Originally Posted by
Cougrrcj
Well, as a mail carrier for the past 32 years in the Cleveland area, I have to have dexterity and feel when going through the mail, not to mention a I need a bit of grip on the letters and magazines... I used to wear thin leather 'driving gloves', bu they'd wear out fast. believe it or not, now I wear surgical gloves. If it gets really cold, I'll wear two pairs. They're cheap and disposable. They keep the wind and wet off the fingers, and also keep the fingers from drying out and cracking/splitting. Of course, I'm also not riding 20mph either, so maybe a pair of surgical gloves under a pair of driving gloves would work for bike riding...
Back 40 years ago when I rode my bicycle to swim practice at 5am on cold Winter mornings, I wore a pair of thick yellow Playtex dishwashing gloves...
+1
Years ago riding a motocycle on the road I learned the biggest thing was simply keeping the wind out -- so I did the same and wore the Playtex dishwashing gloves under a pair of wool stretchy gloves (partly so nobody could see me wearing pink gloves!).
Now, I have been wearing a pair of Bontrager "Sport Windshell" gloves. They do not have any lining but they are "windproof". The lowest temp I have ridden with them has been in the low 30's and they were quite comfortable...