Originally Posted by
Bekologist
In all my years riding serious mileage all year round in the NW, the glove combo I settled on was waxed leather over wool.
Get some leather gloves large enough to comfortably fit RAGGWOOL liners in. Not wimpy nouveau Smartwool or Patagucci liners, use those as a third layer if needed.
Heat them up, then Snoseal or Obenauf's the heck out of them. Put them in a warm place overnight, wipe off the excess.
This was the glove I'd choose for my winter tours on the Olympic Peninsula or into the Cascades, and those wet, 80 mile days in January, riding up from Seattle for some pie at the Snohomish Pie Company.
Their pie is still good. Yours is another option I'm considering. Step 1: buy Ragg gloves for each of us. Step 2: find plain leather gloves they fit into. Another stoker who finished this ride did OK with short finger cycling gloves, chemical hand warmers stuck to their backs, and just the Ragg gloves over the top. Of course stokers don't get the full brunt of the wind and rain. Chemical hand warmers are pretty light.