Let's talk about gloves, proper winter gloves

MB Lacey

Cold this morning so I thought I'd give my new pair of Specialised Sub Zero gloves (with inners) a go.
My fingers started off tingly cold, but within 5 mins of decent pedalling my hands/ fingers were toasty. By the time I got to work, they were nearly too warm, I could have worn the outer gloves without the inner gloves.
I don't know what the temp was cycling to work this morning, but I know it was the type of cold that would have left my fingers frozen in my other gloves.
The reach for gear/ brakes was fine, I was on my hybrid, hope to give them a go on my road bike at the wknd if it's cold enough.

We're going to Kiruna (N Sweden) next week, I'll let you know what they're like in -15!

kuro_man

Temperature is not good measure by itself...glove performance is only really tested when its cold and humidity is high or its raining

Slo_Rida

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

However, a few spins this winter I've suffered horribly in the rain. Waterproof they ain't, at least in torrential rain. Got the rain gloves now. So far so good but they haven't had a real test yet.

So what gloves do you suggest for very wet cold days here? I don't suffer from cold hands but I need a good pair to keep my hands dry (and therefore warm).
Thanks...

Seweryn

doozerie wrote: »

I suffer from cold hands too and it has ruined many a ride for me so I've tried many gloves over the years. I've spent a lot of money in the search for the perfect glove for me...

* Most recently I've been using Pearl Izumi Pro WXB 3x1 gloves...

The winter is coming again, and as a cold hand person I would appreciate if you could share your experience with these gloves if you got a chance to test them properly (or any other winter gloves that you may have tested recently) .

CramCycle

I had a pair of ALDI motorbike gloves for years and they were great, probably no good for motorbiking itself but loverly and toasty, fingers could move and the hard knuckle shell was nice if you came off the bike.

After that I had a pair of Castelli long fingered mitts that I bought on Holiday when the weather turned unexpectedly cold. I got them on sale for 30 euro as one was ripped. They were not waterproof and barely windproof but they did keep my hands warm regardless, miss them as well, looked more stylish than the ALDI MB gloves.

After that I had a Bicycle line winter gloves, which were great as well, very comfy but the stitching went on them quite quickly (about 6 months heavy use), very good, and wish I had re stitched them.

The only other pairs of winter gloves I got were SealSkinz. Have to say, absolute sh1t, below 6 degrees and I would have been better rubbing my hands together.

Borderfox

I have a pair of Ultima neoprene gloves, can't wear them till the temperature goes below 5 degrees as they are too warm. Looking for something in between at the moment

fat bloke

I thought I was a right clever lad one day last year with my surgical-glove-inside-regular-gloves brainwave...

...for about 15 minutes.

Wet, slimy, clammy, awful.

lennymc

winter motorbike gloves ftw.

CramCycle

fat bloke wrote: »

I thought I was a right clever lad one day last year with my surgical-glove-inside-regular-gloves brainwave...

...for about 15 minutes.

Wet, slimy, clammy, awful.

You are meant to put them over the gloves or over the liners, inside the gloves is just asking for sweaty horribleness that also gets super cold.

trek climber

CramCycle wrote: »

I had a pair of ALDI motorbike gloves for years and they were great, probably no good for motorbiking itself but loverly and toasty, fingers could move and the hard knuckle shell was nice if you came off the bike.

After that I had a pair of Castelli long fingered mitts that I bought on Holiday when the weather turned unexpectedly cold. I got them on sale for 30 euro as one was ripped. They were not waterproof and barely windproof but they did keep my hands warm regardless, miss them as well, looked more stylish than the ALDI MB gloves.

After that I had a Bicycle line winter gloves, which were great as well, very comfy but the stitching went on them quite quickly (about 6 months heavy use), very good, and wish I had re stitched them.

The only other pairs of winter gloves I got were SealSkinz. Have to say, absolute sh1t, below 6 degrees and I would have been better rubbing my hands together.

Have to agree with you on the Sealskinz - after much deliberation I bought the Sealskinz performance thermal gloves on Chain Reaction 2 weeks ago for € 66 (windproof and waterproof it said). Did a 2 hour cycle on Saturday morning in wet but not overly cold conditions. Hands totally soaked after 30 minutes and by the time I got home my fingers were numb, I had to get the gloves pulled of my hands. Will never buy Sealskinz again :mad::mad:

bwalsh1983

rollingscone wrote: »

Has anyone had experience with the Craft Bike Storm glove? Wind/rain resistant with fleece lining sounds like it might do me.

I have these and they performed superbly through last Feb/March and this Ovctober but have yet to test them on a super cold/constant downour type ride. Have a pair of thin merino liners to go inside if required but they are great well fitted gloves on their own thus far.

