Bar Mitts

[The Brewer]

...No not the Jewish male coming of age ritual a product to keep the hands warm.

Wondered if anyone has them, seem a good idea, but I like to change hand position every few min and want to ask if you could with these?

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[ianrauk]

Looks a bit of a faff, and a little dangerous. Especially if you need to move your hands quickly.

Oh yes....they do look awful as well.

 

[Rob3rt]

What the fark........................... seriously, just

Absolutely ridiculous!

 

[guitarpete247]

Is it possible to move your hands from the drops to the hoods to the top of the bars on long rides?

 

[The Brewer]

Hadn't thought of falling off the bike whilst wearing these, yeah not a clever idea

 

[zizou]

A similar idea called pogies (they look sort of like oven gloves attached to the bars) is popular amongst snow bikers...but that is in places like Canada or Alaska in the winter

 

[black'n'yellow]

no. just no.

 

[The Brewer]

no. just no.

They do them in Black and Yellow

 

[chewy]

...and these improve on gloves how?

 

[slowmotion]

A couple of Lidl plastic bags and some duct tape...?

 

[screenman]

A turbo.

 

[sidevalve]

Probably OK for a short commuting ride where you don't have to swap bar positions and can just ride on the hoods. Similar things are sold for m/cycles and work reasonably well. They are better than gloves because they protect all the fingers [individual little heat losing radiators] and form a "still" pool of air around them. Main fault I can see is in the rain. If your stood in traffic the rain is just running down inside and it appears you could end up with your hands in two little bags of cold water.

 

[Boris Bajic]

I allow myself to use full-finger MTB gloves on very frosty days. They keep my hands warm enough.

The problem is my nose - which those Bar mitts appear not to do anything for.

They were popular on motorcycles when I was a courier in the 80s... But I avoided them. They were a bit too GT550 for me...

But... I was a late convert to over-shoes on a bicycle and in the frostiest of winter weather they are just .... lovely.

Thank you and carry on.

 

[Davehateshills]

The problem is my nose - which those Bar mitts appear not to do anything for.

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[Drago]

As a popsicle finger sufferer I find myself drawn towards these mitts for the commute.