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Old 11-18-08 | 03:09 PM
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I HAVE to know this. What are a decent pair of winter gloves, biking or otherwise? My hands freeze in my Pearl Izumi Gavia gloves. I need something windproof with decent lining. I'm tired of every part of my body being fine except my frozen hands.
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Old 11-18-08 | 03:17 PM
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I've got some nice leather gloves I wear but they are getting worn. I'd like to get some with the same warmth. The nice thing about these, which is rare in leather, is that they have a snap adjustment for the tightness around the wrist.

Does anyone recommend some sporty (not the cager style driving type) leather gloves out there?
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Old 11-18-08 | 03:21 PM
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I saw some 1080s gloves at tj maxx for 10$ that should be good.
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Old 11-18-08 | 03:24 PM
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I saw some 1080s gloves at tj maxx for 10$ that should be good.
I need to go there anyway, so I'll check that out. Thanks. 1080s are ski gloves?
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Old 11-18-08 | 04:29 PM
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don't have 'em; but, they look nice
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Old 11-18-08 | 04:56 PM
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I need to go there anyway, so I'll check that out. Thanks. 1080s are ski gloves?
They were labeled bike/ski, but they were thinner, so bike might be all they are for.
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Old 11-18-08 | 05:02 PM
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I wear a pair of Gates ski gloves I bought many years ago. They are plenty warm and my hands don't sweat. IMO - the cycling specific winter gloves are more expensive and not warm enough.
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Old 11-18-08 | 05:07 PM
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I wear a pair of cheap (Target) wool gloves underneath my larger riding gloves. These really help keep me warm on the colder days.
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Old 11-18-08 | 05:31 PM
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I wear a pair of cheap (Target) wool gloves underneath my larger riding gloves. These really help keep me warm on the colder days.


I wear cheap woven gloves (recycled PET bottles, i think) under a pair of cheap leather work gloves such as available from X-Mart.
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Old 11-18-08 | 08:36 PM
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I just posted this in another forum, but I'll elaborate here.

Moose Mitts on the handlebars, gloves on your hands.

I really think trying to accomplish windstopping, rainstopping, finger warming, and unobstructed brake/shifter control with just a pair of gloves is the wrong approach. Moose Mitts stop the rain and wind, as well as doing a big chunk of finger-warming duty. Gloves finish up the rest.

It was right around freezing on my 13-mile commute home tonight. I wore my crocheted summer half-gloves under the Moose Mitts. I haven't decided yet whether I'm wearing them again tomorrow or switching to my thin summer full-finger gloves.
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Old 11-18-08 | 08:39 PM
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I use a thick pair of gloves I've worn since high school. Am currently in grad school, and they've become my winter riding gloves.
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Old 11-18-08 | 09:13 PM
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mittens with liners. The problem I haven't really gotten past is that a lot of gloves don't really go far enough up your wrist. Still looking.
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Old 11-18-08 | 09:29 PM
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I found this advice in the Warmest Winter Gloves thread, and I got the top pair of gloves. They've been suitably warm down to 28 F so far, and they were too warm at around 36 F. If the temperature is 40 F or above, I use a pair of Ibex Kilometer gloves that are very well designed.

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I eschew the cycling gloves and check Cabelas for the really cold stuff (below zero F).

Gloves $40. Insanely warm. My wife calls 'em the bear paws. They're huge. My dogs are scared of them.




Mittens also $40
. Haven't tried 'em.



For $90 these are probably warm enough to kill a grown man.

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Old 11-18-08 | 09:54 PM
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I use leather cross-country ski gloves with a knitted inner glove. My son uses snowmobile gloves, which have wiper blades for the glasses on the side of the index fingers.
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Old 11-19-08 | 07:24 AM
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I just last night picked up a pair of bright orange hunting gloves from the local department store (Meijers) for $8.99. They're waterproof and toasty warm, wore them this morning on a 17*F ride in and my fingers were toasty the whole time.

They're so far the warmest gloves I have, and some of the less warm gloves I wore 2 years ago on a -25*F day. That wasn't very comfortable, but I didn't get frostbite.

