Look awful but who cares.
Not as awful as pogies!
I've got what I think are the first version of these convertible lobster claws:-
https://garneau.com/eu_en/super-prestige-2-cycling-gloves-1482256
I bought them whilst at the Mega when it snowed/pissed down. Worked brilliantly.
I wore them the other day off road, it was around 2-3 degC and my hands were too warm. I had to ride without gloves for a bit as my hands started to itch.
Obvs people are different and on the road bike, with higher wind chill they're great.
It was -5C when we headed out this morning. Remembered a couple of points:
1. Don't death grip the bars!
2. Keep wiggling your fingers to keep the blood flowing.
Re pogies, again- there's absolutely no way I could have done yesterday's ride in any gloves I've ever owned. Even with teh pogies and some fairly warm gloves, I was properly cold by the end. Don't know how far I would have got in my best gloves alone- an hour? Not as far as the first descent on the loop for sure.
While we are on the subject a moan about glove sizing. Most manufacturers tell you to measure around your palm to get your size but my measurement puts me between M and L. In real life most XLs are too small because my fingers are so long. Surely finger length is just as important as palm width?
You've hacked my Instagram account!
Well today's weather was too much for my Planet-x lobster gloves, my hands were freezing!
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I've torn a hamstring so doing 'easy' rehab rides which mean I can't generate much heat by working hard. Was covered in ice by the time I got back home.....
While we are on the subject a moan about glove sizing. Most manufacturers tell you to measure around your palm to get your size but my measurement puts me between M and L. In real life most XLs are too small because my fingers are so long. Surely finger length is just as important as palm width?
+1
It's as if they don't actually hold a handlebar or have hands on the hoods when testing them.
@FOG - it's why I use mountaineering gloves - they are designed around holding an ice axe which is about the same circumference as a set of MTB grips.
First time out today using home made pogies.
As above, a game changer. I've had properly numb fingers on a couple of rides recently, so decided to give pogies a go.
Of course, none in stock anywhere, so I grabbed some leftover building paper and my childs sewing machine and knocked a pair together last night.
I'm struggling to figure out why I didn't embrace the pogie years ago now...
A regular lockdown ride for me recently involdves climbing out to a loch behind the house. Doing it anticlockwise means dropping from 300M vert on fireroad then tarmac over 4.5 miles.
It's a loooong coast all the way home, with no effort to generate heat.
One steeper bit in the middle generates some serious wind chill.
Did it today with my new pogies and summer gloves on, arrived home in comfort. Around 4 degrees out, and a light sleet.
Unfortunately Galibier Barrier Deep Winter gloves are out of stock so I ordered some Shimano gloves - these
My opinion - comfy and well made but not suited to winter- fingers still cold even with Icebreaker merino inner gloves on.
If you’re looking for good winter gloves - look elsewhere.
I take back what I said about the polypropylene liner gloves under the Madison Avalanches working out. They are struggling at 0 degrees, frozen numb! And generally I tend to be pretty tolerant of the cold. Seems like the the Avalanche glove tips aren't quite as windproof as I expected.
