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Good Winter Gloves (<$50 preferably)

Old 11-18-09, 03:52 PM
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Good Winter Gloves (<$50 preferably)

Hey all, I'm looking to ride as far into the winter as I can and so far I have my winter kit pretty well dialed. I feel pretty comfortable down to 38F so far and I have plans of what to wear for even colder temps. The one thing that I have trouble with is my hands. Regardless of what I wear on my hands, they are always cold. So I have admitted failure to old man winter and I need some proper gloves. So what are you guys using? Thanks for the help.
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You should check out PBK. They have a lot of winter gloves on sale right now. Just ordered a pair of Seal Skinz winter gloves myself.
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Originally Posted by mike868y
Hey all, I'm looking to ride as far into the winter as I can and so far I have my winter kit pretty well dialed. I feel pretty comfortable down to 38F so far and I have plans of what to wear for even colder temps. The one thing that I have trouble with is my hands. Regardless of what I wear on my hands, they are always cold. So I have admitted failure to old man winter and I need some proper gloves. So what are you guys using? Thanks for the help.
If you have a hiking/camping store in your area, check out the gloves. Got a great pair of windstopper light weight gloves with a nice grip palm for under $30. They are in my bag so do not have the brand handy. Anyway they had different weight gloves made for hiking and all had a good grip palm which works great for cycling.
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Louis Garneau Wind Tex Eco Flex Glove - $29.00 - Does a great job of blocking the wind. SmartWool Liners - $15.00 - Winterizes them. Worst case... look into xc ski gloves.

In my experience, cycling specific gloves have better grip for shifting and braking than ski gloves.
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Castelli Pioggia road gloves. 100% waterproof and windproof. Tried other inexpensive gloves and finally bought these last month. Personally tested down to 2C (~34F) and heavy rain these past 2 weeks -- my hands were warm and dry. Winter temps in Vancouver hover around the freezing mark mostly, so these are perfect for me. Any colder, I'll probably go for the Pearl Izumi Lobsters.
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Specialized Sub Zero gloves, check them out.
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I'm awaiting delivery of my Bar Mitts. Can just use my regular long finger cycling gloves then. My sister also makes corn bags - feed corn in washable muslin bags. Just microwave for a minute or two, and you have 20-30 minutes of warmth. My commute is 45 mins each way, and when strapped to the handlebars (they weigh about 6 oz. each for you weight weenies), it'll be like summer in there :-)
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I bought some regular heavy "civilian" gloves at the hardware store for $5. They're good down to 25f or so. I use other regular winter gloves for other temps above that. Got thin 99c gloves for the 45-50 range.
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Look at a XC gloves, a good Lobster will be outside your price range and cheap ones don't work from my experience. The XC ski glove Auclair Lillehammer are great in the 20s-30s and wick sweat away so you hands stay dry even if it gets a warm outside.
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My hands get cold very easily as well. I have tried a bunch of gloves, the best are for temps in the 35-45 deg. F I use some Gore bike wear gloves similar to these which I paid about $35 for from the LBS. Colder then that I use some "civilian" gloves as Homebrew called them, I got them from TJMaxx for $12, they have windstopper material on the outside and aren't too think. They do the trick pretty well. Make sure the gloves you get have some type of wind protection.
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Just get xc ski gloves. They are not as bulky as ALPINE ski gloves and are designed to stop cold and cold winds. I have found my Swix gloves as dependable as ever. I have not found any cycling specific gloves that work as great. Also you can get mylar liners from a gun shop and use them with a one size up cycling glove or better yet but you probably have to have access to semiconductor clean room -- kevlar liners.
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Thank you for all the replies. Some great suggestions in here. I'll check them out and keep you posted.
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Originally Posted by logdrum
Just get xc ski gloves. They are not as bulky as ALPINE ski gloves and are designed to stop cold and cold winds. I have found my Swix gloves as dependable as ever. I have not found any cycling specific gloves that work as great. Also you can get mylar liners from a gun shop and use them with a one size up cycling glove or better yet but you probably have to have access to semiconductor clean room -- kevlar liners.
I just found these on REI
https://www.rei.com/outlet/product/790795
Pretty good price, are yours similar to these?
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I like PI Cyclones in temps around 40 degrees. I have a pair of Man*****'s that work well down to 30. Below that, only the PI Lobster Gloves will do.
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These suckers will get you through anything from below zero on up. Full finger gloves one minute, mittens the next. Even a place for warmers if you want to be real toasty.

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How bulky are those? they look warm but bulky as hell...
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Originally Posted by mike868y
How bulky are those? they look warm but bulky as hell...
I have a similar pair without the area for warmers and they are not bad. My hands are never an issue. Just had a 25 degree ride today in fact.
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Pearl Izumi Cyclone
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Check out SWIX lobster gloves. Swix is more of a XC ski brand, but they do find for biking. I bought some that the MSRP was like 25 bucks. Great gloves.
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https://www.mec.ca/Products/product_d...=1258690289629

These work great for me. If you end all your sentences with 'eh' they will think you are Canadian and sell them to you.
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Originally Posted by pdedes
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How cold of temps have you tested them with? They are at the top of my list, I always love my PI stuff.
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this year, i'm using sugoi firewall LT gloves for fall/early winter then switching to roche ski gloves that are supposed to be good to -30C (they're not) for the majority of the winter...
on the really cold days, i pull out the Pearl Izumi lobster mits...they're like wearing quilts on your hands...great with bar end shifters...not so great with STI...
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I got some neoprene gloves designed for paddling/cycling. Has rubber print on palm for grip. 3mm thick on back with 2mm at the palm. $16/pair. As long as your hands start out warm, they'll keep them that way for a long time. A liner glove helps. No ventilation though. Good to below freezing.
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One mans hell is another mans heaven... I'll throw in the Pearl Lobster Mitts. Great glove. fully waterproof. fingered on the inside. Machine washable pittards leather.
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i have the cyclones. while I'm impressed and think they are great gloves, they are not for very cold weather, as they are not windproof. they are good down to about 40-45 degrees though.

perhaps the PI amfib gloves will do the trick. thats what i intend to buy next, so maybe they will take be down to at least 40 degrees C.
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