Full finger ones at that. All year round…
It amazes me how many people ride without them, every time I ever come off the bike I land on my hands first, and they have saved a LOT of skin over time.
Also, I can’t stand the feeling of holding onto rubber grips without using gloves. And every pair of gloves I own has a nice towelling bit on the back of the thumb, for wiping my exceedingly snotty nose on about a dozen times per ride…
Bear in mind in the past I have been known to do a few miles commute balancing on SPD pedals in trainers, and massively baggy shorts, or even ride a bike up and down the road in jeans and a leather jacket… Yet I couldn’t imagine getting on a bike, even to ride up and down the road to check the gears were indexed properly, without putting a pair of gloves on!
Yes, I like gloves..Who rides without gloves in the UK winter? Surely you wouldn’t last 5 minutes before yr hands were on fire with the chill.
The latest shimano winter boot for me, MW-02s? Really excellent, can’t see how you’d improve on it tbh. 2 sizes bigger than my normal shoe size is also a lot more comfy, whereas previous I was just going 1 bigger.