Hobo, I don't tour year round, and I've never encountered very cold weather on a tour, so this may not answer your question, but I generally don't wear gloves in warm weather. For cool weather (45-60 degrees fahrenheit) I have a pair of lightweight Fox gloves. For cold weather (30-45 degrees) I use Nashbar gloves, and when it gets colder than that (fairly uncommon in Tulsa) I put on some polypro glove liners under those. As in most of my gear choices, the brand is mainly determined by what happened to be on sale when I needed to buy them.