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Dry warm hands on a road bike?

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New to this road lark and just home after an hour at most in the pissing rain

Wore a waterproof jacket so ok there but also wore 100% brisker hydromatics. The cuffs are way to short in the more stretched position on the bars compared with on the MTB and tbh my hands were wet and cold 🤣

Is there a go to for this situation that I need to know about?


 
Posted : 12/11/2023 7:38 pm
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If you're already out riding when it starts raining, get to a garage and nick some of those plastic disposable gloves that they provide at the pumps. They're better than nothing!
A friend on an audax once bought some marigold-type gloves from a hardware store during a prolonged downpour. £4 and he had the driest hands of anybody on the entire ride!

I've never found gloves that are truly waterproof for very long, the best I ever had were some Endura ones. I think they were an earlier version of these:
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/endura-deluge-waterproof-gloves


 
Posted : 12/11/2023 7:49 pm
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I've got a pair of Sealskinz gloves that I've had for 7+ years. Still going strong. If I had a complaint, it's that they get sweaty inside, not horribly, but means if you take them off you'll massively struggle to get back on again easily. Other than that, they are warm and waterproof.


 
Posted : 12/11/2023 7:58 pm
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Which ones?


 
Posted : 12/11/2023 7:58 pm
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Which ones?

They are these. Couldn't tell you the model name etc. These are the 2nd pair I've had in that time as I lost the original pair at a scout camp I was helping at. Gutted 😂

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Posted : 12/11/2023 8:05 pm
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I have a pair of Sealskinz as well, MTB ones, bought on an especially cold and wet day in Innerleithen several years ago. Work fine on a road bike. I can't wait for the weather to get properly cold and sleety so I can get them out again.

I think these ones.

gloves, warm dry ones

https://www.sealskinz.com/products/waterproof-all-weather-multi-activity-glove-with-fusion-control?variant=36488546451605


 
Posted : 12/11/2023 8:08 pm
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Zwift


 
Posted : 12/11/2023 8:16 pm
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@haze i would rather get wet and cold than that. I ride to be outside thats it - nothing more, being outside is king


 
Posted : 12/11/2023 8:24 pm
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For properly wet conditions neoprene ones are the way to go. Your hands are damp inside them but they stay warm


 
Posted : 12/11/2023 8:30 pm
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Neoprene drop bar pogies are amazing - funny looking things though.... Otherwise, Aldi winter riding gloves, under the jacket cuffs.  Possibly with latex or petrol station gloves underneath on truly rank days.

Some people like neoprene gloves, but I find my knuckles suffer with windchill in then - maybe I just need to try better ones.


 
Posted : 12/11/2023 8:47 pm
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Just spotted the user name - I'm also in S10, so you're welcome to give the pogies a try for a ride if you like.


 
Posted : 12/11/2023 8:51 pm
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I always have super cold hands, always struggled until I bought a pair of planetx crab mitts

Now I have to take out a second pair of lightweight gloves, because I always end up getting too warm when I’m wearing these. They are wonderful!

https://www.planetx.co.uk/products/carnac-waterproof-crab-hand-winter-gloves


 
Posted : 12/11/2023 8:59 pm
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Flat bars?

Cold fingers this morning. Looked like a ground frost around 8 o clock.

I have just ordered a pair of these:

https://www.hotpog.co.uk/collections/cycling/products/classic-pogies


 
Posted : 12/11/2023 9:04 pm
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@drnosh at this transitional time of year, after my first bout of wet gloves, I usually get tempted by the suggestions on threads like this - then somebody mentions pogies, and I go and dig mine (the same as you've ordered) out of the shed. Job done.

Just remember, when people laugh at them, to point out how warm and dry uor hands are (and how many snacks you can hide in them)


 
Posted : 12/11/2023 9:38 pm
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I've got a pair of Lidl specials that have served me well for years, although starting to fray at the seams now. I used to ride my mountain bike with a pair of ski gloves but found that they would get caught in the shifters on my road bike. I also have a pair of Galibier.cc Ardennes gloves that work well too


 
Posted : 12/11/2023 9:42 pm
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I thought riding a road bike was meant to be an uncomfortable experience 😕 Suffer for your art and all that.

Freezing to start, then overly hot and sweaty,and not forgetting suddenly leaping out of bed at 3am with cramps in the calves.


 
Posted : 13/11/2023 12:59 am
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Tried many things on the roadie. Eventually settled on Assos winter gloves (really long over the wrists) with a pair of liners.


 
Posted : 13/11/2023 7:32 am
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@paule I may well get on touch buddy, got pogies for the cargo bike 


 
Posted : 13/11/2023 7:47 am
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@bikerevivesheffield Fair comment, I prefer to be outside also but I guess everyone has thier own limits!

I don't mind a summer soaking and quite often head out in the rain, but winter riding when it's cold and raining...nah!

Anyway, I use the Rapha winter gloves which have been excellent in temperatures about as low as I'm prepared to go before ice puts me off...can't comment too much on the rain qualities, don't think they're marketed as such but in the times I've used them in the wet they've held up well.


 
Posted : 13/11/2023 10:07 am
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The Giro Proof's that I mentioned in another thread are decent

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Posted : 13/11/2023 10:54 am
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I  find most waterproof gloves to be less than ideal in other areas ..too hot, sweaty , not waterproof ! etc etc . My own solution is to carry some army goretex mits that slip over when the rain is heavy or prolonged. Gear changing can be affected a bit but otherwise ..comfy , dry hands when wet and easily removed when/if it stops


 
Posted : 13/11/2023 11:29 am
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I just bought the aforementioned sealskins having found every winter bike glove thus far owned pretty useless if it’s raining. Fingers crossed they work

Up til this point by far the best thing I’ve used are a pair of budget ski gloves. Cost about 15 quid and infinitely better than the 80 quid castelli’s they replaced (when it’s wet and cold)


 
Posted : 13/11/2023 6:48 pm