Commuting - Gloves

Anyone have any suggestions for cool weather gloves?
I have Pearl Izumi Pittards Therma Fleece gloves and my fingers get cold on my 1+ hour ride to work.

Has anyone tried Bellwether Illuminite Windtex gloves? They look thick (heavy material) in the pictures. If they are thick does that interfere with shifting (STI)?

Thanks.

I run a lot. So I have a few pairs of fairly lightweight gloves (made by Ron Hill a UK mfr. but I'm sure you can get the equiv. in USA).
As the weather cools I put them on, then my normal cycle mits over.
If the weather gets real cold then full-on wintor gloves come into service.

Stew

One important difference between regular old gloves and good bicycling gloves is the ability to block wind.

A pair of thick knit wool mittens work well for walking and playing outside, but they are not very effective on a bike because the wind cuts through them.

One neat thing I have picked up over the years is several pair of handlebar covers. These slip over the handle bars/grips.

You need only slip your hands inside the covers and your hands are protected from the wind. They also protect your hands from rain. Better yet, your bare hands are on the grips so you have better control of grip shifters and brakes than you would with cloves.

They really work nicely. I will take a photo and post it for your reference.

You made this up, Mike, admit it! Lessee a pitcher! ;)

Originally posted by Pete Clark
You made this up, Mike, admit it! Lessee a pitcher! ;)

Oh, Pete. How you egg me on. You know the picture's coming.

I haven't put the covers on yet this season because it is still to warm, but NOW, your message changes everything.

I'll mooch a digital camera on Wednesday and post, no not just post, I will PROVE to you what I say is REALLY TRUE and not just my imagination.

O.K., Pete, OOOOOO KAaaaaaay! We will just see who is making this stuff up. WAIT 'till you see the covers and you will BEG me to tell you where to get them. But maybe I won't tell you. Oh, did I already say they were from Japan? OK then, maybe I won't tell WHERE in Japan they are from. So, even if you go to Japan, you will have to search long and hard for them UNLESS, of course, I tell you. Ooooo kaaaay. all RIGHT, then. Photos it is... on Wednesday OR maybe Thursday... or there abouts.

Originally posted by mike

Oh, did I already say they were from Japan?

Oh, shoot, I hadn't said anything about where they were from until that last post of mine. O.K., so now you know where they are from. Fine. That's fine. But that is all you are getting out of me. It just slipped out that I got mine in Tokyo, but you don't know WHICH exact bicyclce store in the Ikebukuro district I am talking about, do you? Hmmm?

I didn't say that the store was next to a seven-eleven did I? Because if I did, forget that part. Let's just consider it erased. Heck, that wouldn't help you find the bike shop anyway. There must be a million seven eleven stores on Sakura dori avenue in Ikebukuro. You would never find it.

If you cant make it to Japan, drop by your local kayak joint and check out there pogies. Same concept as above, but im not sure how you would brake / shift gears with them... fixed gear only? :) Untill i figure this one out, or get fixed :eek: , i'll stick to my lobster gloves.

Picture of pogies: Picture 1 (http://www.outdoorplay.com/store/Product3.0.asp?DeptID=251&SKU=PHA_SNHYP), Picture 2 (http://www.altrec.com/shop/detail/3495/13)

I am pretty sure I have seen these in catalogs a number of times, maybe advertised for use on motorcycles or ATVs.

I have not yet found gloves which work well for me in cold weather, even though I live in weather-wimp San Diego, where the air temperature almost never drops below the freezing point of water. The other posts are right about wind chill through knit or even BMX-style gloves.

Chiba Drystar gloves work for me. Windproof, waterproof but very smelly when not washed for a while! My hands never get cold with them. And they look good i.e. not designed by some drunken artist, just plain black :) .