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Struggling to find some summer arm warmers as my default choice of morvelo are sold out in size small. Non roubaix , silcone grippers and nice and comfy...


 
Posted : 24/05/2016 10:16 pm
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Assos S7...always loved my Gore soft shell but these are a bit nicer for summer use...


 
Posted : 24/05/2016 10:33 pm
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The number of times I read this thread title as 'Which Ann Summers warmers' is slightly concerning.


 
Posted : 24/05/2016 10:46 pm
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Are your arms not warm in the summer??


 
Posted : 24/05/2016 10:47 pm
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Are your arms not warm in the summer??

No not all the time.
I have some morvelo ones but are fleece backed and too warm..


 
Posted : 24/05/2016 10:58 pm
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Takes the chill off on early starts...


 
Posted : 24/05/2016 11:05 pm
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I like the on one knitted merino ones. 3 quid, grippy enough without silicone grippers (which mark my oh so delicate skin!) and easy to pull up or down.


 
Posted : 24/05/2016 11:07 pm
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It amazes me sometimes how much clothing some people wear biking. Even when just pootling to the shops in winter I just have a fleece on, but you see people with coats and hoods in summer! Am I odd?


 
Posted : 24/05/2016 11:09 pm
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Do you have summer arm warmers on under this fleece?
I'm surprised you don't get arrested wandering out to the shops in just a fleece top! Please think of the children.
Can't wear merino.. Too itchy forme


 
Posted : 24/05/2016 11:13 pm
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Endura merino are nice.


 
Posted : 24/05/2016 11:17 pm
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Compression arm sleeves are good, like the Compressport or Skins ones.


 
Posted : 24/05/2016 11:19 pm
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Rapha do arm screens, and you can get 20% off at the moment with the code Hot20.


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 6:45 am
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Rapha, came as a matching set with a jersey


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 6:53 am
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I've been impressed by the planet x merino ones for £3. No silicone grippers but even with my total lack of guns they don't slip down


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 7:21 am
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Another vote for the PX merino ones. They don't itch either.


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 8:26 am
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Mavic do some, so could be worth a look [url= http://www.mavic.co.uk/accessories/sleeves-and-leg-warmers ]Mavic Arm Warmers[/url]


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 10:17 am
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Those Mavic sleeves look good in yellow.

I don't really understand suggestions of merino arm warmers for summer riding (unless for early cold starts maybe?) Nice thin lightweight arm sleeves surely.


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 10:28 am
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Nice thin lightweight arm sleeves surely.

the endura ones are, thin, pack down tiny, enough to take the chill off. They'd be rubbish in winter.


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 10:31 am
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Merino works fine until it's warm enough for bare skin.


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 10:52 am
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Another vote for the On-One Merino warmers. I have arms closely resembling pipe-cleaners and these tend to stay up, unlike a lot of others which require safety pins 😳

Cheers, Rich


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 11:07 am
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No not all the time.
I have some morvelo ones but are fleece backed and too warm..

don't morvelo have some summer weight ones too right now? they're just calling them arm screens, and not describing them as warmers...


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 11:36 am
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I got two sets of Castelli Nanoflex arm warmers in the sales .
Really good and still using them on early cold starts.


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 11:50 am
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don't morvelo have some summer weight ones too right now? they're just calling them arm screens, and not describing them as warmers...

They are all sold out in a size small


 
Posted : 25/05/2016 7:40 pm