Winter Biking Gloves?

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Folks, It's getting cold in the mornings around here again. I've got my winter riding outfit all
set, except for a good

pair

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of gloves. I want:
- A windproof outer shell
- Bright-colored or reflective shell, so cars can see hand signals
- Thin insulation, so they're not too bulky
- Individual fingers

I can find ski gloves that have 1, 3, and 4, but I cannot find any that fit 2. Any ideas? Thanks,

- Paul Bruhn

Reflective tape.............

Where's here? I live in Portland and here the only option with the rain would be rain-proof
gloves which are bulky and hot. So I just wear glove liners under regular gloves and live with
the wet. They're pretty warm and do fine over a 20 mile ride or so. They just have to be dried
out after that.

Preston

Here in MA, I need gloves that are all of the above, but they have to be warm down to zero degrees
F. Any recommendations?

Paul Bruhn said:

Folks, It's getting cold in the mornings around here again. I've got my winter riding outfit all
set, except for a good pair of gloves. I want:
- A windproof outer shell
- Bright-colored or reflective shell, so cars can see hand signals
- Thin insulation, so they're not too bulky
- Individual fingers

I can find ski gloves that have 1, 3, and 4, but I cannot find any that fit 2. Any ideas? Thanks,

- Paul Bruhn

Go to a ski shop and buy 'Glove Liners'. Their cheap, thin and fit snug. Wear them under your
regular bike gloves. I have done this and it's works well until the temperature gets well
below freezing.

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"Paul Bruhn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Folks, It's getting cold in the mornings around here again. I've got my winter riding outfit all
set, except for a good

pair

Quoted message said:

of gloves. I want:
- A windproof outer shell
- Bright-colored or reflective shell, so cars can see hand signals
- Thin insulation, so they're not too bulky
- Individual fingers

I can find ski gloves that have 1, 3, and 4, but I cannot find any that fit 2. Any ideas? Thanks,

- Paul Bruhn

Reflective tape.............

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Gary Smiley <[email hidden]> wrote:
: Here in MA, I need gloves that are all of the above, but they have to be warm down to zero degrees
: F. Any recommendations?

i'd be surprised if any individual finger glove will get you down to 0F comfortably. i've used the
pearl izumi amfib or pittards (with a liner) down that low but i wouldn't say it was overly
comfortable. to go to 0F or below i'd be thinking at least lobster glove style. lose the thin
insulation requirement as well tho the pittards are reasonably thin but they were cold at 0F even
with a liner.

kept my fingers, tho.
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Gary Smiley said:

Here in MA, I need gloves that are all of the above, but they have to be warm down to zero degrees
F. Any recommendations?

XLarge Goretex mitt covers (mine happen to be LL Bean) with large Nashbar polartek mittens under
them, seems to work for me. You can wear 2 polarteks I guess too.

How much of a problem it is depends strongly on whether you circulate lots of blood to the fingers
when your wrist is cold, and what having your hands fixed on the handlebars does.

The large mitt covers come up past the wrist and so keep the wrist warm, which encourages the
circulation to the fingers not to shut down.
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Gary Smiley <[email hidden]> wrote:
: Here in MA, I need gloves that are all of the above, but they have to be warm down to zero
: degrees F. Any recommendations?

i'd be surprised if any individual finger glove will get you down to 0F comfortably. i've used the
pearl izumi amfib or pittards (with a liner) down that low but i wouldn't say it was overly
comfortable. to go to 0F or below i'd be thinking at least lobster glove style. lose the thin
insulation requirement as well tho the pittards are reasonably thin but they were cold at 0F even
with a liner.

kept my fingers, tho.

Heavy gloves might make it tough to operate Shimano's STI shifters, too. I guess that's one argument
for barcons or downtube shifters.

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David Reuteler said:

Gary Smiley <[email hidden]> wrote:
: Here in MA, I need gloves that are all of the above, but they have to
be
: warm down to zero degrees F. Any recommendations?

i'd be surprised if any individual finger glove will get you down to 0F comfortably. i've used the
pearl izumi amfib or pittards (with a liner) down that low but i wouldn't say it was overly
comfortable. to go to 0F or below i'd be thinking at least lobster glove style. lose the thin
insulation requirement as well tho the pittards are reasonably thin but they were cold at 0F even
with a liner.

kept my fingers, tho.

I use lobster gloves with an additional liner, and rode to zero last year. Above a certain
temperature, say 20 or so, the lobster gloves work well.

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David Kerber <ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net> wrote:
: Heavy gloves might make it tough to operate Shimano's STI shifters, too. I guess that's one
: argument for barcons or downtube shifters.

yea, this is one time where i'd say skip the STIs. better yet skip the gears.
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David Kerber <ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net> wrote:
: Heavy gloves might make it tough to operate Shimano's STI shifters, too. I guess that's one
: argument for barcons or downtube shifters.

yea, this is one time where i'd say skip the STIs. better yet skip the gears.

