Originally Posted by
PaulRivers
This is getting a bit off the original topic, but...
If your hands and feet are covered in sweat and frozen, likely the problem is either that your gloves don't "breathe", and/or that you sweat a lot (which is harder to solve). A lot of non-biking gloves don't let moisture out from the glove, so what you're talking about happens - you sweat, the air over the glove refreezes the sweat, you freeze. More expensive gloves and bike specific gloves use expensive material (goretex, event) that let at least some of the water vapor go through the glove material and get out, while still being windproof. If you sweat a ton you can overwhelm the material but it takes more to get there.
I have gloves that breathe to well BUT don't block wind well. I was using 2 pairs of gloves, a thin synthetic pair and some thick thinsulate ones over them that I was using to get me by till my new gloves arrive. I just got my new gloves last week so my hand situation is hopefully resolved....for now, lol. I'm also using sock liners with my thick Smartwool socks and my feet end up cold by the end of my ride. I think my thermal boots aren't meant for biking (or thermal enough to keep the cold out) so I'm probably going to have to deal with that till next year when I can spend some money on biking specific boots like 45nrth. Thanks for your help!