Gloves?

[kingman762]

Windstopper. This is the anwser, in my view, to all cold weather questions. I use Gore Bikewear Alp-X windstopper gloves down to about 20 degrees. Below that I put on a pair of old Pearl Izumi insulated gloves (which I don’t like veyr much but still work). the gore bikewear gloves are great.

Also, REI seems to have a number of gore bikewear items on clearance http://www.rei.com/search?query=gore+bikewear.

Just buy something with windstopper. Your hands will thank you.

[vvill]

I run bar/Moose mitts once it gets consistently cold.

Otherwise, I have various pairs that weren’t expensive and work fine, but nothing that I’d rely on for > 60 min rides [without bar mitts]. My warmest (and bulkiest) ones are Scott ski gloves with Gore-Tex but I can still shift fine with them. They have zipper pockets for hand warmers which I haven’t yet used.

[GuyContinental]

My hands run super cold due to some serious frostbite in young days so I’ll opine from that perspective- what works for Hans or GB (frequent riding partners) is *way* too cold for me.

I’ve basically given up on “bike” gloves for cold weather. Even this morning my Pearl 4-finger (lobster) gloves plus thick liners weren’t enough and it wasn’t really that cold. Under 30, I start wearing pretty average bulky ski gloves and then up the ante with real-deal mountaineering mittens when it gets really cold. I have some problems shifting and don’t think that they’d work well for aggressive CX but it’s not really an issue and braking from hoods or drops is fine. They do look silly but my hands are warrrrrm. On longer rides I carry liners plus PI cyclones or the lobsters so that I have some layering alternatives to the big mitts.

[Arlingtonrider]

I rarely bother with winter gloves anymore. Moose Mitts or Bar Mitts FTW. They always keep my hands warm with only light gloves needed under them.

[Dickie]

I have tried so many gloves it’s hard to remember them all, but I have narrowed it down to three pairs; light, medium and heavy weight.

Light weight (45º – 55º) – I use a cheap Performance brand glove which work just fine for me and are nearly disposable at their price.

Medium weight (35º – 45º) – I just purchased some Sealskinz Hi-Vis waterproof gloves and was surprised how warm they are. Due to the addition of a merino liner these gloves have become my go to gloves even in the dry (they are 100% waterproof for about an hour in rain).

Heavy Weight (10º – 35º) – A few years back I purchased these Planet Bike Borealis gloves and have never looked back. They can be worn with or without the included liner, are incredibly warm, and will dry out easy as they are a two-part glove. The neoprene cuff is long and easily pulls over a jacket sleeve. The only issue with these gloves is their poor waterproofing…. they do act as sponges in foul weather…… but I intend on using my Sealskinz as their liner in these types of conditions this winter.

SO, most epic waste of money: Pearl Izumi’s P.R.O soft shell winter gloves…. complete and utter crap. Their sizing was really bizarre with super long fingers. The gloves are so bulky you cannot operate lights, helmet buckles, or even get the second glove on. The lining pulls out of the fingers and is nearly impossible to get back in, and as for “waterproof”…. not even close. These gloves became saturated very quickly and then lost all their thermal protection. Hands down (ha ha) the worst gloves I have ever tried.

[Crickey7]

If nothing else works, try chemical handwarmers bought in bulk. You can even keep a few in the bag, then crack them open mid-ride if you find your hands getting too cold without them.

The other nice thing about them is that if you leave them in after the end of the ride, they dry out the gloves for the return ride. I find that solves a big problem with lobster gloves, for me.

[jabberwocky]

I put the moose mitts on the bike this morning. They were glorious.

[hozn]

45NRTH just announced some new gloves that look pretty serious.

http://www.bikerumor.com/2014/11/13/45nrth-slaps-winter-with-a-sturmfist-introduces-new-extreme-winter-cycling-gloves/

I have some PI lobster gloves that I got on sale; I’m hoping to avoid using Barmitts for a couple months still.

FWIW, I have not found Windstopper or Gore-Tex to be that great. I have some Windstopper gloves that are only good down to around 40F. And then I have Gore-Tex gloves that are far less waterproof than they claim and only good down into the 30s. I have liner+shell LG gloves that are pretty good down into the (mid) 20s. Below that I have used Barmitts. I’m hoping that with the lobster gloves, I can save Barmitts for when temps are in the 5-15F range.

[Arlingtonrider]

I started using my Moose Mitts yesterday. I’m a wimp. My hands get cold easily.

[cyclingfool]

Gloves? What are these “gloves” of which you speak?

This morning was the first time since March or April I wore gloves of any kind. I’m either crazy, or stupid, or just generally warm, or a combination thereof.

BTW, rule #5. JK.

[wheelswings]

In a pinch, try using aluminum foil if your gloves aren’t warm enough. I wrapped my thumbs in foil virtually every day last winter. Best to use a fresh piece each time. You can put it directly on your fingers or insert a foil layer between your liner and your glove. Works wonders.

[cyclingfool]

@wheels&wings 99685 wrote:

In a pinch, try using aluminum foil if your gloves aren’t warm enough. I wrapped my thumbs in foil virtually every day last winter. Best to use a fresh piece each time. You can put it directly on your fingers or insert a foil layer between your liner and your glove. Works wonders.

Wonder how well this would work between two pairs of socks for the coldest of the cold mornings. Might have to try it out. #FreezingSaddlesTactics

[dplasters]

Interesting, I thought I was a member of the cold hands camp, but I don’t start wearing gloves until around 40. My thin windstopper gloves met their match this morning, anything lower than 30 and I have to start getting into actual winter gloves… I have a pair of really nice burton’s somewhere….. may these over top of the thinner gloves will work

[TwoWheelsDC]

My Sugoi Firewalls (the current model is named something different) are going strong into their third season. They’re good down to mid-20s, but terrible in the wet. For that, I bought a pair of Giro Pivot gloves. They seem to have about the same temperature range, but the waterproofing does seem to work well…so I only wear them when I know it’s going to be wet, so I don’t wear out the waterproofing.

For 40s/50s/low 60s, my favorite gloves are Castelli CW 5.0, which I think are also going into their third season…if I could wear them year-round, I would. For some reason I really prefer riding with full-finger gloves.

For temps in the teens, I break out the snowboarding gloves.

[Drewdane]

I wear “thermal gloves” (whichever brand is on sale when it’s time for a new pair) under about 45-50 degrees. I try to get them a tad large so I can wear Smartwool liners under them when it drops into the 30s. At around freezing, I switch to an old pair of ski gloves, also large enough for my wool liners if it gets really cold.

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