Good Warm Gloves

My hands got a bit cold on my commute today. I wear some Sealskinz merion liner gloves with my normal riding gloves on top.

I’ve also got some proper waterproof Sealskinz gloves, but these aren’t much warmer. And they are horrible and plasticy on the inside and the liner moves around compared to the outside, which is very disconcerting.

So what winter gloves? Ideally: cheap, not too bulky, warm, not yellow!

For winter road commuting I switch to these:

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/upload/222766/images/pinney-gloves.jpg

Motorbike gloves obviously but glove manufacturers know a thing or two about making massive gloves that can still operate controls. Not for everyone but they kept me warm even on a commute when they ended up encased in ice 🙂

I’m a big fan of the Fox Antifreezes for mtb use but they don’t deal so well with wet or the constant windchill of road.

for sub zero i use the sealskinz lobster mitt things – can’t do one finger braking, and they are bulky, but they work!

I was in pain this morning – definitely need something along these lines.

The £5 Lidl ones I got last week, very toasty on my 5.30am commute 😆

I started using pogies for the commute, they really are a better solution than bulky gloves.

Classic Pogies

I like the look of the Glacier neoprene gloves:

http://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/fresh-goods-friday-122/

Lookign forward to seeing a review of them

I tell ya what – if it’s like really really cold, you can’t beat a pair of Heat Lion Gloves
Bonkers 😯

I suffer from Reynaud’s which is a horrible affliction. I have tried lots of gloves. The ones I currently favour are Trek mates gore tex ski gloves from eBay.

They kept my usually frigid digits warm at below 4 on my commute last night.

They work!

The ones I currently favour are Trek mates gore tex ski gloves from eBay.

hmm, good point… I have several pairs of ski gloves in the attic. Why I am wasting time looking at crappy cycling gloves? Time for a rummage!

Endurance FS 260 neoprene – I’m really, really super chuffed with these, and having always suffered with cold fingers.

On a more serious note, I wore my Specialized Radiant gloves this morning and my hands were too hot.
They were old stock so very cheap.

Merak, I suffer from Reynauds, too. Makes life a misery at this time of year. Trouble is, if you get gloves that are too warm, your hands sweat and then chill. I’ve spent a fortune on gloves over the years, me. I must currently have over 20 pairs of running, cycling, walking and motorcycling gloves in my armoury.
At present I’m using Sealskin lobster type when it’s stupidly cold and the ‘new’ Aldi ones when just very cold. The Sealskins are probably the warmest I’ve ever had. I’ve tried motorbike winter gloves, but to be honest, they aren’t any better and they are too expensive to ruin in the Yorkshire Dales mud.

sealskinz mtb gloves were a real waste so picked up a pair of snowboarding gloves from sportsdirect for about a tenner – waterproof and as toasty as a freshly toasted piece of toast.

Anything aldi, rode this morning and evening. Was approx -4, good and warm. Been commuting for 16 years like this.
Trouble is with cheap gloves is when taking off, the liner can turn inside out if that makes sense. Also little extras are left off and finish can be variable.

Get some neoprene windsurfing gloves for when it’s really cold, they’re warm, not too bulky and keep your hands warm if they get wet too.

A cheap pair of silk liner gloves (e.g. Decathlon) will provide a quite amazing level of additional warmth.

And then there’s always Pogies….

After six hours pootling about on the frozen tundra of Dartmoor today, I can heartily recommend NOT using the tattered old falling apart gloves that you’ve been using for every ride since last Xmas brrrrr 😕

An expensive option are the new Columbia omniheat range – they use reflective tech to use your own heat again.
They also have just released heated ones……

FWIW I found the Aldi ones to be pretty poor- not even as warm as the Antifreezes without their inner liner, never mind when they’re doubled.

