Winter gloves - gloves for *REAL* winter
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guess it depends on your conditions, your fingers & glove manufacturer ...
"Generally, 80-100 GMS (grams per square meter) is good for temperatures down to around 20F. You'll want 200 gram Thinsulate™ for temperatures colder than that."
https://modernsurvivalblog.com/preps...te-insulation/
"Generally, 80-100 GMS (grams per square meter) is good for temperatures down to around 20F. You'll want 200 gram Thinsulate™ for temperatures colder than that."
https://modernsurvivalblog.com/preps...te-insulation/
#53
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Seems winter is ending. I have few rides where I started out in the low teens degrees F. My problem is sweat. Hands get wet. Snow machine mittens, ski gloves, I even some years have used fur lined leather farm chore gloves.
I one year bought a huge bag of ski season closeout gloves and mittens to give away to the poor and kept some of the mittens.
What I used last few weeks. I bought some ultra cheap brown jersey gloves which I wear doubled. I place a cheap Walmart throw away hand warmer between the outer and the inner glove and hands remain dry.
I travel with a 50 dollar Eddie Bauer rechargeable hand warmer which also has power bank supply for head lamp or recharge my Garmin or phone. I have lent it to a fellow traveler who had cold hands to warm up.
#54
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Rather than spending $130 on some very nice gloves, may I suggest Bar Mitts?
Seriously, they are nice. I used to ride with snowboarding gloves when the weather turned sour. Now there isn't hardly any need for gloves at all.
There is a few different kinds of Bar Mitts, so be sure to choose the kind that fits your bar/cable arrangement.
Seriously, they are nice. I used to ride with snowboarding gloves when the weather turned sour. Now there isn't hardly any need for gloves at all.
There is a few different kinds of Bar Mitts, so be sure to choose the kind that fits your bar/cable arrangement.
Problem is now overheating. I have one set of very thin gloves that work (TEK). Some streachy material that's ultra light/thin and doesn't keep in much heat, perfect. They don't make these anymore though. I have a headband made of the same material (TEK also) and they don't make that anymore either.
I've bought some other TEK stuff online hoping they were similar but while they are thin, they are still too thick to use with the amazing Bar Mitts.
Wish I knew the name of this material.
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I understand that the OP wants gloves, not bar mitts, but for the record, there are bar mitts available for drop bar bikes. For example Maybe I'm not understanding, Hypno Toad, but the way you've described the pros and cons, it sounds like you're thinking that bar mitts are not available for drop bars.
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Yes, bar mitts limit hand positions, no question. OTOH, it can be hard to operate STI shifters with very thick mittens.
But in the deep cold, I'll choose bar mitts and limited flexibility.
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Pogies are the Alaska Cross country winter bike rider's option.. like sleeping bags you put your hands in..
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Yeah, but the default bar mitt hand position is OK for drop bars, sucks for bar ends. I use the bars ends most of the time.
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Summer Lows around 50. are the winter highs..
one or 2 days it dipped to 27 last year because the sky was clear so all the day's warmth went away.. that night ..
one or 2 days it dipped to 27 last year because the sky was clear so all the day's warmth went away.. that night ..
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https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/b...olorCode=black I've got one made out of Trek's Profila stuff (fake wool). It's pretty nice and super thin. This one might be different.
I ordered a bunch if icebreaker merino wool caps, thd thinest they have. A little spendy.
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Even that looks heavy. If find that of I have much on my head I start sweating heavily and end up taking it all off. ( no helmet) The last time I was doing winter rides I got sick a couple of times because I don't have enough layers on my torso and got too cold there.
I ordered a bunch if icebreaker merino wool caps, thd thinest they have. A little spendy.
I ordered a bunch if icebreaker merino wool caps, thd thinest they have. A little spendy.
https://www.thebikeshop.com/product/...e-247664-1.htm
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Actually this is it. It is lighter and denser than the 150 weight running caps that are useless. It's a little thick than a drymax sock
https://www.thebikeshop.com/product/...e-247664-1.htm
https://www.thebikeshop.com/product/...e-247664-1.htm
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#73
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I bought an excellent cycling rain cape *, It's much better than a parka pants & gloves..
Its Large and so I mounted my lights on the fork crown , low so cape does not drape over them..
*Grundens made a batch Riv Bike ordered, sold through and did not restock..so none are available now (outside of eBay resales)
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Its Large and so I mounted my lights on the fork crown , low so cape does not drape over them..
*Grundens made a batch Riv Bike ordered, sold through and did not restock..so none are available now (outside of eBay resales)
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#74
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Getting my bike wet would be what I don't want to do.
But of course, I'd much rather live out there in general than where I am now.
But of course, I'd much rather live out there in general than where I am now.
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Here in Edmonton, Alberta, where my lower limit for bicycling to work is -35 Celsius (-31 in American) I have zero regrets in investing in BarMitts. Those and a set of leather trigger mitts have prevented frost bite, at least on that part of my body.