My hands are freezing

[ACS]

Last year I used SealSkinz Winter gloves but at temperatures below zero I had to add a pair of merino liners. This combination is good to about -5 but fairly bulky.
This year I have invested in a pair of Endura Deluge Gloves and they have been great. Coldest commute so far is -3 with a windchill of -6 and they have been excellent.

 

[mangid]

-2 on todays cycle,couldn`t warm my hands up at all.Currently wearing BBB winter gloves but poor thermal qualities.What you all wearing?

I got some BlazeWear heated gloves off EBay for £16, fingers just about okay on their lowest setting, but toes moaned a fair bit, that and tricky roads menat i cut the commute short today.

 

[doddy73]

- 5 this morning + wind chill on the downhill, using a pair of Snowboarding gloves that I picked up in TK Max for £15.00 a couple of years ago. Look bulky but offer plenty of movement. They do however get too warm on the climb home so I switch to a pair of Campag winter gloves.

 

[BSRU]

Some Altura windproof gloves with Icebreaker glove liners.

 

[mattsr]

Got a pair of GripGrab Windsters a week or two ago:-

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/gripgrab/

They seem, so far, to be a good compromise between insulation and usability; but as you'll see from the link above there are various different gloves in their range, some thicker, some thinner. They're a Danish company, and I reckon if they're up to a Danish winter they should cope with ours!!

I also got the dryfoot overshoes, which are a great improvement on the Altura ones I was using before.

 

[hennbell]

I'm wearing my crazy zoidberg gloves at the moment

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/clothing/gloves/product/review-endura-lobster-gloves-28355

I have a pair of gloves similar to these that I use all the way to -25 C.

 

[slowmotion]

I bought a £6 pair of Lidl ski gloves about a fortnight ago and I've been really pleasantly surprised. They are Thinsulate lined and warm as toast....far warmer than my Sealskinz.

 

[gaz]

It was -1 this morning for me. Wore my glove liners and Gore windstopper lobster gloves

 

[fossyant]

I'll just add, gloves/overshoes etc and their ability to keep YOUR hands/feet warm vary by individual.

Where I might find Altura Night Vision too hot, others may find them too cold, so if you can, try some glove liners first if you already have gloves - so long as they aren't too tight.

 

[Teuchter]

As hinted at by lulubel earlier, if you're wearing inner gloves, make sure they aren't too tight a fit under your outer gloves. If they are, they will actually make your hands feel colder by restricting blood flow.

Once upon a time when I was working as a motorbike courier, I had a mid December delivery 50 miles out of town. I put on my inner gloves and squeezed them inside my outer winter gloves for the trip. Freezing fog most of the way there along the motorway (high speeds and resulting wind chill) and it was torture - far worse than usual. Remembering something about restricting blood flow I ditched the inner gloves for the ride back and it was a vast improvement.

Thermometer was showing -5'C this morning... I wore my Aldi winter gloves for the cycle in. A little chilly on the fingers but not bad. Made sure I moved my hands around a bit (easily done with drops) and flexed my fingers to help keep the blood flowing.

 

[RaRa]

I have a pair of gloves similar to these that I use all the way to -25 C.

Me too, I find the old lobster claws are the best at keeping my hands warm.

 

[Graham]

I've got the Bontrager RXL lobster gloves and they are great. Too warm above 5c, but at 0 they are brilliant. Only problem is I can't give drivers the two fingers, but it's probably a good thing.

 

[redcard]

I bought a £6 pair of Lidl ski gloves about a fortnight ago and I've been really pleasantly surprised. They are Thinsulate lined and warm as toast....far warmer than my Sealskinz.

I've got a pair of Protex ski gloves. Borrowed them off the gf, no idea how much they cost, but they're awesome. My hands wouldn't even know it was winter.

 

[Sore Thumb]

I wear a small/medium pair of merino liner gloves.
The the same pair again over the top but in a large size. So don't fit tight.
Got to keep good circulation to fingers.

The a pair of XL gore wind stopper cycle gloves. XL so I can get the two liner gloves underneath without being too tight

If you get too hot you then remove a pair of liner gloves.

 

[BentMikey]

I really suffer riding in the cold, my core stays fine mostly (thanks to my pie intake), but my fingers get really really cold cycling when the temperature is around zero in various winter gloves. I read a load of reviews and went for some Sealskinz lobster type gloves and so impressed with them. Lidl/Aldi winter gloves felt next to useless (for me), same with cheap windproof motorbike gloves, but the Sealskinz are like warm little sleeping bags for my hands. I went for a 15 miler in maybe 6C to test them and they were too warm, but around zero they feel really nice and snug. http://www.highonbikes.com/catalog/...skinz-winter-handlebar-mitten-lobster-gloves/ I have no idea how well they work controlling road bike shifters, but theyre great on flat bar, aside from looking ridiculous.

This is the winning post. Sealskinz Lobster Claw gloves are the warmest I've ever had in quite a few years of trying different gloves. When it's really cold I wear a thin pair of liner gloves.