Extremities Tuff Bags

I was up in Aviemore at the weekend and saw these gloves, Extremities Tuff Bags, in a few outdoor shops. They are mits made from gore-tex paclite.

Anyone use them for cycling – would be useless off road because of lack of control but look ideal as an emergency glove when it’s really chucking it down on the commute. After a commute home in really heavy rain and wind last week my specialized sub zero ‘waterproof’ gloves were soaked through and my hands were freezing. When I got home I must have wrung out around a litre of rain water from each glove – well once I could use my fingers properly again. So these look ideal.

Tried a pair on and I have to say the sizing is pretty generous, I usually take a large in gloves and even the small was a bit on the big side with these.

So anybody use them?

Have a look on the Terra-Nova website- extremities clearance just now.

I have them (for winter walking/mountaineering). I reckon there’s just TOO much flappage for bike riding. I’d be concerned about them catching in the controls.

I have em. They are very waterproof, but I’d be scared of not being able to brake, or catching them in the brake levers.

They are jolly big because they’re supposed to be worn over normal gloves.

I find the best thing glovewise is gloves that are warm when wet. I use some cheap hiking gloves if it is cold, with thin liner gloves underneath if it’s really cold. They seem to still work if they are wet.

Joe