On the plus side at least the fingers don’t turn inside out, that automatically makes any glove terrible. Anyone that designs or markets such a glove should be savaged by a pack of rabid hounds for as long as it takes them to fix a pair (with frozen fingers, in the dark)

I find the aldi ones almost too hot, I only use them when the temp is below zero.

For the price they just can’t be beaten, not sure about how waterproof they are, never used them in the rain.

I think I have this reynauds thing as well as my hands and feet will go numb and in pain within minutes of being out on the road bike at this time of year. The Aldi gloves are complete cack in my experience. I’ll probably try out some thinner liner gloves under them or some thinsulates.

My hands froze last night on mtb using answer strike neoprene gloves. Good gloves, better than the old fox antifreeze,just not up to -2temps.Should have warn my motorbike gloves, which are warm,just lack the feeling.
For a road commute I would look at getting mitts or lobster type gloves, they WILL be the warmest.

Fox AntiFreeze for me

i was happy with my New Polaris gloves, until they fell apart last night.

I think I have this reynauds thing as well as my hands and feet will go numb and in pain within minutes of being out on the road bike at this time of year. The Aldi gloves are complete cack in my experience. I’ll probably try out some thinner liner gloves under them or some thinsulates.

Tom, I am like you. I came to the conclusion lately that it has little to do with the quality or thickness of the gloves – otherwise they wouldn’t work for anybody. In other words, the heat isn’t being lost through the gloves. Your body is, for some reason, choosing to take the blood flow away from your extremities and sending it somewhere more important. I am planning to experiment this winter with wearing more on my upper body and legs to keep my core warm – and I find that once I get properly warmed up by riding the warmth returns to my fingers.

Yeah I’ve ordered some of those decathlon silk liner gloves to see what they’re like. I reckon some windproof lobster gloves might help as well. I always have a warm core and legs its just the hands and feet. Sorted out my feet with BBB overshoes though.

I use these gore tex army mitts –

http://www.amazon.co.uk/GERMAN-ARMY-ISSUE-GORETEX-LINER/dp/B0041L0YIC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1355394807&sr=8-1

There only £12.99 properley waterproof – windproof – warm.

They are fake fur lined and really toasty on a morning, my hands sweat every time i use them! Not gunna be for everyone though as they are really bulky so gears would be a bit fiddly. I ride a fixie roadie on a morning so perfect for me as I can just keep them sat on brakes and not have to worry about gears. Perfect for when we are out walking on the moors too, best thing I have bought in a while. 😀

New version of the Radiants I have – £28 on Leisure Lakes

Went back to my old Cannondales today cos the Radiant were too hot.

It was -4*C this morning here, so I wore my Army Arctic Mitts Mark III inners and it worked out fine.
Army surplus, sold with the goretex outers (not today) for beans.
Inners are fibre pile with woven nylon palms and woven DPM cotton backs, so not quite windproof at 20mph.

Similar to these:

http://www.factsurplus.co.uk/product/786

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/British-Army-Issue-Woodland-DPM-MkIII-Arctic-Mittens-Gloves-/251169869291?var=#vi-content

Very warm, and I too have Reynauds.

OK for a singlespeed and large brake levers, but far from ideal.

PaulD

One key thing with gloves is to get one size larger than normal. You can then wear a thin pair of whatever you want underneath and there will still be a wee air pocket around fingertips etc to insulate.

I HATE lined gloves. I use some thin altura nylon gloves underneath a pair of TLD downhiill gloves and this does me in pretty much anything. In fact I’ve been using the exact same gloves for a few years.

If it’s wet I use some 2mm neoprene kayak gloves. These are what I use skiing too. Excellent, very stretchy and unrestrictive, good and warm etc etc.

regarding the lobster mitts – i discovered last night that there’s actually plenty room for 3 fingers in one side, so you can fairly easily switch to one-finger braking for descents..

As was said upthread, you will never have warm hands if your core is cold. I find wool base layers, a good insulated windproof and a skull cap help my hands and feet stay warmer.