I think there's a hell of a lot of variation in how much insulation people's fingers require. I know people who would wear heavier gloves at 30*F than I do at -20*F.
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Old 11-19-08 | 09:22 AM
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I really like convertible glove/mittens. I have two pairs now. I like being able to open the flap if my hands get too warm or I need to tinker with the bike.

I have a knit pair that I picked up at Kohls a couple of years ago. As long as it's not raining, they work for me down into the upper 20's. I also got a pair of these recently:

https://www.amazon.com/Man*****-Casca.../dp/B000O5WN3S

I imagine I could wear them at the north pole in the dead of winter and have warm hands. YMMV of course.
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Old 11-19-08 | 10:00 AM
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Snowboard mitts or gloves...they both do a great job.
The gloves are from TJ Maxx...Drop brand, it was a good find cheap too. The mitts are from LL Bean and are Grandoe brand and have an inner mitten you can unzip and take out which is pretty cool.

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Old 11-19-08 | 11:10 AM
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https://www.outdoorresearch.com/site/...te_gloves.html

I have the gloves in the link. Made for climbing. I used them for sub zero biking without issue.
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Old 11-19-08 | 01:06 PM
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Am I the only one amused by people in GA and AL complaining about how cold it gets?

I wear a pair of ski gloves that I got at REI - the temp during the commute this morning was 14F, and my hands were not cold.
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Old 11-19-08 | 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by sauerwald
Am I the only one amused by people in GA and AL complaining about how cold it gets?
Weather Channel sez it's been down to 26°F there in the last few days. That's not super cold but it does require at least full-finger gloves for me. I switch out of my half-finger gloves below about 35°F.

I do find it amusing to think about paying $80+ for a pair of gloves. I haven't paid more than $10 for a pair of gloves yet, and they've been OK for me down to -25°F. Not toasty warm at those temps, but not painfully cold either, just a little chilly.

Note, I *have* paid $80 for gloves before, but that was for skiing. It wasn't for warmth, but because I think skiing is a lot harder on gloves, especially if you use rope tows.
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Old 11-19-08 | 02:41 PM
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Weather Channel sez it's been down to 26°F there in the last few days. That's not super cold but it does require at least full-finger gloves for me. I switch out of my half-finger gloves below about 35°F.

I do find it amusing to think about paying $80+ for a pair of gloves. I haven't paid more than $10 for a pair of gloves yet, and they've been OK for me down to -25°F. Not toasty warm at those temps, but not painfully cold either, just a little chilly.

Note, I *have* paid $80 for gloves before, but that was for skiing. It wasn't for warmth, but because I think skiing is a lot harder on gloves, especially if you use rope tows.
I've paid almost $100 in the past for snowboard gloves, but they had built in wrist protectors, palm padding, and kevlar reinforced grip areas so you didn't cut them up doing board grabs. In the weather I ride, I can't justify spending more than $40 on a pair of cycling gloves.
Up here in Seattle, we don't see temperatures much worse than what the OP is getting in Huntsville. Mid 20s and maybe the upper teens for the low temperatures in the winter. Usually, it's just mid 30s and raining. For that, I've found two combos that work well:

PI Cyclone full fingers: Good for most cold weather, and rain down to about 40 degrees.

REI lightweight alpine gloves (and polypro glove liners): Microfleece lined, water/wind resistant, grippy palm material even when wet, long wrist skirt with single-hand adjustable closure. Warm in the snow and sleet, wear the glove liners if they're still not warm enough.
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Old 11-19-08 | 03:21 PM
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I don't have any idea about the best gloves. I have a box full of everything from cheap cotton to ice climbing gloves from North Face. None are just right. When it is below about 15 degrees, mittens.
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Old 11-19-08 | 04:29 PM
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Right now the wool gloves I bought from the surplus shop are doing great. I think $4-5 for the pair.

I'll add a a pair of ski/snowboard mittens when it gets colder.
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Old 11-19-08 | 06:40 PM
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In this thread, climbhoser suggests some $6 gloves from Kinco available at feed stores. I keep meaning to get some but haven't yet.
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Old 11-19-08 | 06:43 PM
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I've tweaked and played with all kinds of gloves and combinations. Picked up a pair of "weatherproof" gloves @ Costco for a whopping $10 and they have proven to be great so far down to 20F. Who'da thought?

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