me a gift, this will be most appreciated).

 

[Arjimlad]

Unless the temperature is brutally low my hands warm up after a few miles but my commute is just too short for that to happen.

To those folk who wear cheap ski gloves - can you still operate the brakes okay? Do they have any grip?

I have been using Aldi winter cycling gloves, and today with 10 miles at -2 my fingers were cold, but not unbearably or painfully so.

The £5 aldi ski gloves though are fantastic in this weather, I wish I'd worn them instead. I can still change gear & brake OK with them on, Andrew, and I'm using Sora shifters with the side button. The palms are lined with some grippy stuff too. They're big & bulky though.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I have been using Aldi winter cycling gloves, and today with 10 miles at -2 my fingers were cold, but not unbearably or painfully so.

The £5 aldi ski gloves though are fantastic in this weather, I wish I'd worn them instead. I can still change gear & brake OK with them on, Andrew, and I'm using Sora shifters with the side button. The palms are lined with some grippy stuff too. They're big & bulky though.

Thanks. I could feel the cold through my sealskins this morning, but by about half way to work my thumb and forefinger were really hurting because of the cold. I commute on a single speed so gear changes aren't a problem.

 

[mattobrien]

Thanks. I could feel the cold through my sealskins this morning, but by about half way to work my thumb and forefinger were really hurting because of the cold. I commute on a single speed so gear changes aren't a problem.

Pedal harder, that'll warm you up

 

[mattobrien]

Does Santa need to bring you a willy warmer then?

I was just going to cut the little finger off a pair of liner gloves. Job done.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Pedal harder, that'll warm you up

It's not the pedalling that's the problem, it's the stopping at traffic lights.

 

[Psyclist]

-DeFeet Dura Gloves (Google Search them) would be best for riding, they're made from Coolmax,Cordura and lycra and have very little padding but excellent grip. However they're good for temperatures down to 5°C or so.

-Altura Ergofit Windproof gloves are pretty expensive, but they're quality with hardly any padding. They also have gel filled palms. Mostly, they're windproof and effective in cold conditions.

Remember out of all of this, if you're riding a bike with drop bars, you'll need ease of hand use with gloves, so don't get silly thick ones. I did, as it was a pain in the ass to change gear.

 

[Andy_G]

In the end i bought some goretex ones £59.99 reduced to £47.99 and there the best ive tried.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I wear wool(proper wool not acrylic mix) gloves under cheapo Aldi winter gloves and over many winters of cycling i'd say they're the best combination so far. I have some Altura night vision gloves, they're great for the high viz but cold on the fingers compared to the fifth of the priced Aldi ones.

 

[montage]

I had the idea of "wetsuit" gloves suggested to me the other day, there could be something in that, especially in wet weather.

On another note - insulating the rest of your body should in theory keep your hands warmer. If your torso is cold, less blood goes to the extremities etc.