Originally Posted by
rawhite1969
Mittens. One size too big so you can wear your riding gloves under them. Then you have the flexibility on hand positions. Keeping your fingers together in one air pocket traps more warmth. Its a $10 investment that you can wear off the bike too.
Yes, they also make thick mittens for hunting that have a flap you can put your fingers through. With them you can wear a thin glove underneath and stick out your fingers when you need to shift or brake. However, when I was young I made my own hunting mittens that worked rather well. Out of an old pair of military surplus leather mittens I made a slot at about the first joint of the fingers near the palm wide enough so that I could stick two or three fingers out easily. Then I wore flexible wool gloves inside. They were quite warm and worked better than expected.
Now days, I would get a cheap pair of large size polyester fleece lined mittens and slot them and then wear a pair of medium or thin stretchy fleece gloves under neath the mittens. This would be real warm, flexible and would probably cost less than 25 dollars to do.