I'd have a tough time convincing myself to ride with a single speed, but a 5-speed would be fine.

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Heavy gloves might make it tough to operate Shimano's STI shifters, too. I guess that's one
argument for barcons or downtube shifters.

I used Black Diamond mitts on downtube shifters for -10F. They have a little reflectivity. The mitts
are very expensive but the insulation is not that thick and might work with STI. I'll be testing it
this winter but the mitts are too hot above freezing so it'll be a while before I get the chance.

With what winter salt and sand (and lack of maintenance) does to a bike, certainly it makes sense to
use an older bike that still works well for most winter riding. Replacing things for the next winter
is cheaper too.

Another alternative is highly reflective booties. Some have almost no reflectivity.

My good road bike is very low on reflectivity. I've got about 20 feet of highly reflective 2" wide
ribbon that I was thinking of sewing into anklets (and wristlets?) with some velcro.

Of course you could always buy a special purpose winter bike and make it dazzlingly bright. My mud
flaps can just about blind you.

Doug Toronto

castelli make a great pair.

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Gary Smiley said:

Here in MA, I need gloves that are all of the above, but they have to be warm down to zero
degrees F. Any recommendations?

XLarge Goretex mitt covers (mine happen to be LL Bean) with large Nashbar

polartek

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mittens under them, seems to work for me. You can wear 2 polarteks I

guess too.

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How much of a problem it is depends strongly on whether you circulate lots

of blood

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to the fingers when your wrist is cold, and what having your hands fixed

on the

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handlebars does.

The large mitt covers come up past the wrist and so keep the wrist warm,

which

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encourages the circulation to the fingers not to shut down.
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Bright-colored or reflective shell, so cars can see hand signals

Do a Google on an outfit called WearGuard.

They make 'industrial' clothing, and carry a line of hi viz products for highway workers and the
like. In their winter catalog--which i just tossed--they show hi viz lime and orange gloves with 5
fingers that may work. while they don't have the windproof shell, they meet your other criteria.

On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 12:40:40 +0000, Paul Bruhn wrote:

I have Pearl Izumi gloves that I think work quite well down to the 20s. I find that most gloves are
too thick, which is nice at first but then they get uncomfortably warm. I prefer to start out with
my hands somewhat cold; they do warm up. Feet are different. Once my feet get cold, it just keeps
getting worse.

Below ~25 I will use a glove liner, which works around here, since it doesn't often get below 20
during the day.

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Folks, It's getting cold in the mornings around here again. I've got my winter riding outfit all
set, except for a good pair of gloves. I want:

[...] etc.

I want something like outer, wearable hand-fairings to keep the cold wind & wet off my fingertips &
knuckles, while affording sufficient room within for layers of glove. These newfangled "pogie"
(pogy?) things seem to fill that bill.

cheers, Tom

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Just use liners... and any bike glove you want.

fwiw

"Paul Bruhn" <[email hidden]>

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It's getting cold in the mornings around here again. I've got my winter riding outfit all set,
except for a good pair of gloves.

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i'd be surprised if any individual finger glove will get you down to 0F comfortably.

My ski gloves work fine at -30 F. Since I bought them for skiing, they are "free" from a cycling
standpoint. With the liners removed, they are fine down to 10 F or so. Not sure of the brand, but
the logo has a "G" in a triangle.

Paul

Paul Hamilton said:

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i'd be surprised if any individual finger glove will get you down to 0F comfortably.

My ski gloves work fine at -30 F. Since I bought them for skiing, they are "free" from a cycling
standpoint. With the liners removed, they are fine down to 10 F or so. Not sure of the brand, but
the logo has a "G" in a triangle.

What works depends on your hand circulation and what causes it to shut down to preserve heat. The
body is not always sensible about this. You could have sweat running down your back and your hands
will be numb. Pockets in the back of your jacket might be a solution.

I am told that keeping the wrists warm is helpful in keeping the hand circulation going. This
seems to work for me (mitten tops extend up arm, put mittens on with sweatshirts pulled down
into mittens).
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Preston Crawford said:

Where's here? I live in Portland and here the only option with the rain would be rain-proof
gloves which are bulky and hot. So I just wear glove liners under regular gloves and live with
the wet. They're pretty warm and do fine over a 20 mile ride or so. They just have to be dried
out after that.

Well, based on his address, I'd say he's in beautiful backward central Pennsylvania 😉

I don't like biking with gloves on, for some reason, so I have big wool-lined buckskin gloves.
(Well, they were lined -- most of the wool has rubbed off over the past 5 years). I wear a pair of
wool gloves or mittens inside the gloves as well, and my hands usually don't get cold, but my
commute isn't frightfully long.

Scott, refugee from Centre County