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Old 03-22-13 | 08:03 AM
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From: Sudbury, ON, CA

Bikes: 2012 Kona Sutra, 2002 Look AL 384, 2018 Moose Fat bike

Rather than go into the details of brand and model, what I want to mention is more generic information.

During the summer and spring/fall, full- or half-finger cycling gloves are generally fine but once you start looking for more warmth, you move toward bulkier gloves and mitts. With light weight cycling gloves, you can easily uncurl your fingers from the handlebars and reach up and over your brake levers. I found that the bulkier the gloves/mitts, the more extended the fingers and the more difficult it is to get your fingers out and over the brake levers without swinging your hands/fingers around the end of the brake lever and then back over the lever, a little extra work and much slower so your braking time is affected. I tended to move my fingers onto my brake levers long before I anticipated needing them (you can't anticipate a surprise so those don't count).

With gloves or lobster-style mitts, you could leave a couple of fingers on the levers but when the temperature dipped, this winter, to -39C (-38F), gloves weren't enough, mitts were necessary.

This might not affect your glove choice but, in terms of how your biking motions might be affected, it is something to be aware of.
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