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Originally Posted by Mauriceloridans
(Post 11907968)
... and for real cold days I strap a clear plastic spinach box to the front of my handlebars to shield the wind.
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Originally Posted by adlai
(Post 11905318)
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Oh, I so want to see a picture of the shields. That's brilliant.
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photo pleez!
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Originally Posted by Mauriceloridans
(Post 11911726)
photo pleez!
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I have these http://www.amazon.com/Canari-Static-...1953463&sr=8-1
Not sure about working an iPod, but they are great down to around 32 or so and padded on the palm side. The coldest day I've ridden with them so far was around 27. My hands got somewhat cold, but it was still very tolerable. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...3L._SS400_.jpg |
Anyone know of something for zero and below? It gets pretty cold here and I work in a grocery store where I have to often go into a freezer that sits at -20. I would like be to able to stand in there for more than 5 or so minutes at a time.
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If your job involves going into the freezer, shouldn't your employer provide the required gear?
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Originally Posted by Juha
(Post 11912537)
If your job involves going into the freezer, shouldn't your employer provide the required gear?
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I bought these for $10, hopefully they will work for me. Our winters aren't that long or cold, but the humidity stays around 80% or more. Wind sucks. They should arrive here today. Needless to say, nobody sells ski gloves here... :twitchy:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ef=oss_product http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...BL._SX342_.jpg |
Originally Posted by nashcommguy
(Post 11911842)
Soooooo Fred! :p So brilliant! So simple. :thumb: I'm so stealing this idea...patent pending, of course. :)
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Thanks Nash, I hereby place the spinach box Idea in
public domain. Jim, last winter my brake cables held it in place. This year I need to find a way to secure it cuz I changed to aero levers and bar end shifters with all cables under the tape almost to the stem. Maybe a loop of old bike innertube will hold it this year. So far not cold enough to need it here. One tip... I used the lid to strengthen the box edge by cutting away all but the sealing channel. My wife keeps buying spinach this way so I use the boxes for everything I can think of e.g. Bike parts bins. |
Originally Posted by adlai
(Post 11902509)
My hands get cold fast riding a bike in winter. Also, I like to adjust my touch-wheel ipod often while on a bike.
What's the best glove you've found? I'm trying to keep it under $20. http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=X0057 and they might not be great for a touch-wheel either. In fact I'm glad I mostly ride fixed gear because these gloves are good for holding on to stuff but I wouldn't want to have to count on manipulating much in them. |
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 11913005)
...I've been considering pogies (Bar Mitts)...
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...-For-Commuting
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 11820065)
I commute year round, usually in the 20's F, but often lower, rarely down to 0 degrees. My own prefeence at less than 20 is a thin knit glove under a heavily insulated windproof shell. This year I'm going to try a lobster claw pair.
I would however like to suggest this additional piece of gear. Since I have a gap between my jacket and glove end, I always have to carefully tuck the wrist end of the gloves under the sleeve ends. Last year I made a pair of "wrist gaiters" by cutting the toe ends off a pair of athletic socks for my fingers and an additional hole for my thumb. The gaiters extend all the way up over my forearm. I have found that they keep my forearms quite warm, and usually become slightly damp with sweat, but not enough to chill. This may be subjective, but I think they help keep my hands warmer by keeping the blood flowing down to my hands warmer than otherwise without them. This winter I will take note more carefully on those really challenging days, but last winter I didn't buy mittens, as I had contemplated the year before. |
..and another thing...
I posted this today to a similar thread on the Commuting Forum about cold extremities, "Cold feet today":
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 11913236)
As usual on these threads about suggestions to keep warm during winter cycling, I request that the posters provide not only the temperatures but also the distance of their rides for comparison purposes. My own particular definition of a cold ride, gleaned from BF, is when my water bottle freezes solid; a function of both temperature and distance (time). I carry a water bottle in winter mainly for that purpose, and I showed it off to people at work this morning. :rolleyes:
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Jim,
If you make the spinach box attachment loose enough, it can be tilted to keep rain off the gloves too. Maurice |
Originally Posted by Joe_Mo
(Post 11912435)
Anyone know of something for zero and below? It gets pretty cold here and I work in a grocery store where I have to often go into a freezer that sits at -20. I would like be to able to stand in there for more than 5 or so minutes at a time.
(1) Go to a thrift shop like Value Village or Goodwill or the like. (2) Invest $10 in a cashmere or angora sweater. (3) Cut four hand-shaped sections out of it. (4) Sew them together. (5) Enjoy! Especially inside a freezer, you don't need wind protection, you need insulation. |
I agree with investing in nice gloves. I have a pair of leather DAKINE Wrangler ski gloves that work very well during the fall and early winter. When it gets down into the single digits I wear a pair of leather LL Bean mittens with wool inserts, which reduces my dexterity, but they keep my fingers/hands warm, which is most important this time of year!
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An important factor is keeping your hands and gloves dry. What I found that works well is military-surplus glove liners. They are wool, and inexpensive enough that you can buy several pairs. Wear them inside of another glove, which you buy purposely oversized so the liner fits inside. You can have one pair in use, carry a spare pair, and have another pair at home drying. If you prefer mittens, you can get them that way as well, with a nifty trigger finger separate from the other fingers.
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I am using dressy leather glove with cashmere liner for time being. Used it down to 31F and never even felt cold. Couple of concerns I have... longevity of it... and what would happen when it's raining... I got them cheap enough at Marshalls so as long as it last a year, I am quite happy.
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So I bought $65 dollar mittens with liners at Dicks the other day. I biked today, and even in the ride in (usually no problems with walmart gloves) my thumb was freezing. On the way home it was no better, and the front four weren't exactly warm either. (12-18 F)
Are hand warmers my only option? I dont like the idea of spending money on disposable things like that, but pogies dont work well with barcons and drops. |
Cold is relative. I used to live in Maine and would ride in temps down to 0F (-17C), and for cold weather I used a pair of gloves from Cabellas which were sold for snowmobilers. They are full finger gloves, which gives me more use of my fingers (I don't like the reduced dexterity that lobsters give me), they are insulated and waterproof.
Here in California, I rarely wear gloves at all (this morning the temp was just over freezing, and I probably should have worn gloves), but when I do I have a pair of full finger, lightweight gloves from Performance. |
http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikepics/flipmitt1.JPG
Wool flip mitt with 40 gram thinsulate with an inner wool glove with 40 gram thinsulate... the inner glove's cuff comes up past my wrist and with a sweater the pulse point at my wrist is also well protected. P.S. Our winters are typically very cold and very dry so do we usually do not have to deal with rain... the wool mitt and liner is very windproof. |
I do what 65er does but i wear wool liner gloves under some of cabela gore wind stopper glomets my hands just fine this morning at 19f, when it gets colder ill just throw on a thicker pair of liner glove. Plus the cabelas glomets are "water proof".
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