Full Finger Gloves VS. Short Finger Gloves???

What do you like to use on your all year around Expedition Bicycle Touring Trips in Winter, Spring, Summer, Full and Rain Gloves if needed???

it seem that Cycling gloves are losing their padding too???

Dakine Sentinel full finger gloves


Fox Digit full finger glove





I use both Short finger gloves and Full finger gloves and I been using Fox digit full finger gloves and Fox Attack Short finger gloves and I just added Pearl Izumi Thermal conductive
full finger gloves for winters in Southern California and Dakine Sentinel full finger for Spring, Summer and Full for my Bicycle Touring Trips

I use no name gloves from nashbar. Have a few pairs and I think none is nashbar branded while the other two are some name I've never heard of.
$6 or less per pair. One is knitted on the tops, old school style.

Undone put much time or interest in gloves. They are nice to have, but I just don't see the need or use for $30+ gloves, at least not for my riding.

One pair is a little too large and I'll toss some thin cotton gloves under the cycling gloves when it's colder.

louis

can also be referred to as hobo gloves

I had a pair of Sealskinz "All weather waterproof" gloves, but they get soaked inside from condensation I guess, and once you take them off are nigh on impossible to get back on again and hard to dry out. So no good for touring, imo.

However they are great for autumn/winter commuting down to freezing and in rain when you've got 8 hours and a heater to get them dry.

On tour I have a pair of full fingered fairly thin work gloves for cold mornings, and gardening gloves for cold rain.

[h=1]FastFit Insulated[/h]
Cheap, warm, rugged, fantastic grip and dexterity. I like them better than an cycling specific glove that I have had.

FastFit Insulated : Mechanix Wear

Several Pairs depending on the season, none that do it all .

other than Dipped Neoprene rubber there are no water proof gloves.. And those trap sweat and so get clammy inside .

I also use Fastfit Mechanix gloves. Not the insulated ones, though I might look in to it...

For winter use I like these fleece mittens over my fingerless riding gloves. They allow good dexterity but stay warm even when wet. I used to have a pair of those convertable woolen mits that folded to reveal fingerless gloves and liked them too - but they worn out. My Serratus mits are 30 years old.



I always like to ride with fingerless gloves (must be a psychological thing) but have no particular brand loyalty - whatever works. I would not spend a lot on them though.

Hobo, I don't tour year round, and I've never encountered very cold weather on a tour, so this may not answer your question, but I generally don't wear gloves in warm weather. For cool weather (45-60 degrees fahrenheit) I have a pair of lightweight Fox gloves. For cold weather (30-45 degrees) I use Nashbar gloves, and when it gets colder than that (fairly uncommon in Tulsa) I put on some polypro glove liners under those. As in most of my gear choices, the brand is mainly determined by what happened to be on sale when I needed to buy them.

Depending on the conditions, I wear several different gloves when cycling from home; but on tours I may take one pair with reinforcement. I generally wear fingerless cycling gloves. If I think we will run into wet cold weather, I'll carry a pair of knitted glove liners to wear under my regular gloves. They are light and nice to have on those frosty mornings. Even touring in the shoulder seasons, this seems to be enough.

I use both depending on temperature. My full fingered gloves are work gloves I bought at a drugstore for $11. I love them but some people I ride with don't like the look of these "cheap" gloves. I like them because they're full fingered, padded, warm and still give me fine touch.

From warm to cold:

11gear leather traditional gloves, no padding other than the leather palm.
OR or Black Diamond thin liner gloves, the kind that have the coating for working electronics.
Planet Bike Borealis split finger glove with the OR or Black Diamond gloves as liner.
Cheap ATV pogies with the liner gloves (on my Krampus, they don't work on my drop bar bike... But I'd get some bar mitts)

I have a pair of snowmobile gloves that that I only use for temps in the 20's and lower....if we get in Georgia. I have only been cold in them once when they were left in the bags while at work. It took about five miles for my skinny fingers to produce enough heat to warm them up. That was the first and last time that I left them in the cold. They're too much for temps in the 30's or higher.

$125 gloves......new off eBarf for $38 w/shipping from a guy in Arizona (in the springtime--THE time to buy winter stuff.