Winter Gloves
 

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.

I have not found a good winter glove that I like below 20.

What exactly is "winter" in your case? For cold weather (below -15C), I have the Sinisalo Lobster gloves. Not much ipod adjusting to be done with those though.

I use a pair of convertible mittens that hunters and construction workers use. The fingers on the glove are only 3/4 length and there is a flip-over mitten to cover the finger tips, so your hands are warm and fingertips available when needed. They are pretty cheap at most of the big box stores are made of Polartec or Thinsulate and come in hunters orange if you worry about visibility in the winter.

I found some open-finger gloves that I stuff with a regular pair of gloves and it works pretty well.

Still not as good as mittens though.

Riding with an ipod I have no experience with, so you'll have to ask other people. My gut is that gloves will only go so far in their ability to keep your hands warm and still allow you the ability to push tiny buttons.

Warmth is given by ability to trap air effectively, so warmer gloves/mittens tend to be more "puffy" -- which pretty much means those 2 things are always somewhat competing.

I've tried gloves but none worked. I use mittens for below 25 deg. F. Good luck.

Check out the snowboard section at your local big-box stores, you might find something on sale. I picked up some Hotfingers on clearance once that were plenty warm down to 0F (below that I have no idea).

+1 on these. I picked them up at Walmart for $10 last season. I need to get new ones, but I think I'm getting lobster claws from the kids for Christmas.

I bought some gloves at sierratradingpost.com for about $5 that are incredibly warm with wind-blocker. I can't remember the brand offhand, but can check when I get home. The funny thing is that I was ordering some other gear and just trying to get the total over $100 to get free shipping, and that's the only reason I bought the gloves, but they have turned out to be really great.

Ditch the iPod. What's more important, riding or listening?

Any glove with 80g Thinsulate should be good down to the mid-20's, but it all depends upon individual tolerance.

in relative warmth: Gloves >lobster claw, 2 fingers share space, >
mittens, all 4 fingers share warmth.

These are $35. You can operate a touch screen, play a guitar, or start a fire wearing them. They're warm, even when wet, but they do almost nothing for the wind, and they only last a season. I love mine.

http://www.backcountry.com/images/it...0346/GGBLK.jpg

Clearly listening, I mean, who the heck would ride their bike in that weather anyway...:rolleyes:

It is usually a trade off. I found a pair of ironclad coldworx gloves that work to about 35 degrees. Anything colder and I wear a different glove

I have a pair of Sugoi gloves (either firewall XT or firewall GT, I can't tell from the pics and I took the train today so I don't have them with me) and they're really warm/windproof, it's been low 20's with 20-30mph wind the last couple mornings for my 12 mi ride to work and my hands are almost TOO warm. I don't think they'd do well with the ipod though, since I can hardly punch the pay-phone style keys to get into my apartment with them on. I got them as a bday gift last year so not sure on the price but I think they're in the $50 range.

I do all the time!

These are on sale right now, i just got mine and they work great, i think when it gets colder (below 20f) ill just throw a liner glove under them. And really for 15bucks cant really complain.http://www.cabelas.com/product/Clothing/Mens-Casual-Clothing/Mens-Casual-Gloves/Mens-Fishing-Gloves|/pc/104797080/c/104746680/sc/105547680/i/104005080/Cabelas-Guidewear174-Glomitts/751151.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fclothing-mens-casual-clothing-mens-casual-gloves-mens-fishing-gloves%2F_%2FN-1102404%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_104005080

I ordered these"

http://www.nashbar.com/bikes//Produc...2_511991_-1___

My glove progression through the temp range is:

fingerless cycling gloves -> mechanics gloves -> thin fleece gloves with windstopper membrane -> waterproof/breathable ski gloves from costco -> expedition mittens with gortex shell (only worn once while cycling).

My hands and fingers warm up as I ride farther. My toes however continue to get colder the farther I ride.

For commuting I have a selection of old style ski or snowmobile gloves and mittens made with a leather outer shell. They are all dark blue, interestingly enough. I picked them up at various thrift stores and yard sales for $1 or each pair. They have some puffy insulation and are very wind resistant. Not sure how they'd work with STIs, I have old style thumb shifters on my commuter.

I save my good PI winter riding gloves for road bike rides.

separate thin glove liner and a loose fitting winter glove

+1 for mittens below 25F. The first couple of years I was in college, I was a chair-lift operator at nearby ski resort during the winter months. All of us used mittens- there was just no other way aside from standing around with your hands in your pockets (which some people did) :)

Where do you live. Is this for Atlanta or Alaska?

For cheap gloves, try Kmart, WalMart or other big box stores. I bought some cheap knit gloves and put them under the 3/4 glove mittens that others have described, that seems to work fairly well to freezing.

Invest in some nice gloves.

I bought some pearl izumi barrier lobster gloves. They are awesome. The quality and construction of these gloves are awesome too.

If you are looking for something cheap I would go with the convertible mittens with thinsulate. You can even wear some $2 stretch gloves under them for even more layering.

I use waterproof breathable ski gloves $7 at Basspro and for real cold days I strap a clear plastic spinach box to the front of my handlebars to shield the wind.