Neoprene cuffs and backing which are great but do tend to lead to a bit of sweat and quite the honk after a few rides.

Oggysrepairs

I have Endura and they work well for me - although this is the first winter I've had them and obviously the coldest is yet to come.

MB Lacey

Seweryn wrote: »

The winter is coming again, and as a cold hand person I would appreciate if you could share your experience with these gloves if you got a chance to test them properly (or any other winter gloves that you may have tested recently) .

For seriously cold temps - I see I posted there back in Feb that I had bought the very sexy crab claw Specialised Sub Zero gloves (with inners) just before we went North of the Arctic.
Temps dropped to -20°c and they kept my hands warm (with the inners they came with).
I'm pretty warm blooded anyway, but keeping hands warm using 'cycling gloves' at -20° was pretty impressive.

I have yet to put them to the test cycling in cold temps, but I imagine they'll get me through seriously cold temps.

As for Sealskinz waterproof gloves - I've never had a problem with them, always kept my hands warm in downpours.
They'll be clammy from sweat but not cold and wet from the rain.
Just about to head out now and glad I've got them with me

niceonetom

I've found that the solution to cold hands is better and more layers on the torso.

pprendeville

I've come to the conclusion that no matter what gloves I get my hands will go cold after a while. I'm using the Assos rain gloves which are neoprene. They are definitely the best I've used but I still get cold in 2deg. What works for me is if I stop, remove the gloves and allow the blood to get back to the tips of the fingers, they will stay warm for the remainder of the ride. Agree with layering the torso as well. Read somewhere that if the core is warm the perimeter has a better chance.

Lumen

pprendeville wrote: »

Read somewhere that if the core is warm the perimeter has a better chance.

Your extremities are somewhat expendable. If your core cools you die. Your extremities work like radiators, so your body does the logical thing by reducing the blood supply to the radiators and sending a strong signal via your nervous system to get the hell off the stupid bike and go indoors.

Keeping the core warm reverses the flow and keeps your extremities full of toasty warm blood.

The human body is an amazing thing.

darkvalley

pprendeville wrote: »

What works for me is if I stop, remove the gloves and allow the blood to get back to the tips of the fingers, they will stay warm for the remainder of the ride.

I have this experience too. My hands and feet get cold, regardless of what I wear, but when I stop and remove gloves and shoes and get them warm they stay warm for the rest of the spin. I do find this a bit strange as I start the cycle with warm hands and feet but they get cold, get them warmed up half way into the ride and they stay warm for the rest of it! Presumably something to do with circulation and acclimatising to conditions.

niceonetom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_reaction

Unknown Soldier

Used the following today. Think they will be good when it gets very cold, quite "furry" on the inside.

They were fine for the full on rain on the way home this evening. Just about the only thing I didn't have to put on the radiators

Waterproof Soft & Warm Windproof Tactical Cycling Bike Bicycle long Gloves Nylon Winter Sports Full Finger Gloves CM-OS0089

maesrichard1

Cant really beat Assos.

Borderfox

Except for the prices

kenmc

I too suffer from cold hands, particularly my right hand which had surgery on one of the fingers many moons ago after an erm, drinking accident. Anyway I have a pair of Pearl Izumi Lobster Glove which I find great for the cold weather.
I also have a pair of thin liners (decathlon) for inside my normal gloves (endura) which help a bit
I had a pair of BBB winter gloves (aquashield i think) which were rubbish.
Have a pair of sealskins merino fingerless liners which don't really seem to help, as they are a little too small now after washing. think they were ok last year

pprendeville

bwalsh1983 wrote: »

I have these and they performed superbly through last Feb/March and this Ovctober but have yet to test them on a super cold/constant downour type ride. Have a pair of thin merino liners to go inside if required but they are great well fitted gloves on their own thus far.

Neoprene cuffs and backing which are great but do tend to lead to a bit of sweat and quite the honk after a few rides.

Where did you get the merino liners?

CramCycle

SOR2010 wrote: »

I've got these from China and have to say they are great, no problems and keeps hands & fingers very warm,
worked out at €9.99 delivered!

http://www.dhgate.com/product/winter-outdoor-sports-cycling-driving-ski/167779687.html#myaccount_orderdetail-1-null

After some issues with gloves over the week, I have ordered a pair, 9.87euro, whats the worst that could happen.

Hmmzis

CramCycle wrote: »

After some issues with gloves over the week, I have ordered a pair, 9.87euro, whats the worst that could happen.

Those zippers are annoying as hell. Maybe they stay closed when on a flat bar bike but on road bars they just keep undoing themselves. Apart from that they are actually very good for the price. They're light, the thermal and wind stopping features are quite good for +3 - +10 degrees. Below +3 they might not be enough and above +10 they feel a bit too warm for me. I've had them now since late September and they haven't disintegrated yet.

bwalsh1983

pprendeville wrote: »

Where did you get the merino liners?

