fatslowbiker

anyone have a particular pair of gloves that they like? i couldn't brake today becauase my hands were so cold

khatfull

Sugoi Firewall Z, just got mine last week, love them...rode in 19F last night and my hands couldn't be toastier.

They take a ride or two to get used to with the finger arrangement but I don't even notice them now.

rangerdavid

I got a pair of the pearl izumi cyclone gloves. they are great gloves, and I love the padding. nice and warm, BUT only down to a certain temp. anything below 45 or so and my finger tips get really really cold. I'm looking at some PI Amfib gloves now. The ones khatfull posted above are really nice too, but my preference is individual fingers. That may be my problem with cold finger tips................

Crash716

Spenco cycling goves....their MTB series has a glove called Cold snap...they rock for road biking...thin but very warm!!...

I've used them in the 30's and been fine.

www.spencocycling.com

Basil Moss

Ski mittens. Ride fixed in winter and you won't need separate fingers.

Or to make your full finger gloves much warmer, I strongly recommend silk glove liners. Very thin, and they add a serious amount of warmth. Also consider taking a thermos of hot tea in the bottle cage- warms you up, much nicer than cold water.

saintx

Capo for 40 and above Craft for under 40 degrees

daredevil

Look in ice fishing and hunting departments also. I was in single digits yesterday with some gloves designed for hunting. Fingered gloves with insulated pop tops. Very cheap and warm as hell. Put another thin glove under those and you're good to 0.

clausen

5° C and above Defeet dura glove
-5°C to 5°C Auclair Lillehammer
-5°C and below Lobster gloves

kimconyc

I double up gloves if it gets really cold (<30F)

I use the Sugoi Firewall GT gloves outer paired with some very thin Slazenger winter golf gloves. I normally wear the golf gloves in weather above 50 degrees because they are very thin and grip very well, since the entire palm is leather.

Joe Road

45-55 Gore Cyclone gloves
30-45 Gore Windstopper gloves

I wear a medium size glove, but for the Windstopper gloves I use a size XL to provide plenty of room for merino wool gloves (Icebreaker brand) as inserts.

72guy

15 degree windchill this morning on a 50 mile ride. Used LG Techno glove. 40g Thinsulate. Worked pretty well. I have to admit my fingertips, at times, got a bit cold.
https://gotta-ride-bikes.amazonwebsto...B001K2EUBW.htm

knobster

I wear thinner ski gloves when it's below 40 and as it gets near and below 30, I simply add a thin wool liner. I like this combination because as I'm riding and the weather warms up, I can remove the liners and not have to ride with sweaty hands.

umd

I'm liking the Specialized XC Lite full finger unpadded gloves. Pretty much wearing them all year round as they are light enough in the summer and the full finger provides protection from the colder harsh socal winters. I wear different gloves when it rains though...

Nachoman

A $2.00 pair of gardening gloves that I wear over my cycling gloves for the first 15 minutes of my ride.
It works for San Diego.

mzeffex 

$20 gloves from target with thinsulate. Warm. And thin.

stevetone

teterider

Swix XC ski gloves. I can't say enough about these.
I use them all the time even as just around town winter gloves. For riding, I suggest the ones with the longer knit cuff that covers the wrist as opposed to the ones that end right at the base of the hand.

inelukii

Early christmas present from in-laws, and they have done a great job in 30 and 40 degree rides.

khatfull

RT

There must be a dozen threads just this season on this topic. Bar Mitts.

That is all.

GP

If it's really cold I wear Performance glove liners over my regular gloves. They're like $2 gardening gloves except they cost $10.

umd

it was a joke

Eclectus

umd lives in Santa Barbara. In winter rides, at his age, most of the time, I could ride with a regular fingerless glove there. For really cold mornings a thin liner glove would be fine. (If I was so lucky to live there.)

For other people, it depends on where you live. For sub-freezing weather, think about wind-blocking. Some gloves do this better than others. Gore-Tex membrane (which by contract requires sealed seams) does a very good job. Moose Mitts designed for RB handlebars do a really good job. Lobster mitts, windproof, and full mittens diminish dexterity, but keep your fingers together, for warmth sharing.

Always remember to address your head, torso and arms. If they are warm, your hand and finger arteries and arterioles will be more dilated, delivering heat to them for any given temp. On long rides, I carry a down jacket. If I have to fix a flat, and am not generating body heat, this is fantastic.

If no passive-insulative system is working use chemical hand warmers. Some gloves have zip-in pockets for these. These are especially nice if you have to deglove to repair a flat, and when you re-glove, your hands are useless. Give them 5 minutes, and you'll be ready to go. If you're hands are really frozen slip in a pair for your palms.

I don't want to shill here, but Outdoor Research Alti Mitts will keep your hands warm and warm them up fast after degloving, without active heating. although they can accommodate chemi-heaters too.. They are expensive. They compromise shifting dexterity. Not for everybody. But they are TOASTY in sub-zero weather with -10F or -20F or below windchilll. But at that level, Epic Designs pogies, on MTB only, are also a great option.

If you ride in a wide variety of temps, you have to get different glove kits, in the same way you have to go from ss jersey and shorts, to ls jersey or arm warmers and shorts, then go to bib knckers or knee warmers, then jacket and full tights, then layers, cap and neck covering, full-face balaclava with dual chest and leg coverings, shoe covers...

echappist

Specialized subzero. Got a inside liner that's good to 45F and outside shell (rainproof) that's good to at least 32F if not lower. Im still waiting to see how well it holds up in 35F rain though.