Winter gloves

[Andy_G]

I dont know if im expecting to much from winter gloves but i have bought loads.
This is my first winter on a bike and ive sorted out my feet but for the life of me i cant sort out my hands, ive asked sales assistants at Evans and everyone they have recommended have been pants, ive now bought some Gore Tex ones for £60 with Roubaix liners and my finger tips still get really cold after about 5 mins.
What more can i do, serious replies only please.

 

[Andrew Br]

Only ski gloves work for me when it's really cold. I use an old pair of Phoenix that have Goretex outers.
I don't know how much they cost since they were a present but I reckon it was ££££££££.
I also use Decathlon silk liners. My ski gloves are just big enough that I can wear both pairs without my circulation being restricted.
Cold hands are a real problem for me and I haven't find a pair of cycling gloves that are warm enough to see me through a cold winter.

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[Peteaud]

Cheap heated ones on ebay?

 

[Robwiz]

I've not had great success with 'winter' cycling gloves. I've resorted to using ordinary gloves made with 'Thinsulate'. They are light and fairly warm, but not waterproof. You might want to look at Ozee's range - they are popular with microlight pilots who are exposed to wind chill at 60 mph in an open cockpit.

 

[MrJamie]

There was a similar thread yesterday which might be useful if you can find it

I'm using Sealskinz Mittens, the lobster type, theyre so much warmer than any of the previous cycling/skiiing gloves ive had. I think the fit of gloves is important that you get the right amount of air inside to warm up.

 

[dimples]

I use a pair of normal £15 leather gloves you can pretty much fine from any clothing store.

 

[Andy_G]

Someone said to me about wearing the rubber gloves mechanics use. ?

 

[JDP]

^ I've tried this but your hands sweat then get cool and are cold.
As mentioned above, try lobster gloves and buy them bigger than a normal pair. Constriction (or even just tight fitting) can cause numbness so the looser the better.
Also keep you core temp up with warm clothing. It won't help on short rides but the on longer ones you body should warm up and eventually transmit this to you fingers.

 

[Hacienda71]

Aldi's cycle gloves are gvfm. Shame they only sell them once a year.

 

[MattHB]

Gore xenon 2 windstopper for me. -3 no problem

 

[Andy_G]

These are the ones i bought.
http://www.cyclesurgery.com/gore-bi...r/bikes-components-bikewear/fcp-product/28065

 

[musa]

motorbike gloves may work i may try this method....just need a balance of usability

 

[mattobrien]

I find that my hands tend to get cold for the starting a ride, but they do warm up ask warm up and when my body is generating plenty of heat then it tends to filter to my hands.

This was fortunate, as yesterday I had to remove my liner gloves in order to use them to insulate a different part of my anatomy that was suffering from the cold. That left me just wearing my non cycling seal skinz which aren't that warm. My hands were fine.

Santa is bringing me some Gore xenon gloves, which should be both wind and waterproof, alas I am not yet allowed to use them despite them sitting in the room next door. These will be my winter gloves, with various other gloves for different conditions.

 

[derrick]

Ski gloves from lidel work for me £5 a pair if they fall apart after a couple of months, i'll buy some more.

 

[amaferanga]

Having bought bought several pairs of expensive winter gloves from the likes of Sealskinz, Craft and Endura, I have now realised that even cheapo ski gloves are warmer. They may not look as cool, but my Aldi ski gloves that cost a fiver are warmer than any expensive cycling-specific glove that I've tried. I've heard people bang on about Aldi/Lidl ski gloves for years and always thought they were talking nonsense, but it turns out they're not. They work - try them (or something similarly cheap from Decathlon or TK Max). If they don't work for you then at least you'll only have wasted a fiver and not ten times that on cycling gloves.