They are sealskins from chain reaction for just over a tenner, cheap as chips.

codie

Looking for gloves too.I have some Rapha winter stuff and recommend it highly,winter cap, overshoes well worth it.Have been looking at their gloves but very pricey.Trying to justify buying them but need persuasion.Deep winter gloves €130 and winter gloves €90 .I see ROK ON rates them highly earlier in this thread.Anyone else got experience with them(without the african goats and virgin beauties argon). Was tempted with these Look gloves,a lot cheaper .Anyone have them?
http://www.cyclesuperstore.ie/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=70478

macadam

codie wrote: »

Looking for gloves too.I have some Rapha winter stuff and recommend it highly,winter cap, overshoes well worth it.Have been looking at their gloves but very pricey.Trying to justify buying them but need persuasion.Deep winter gloves €130 and winter gloves €90 .I see ROK ON rates them highly earlier in this thread.Anyone else got experience with them(without the african goats and virgin beauties argon). Was tempted with these Look gloves,a lot cheaper .Anyone have them?
http://www.cyclesuperstore.ie/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=70478

Im also in the market for another pair of winter gloves, I like the "LOOk" of these LooK gloves..

Borderfox

I got a pair of the Castelli Lightness and the Prima gloves. Great fit and perfect for me for all but the worst conditions

codie

macadam wrote: »

Im also in the market for another pair of winter gloves, I like the "LOOk" of these LooK gloves..

I went for them anyway hope to have in the morning.

macadam

codie wrote: »

I went for them anyway hope to have in the morning.

I know its not cold enough, but whats your first impressions of these gloves?

Borderfox

Went out with the Castelli Lightness gloves this morning, very comfortable, not too warm regulated heat very well. Grip was perfect and a first for me was to keep them on till I got home after about two hours out.

Pinch Flat

Road cc reviewing a few here:

http://road.cc/content/buyers-guide/47538-your-guide-best-winter-gloves-cycling

codie

macadam wrote: »

I know its not cold enough, but whats your first impressions of these gloves?

Have been out 3 times.As with look stuff you expect quality.Have a look bibshorts and jersey since 2011 and love them.The gloves seem pretty decent but as you say hasn't been cold enough and I haven't been out in the rain.Sunday was about the coldest ,start of spin was 4deg and later into the spin we traveled near the coast for 30k and was pretty foggy damp and cold .Hands were fine but you would have to expect that .Suppose overall so far they were worth a punt for €45 but judge them better when weather gets worse.

macadam

Anyone know where I can pick up a pair of the Look winter/fall gloves in XL CCs and Probikekit are sold out of my size..

ednwireland

aldi lobster gloves on today very toasty, wouldnt expect them to last long in full on rain though (despite claims to be waterproof).

CramCycle

Have to say those cheap Ali express ones are holding up well for commuting a week between 0 and 7 degrees over 25 minutes, hands felt grand at either end of the temperature spectrum.

viperlogic

Anything new hit the market since that offers waterproofness for 2-10c conditions that's not bulky?

Looking at castelli diluvio (already have castelli nano but no good for down pours or sub 5c)

Borderfox

I have a pair of the castelli divils and they were great today all the way down to 2.5c, won't keep the water out but keep the hands warm

RainyDay

ednwireland wrote: »

aldi lobster gloves on today very toasty, wouldnt expect them to last long in full on rain though (despite claims to be waterproof).

That's my experience too - they've done me well all through winter, though I wouldn't do more than a 2 hour spin.

CramCycle

CramCycle wrote: »

Have to say those cheap Ali express ones are holding up well for commuting a week between 0 and 7 degrees over 25 minutes, hands felt grand at either end of the temperature spectrum.

Just to follow up on my cheap chinese ones, they lasted a first winter well but no longer hold out the cold. I know use a liner glove on the inside which seems to do the trick. Still very water repellant though.

Sinbad_NI

Got a pair of Parentini winter gloves. Think they're P5000 model. Great, highly recommended. Nice and warm and supposed to be water proof as well (untested).

terrydel

The galibier ones are great, and really good value too. Years of motorcycling all year round have made my hands very sensitive to the cold, so I know a good pair of winter gloves when I wear them.

viperlogic

terrydel wrote: »

The galibier ones are great, and really good value too. Years of motorcycling all year round have made my hands very sensitive to the cold, so I know a good pair of winter gloves when I wear them.

tempest?

Plastik

I have a pair of the Galibier Tempest and find them fairly mediocre.

terrydel

viperlogic wrote: »

tempest?

Barrier II.