Winter Gloves.

[albion]

I have a cheap pair somewhere, where the liner is only stitched towards the cuff.
A nightmare to use at times.

 

[MontyVeda]

£25 ski gloves from Mountain Warehouse. Skiers know about coldness and wet.

Yeah but manufactures will call any quilted glove a 'ski' glove. I've had numerous pairs of 'ski' gloves over the years that have been utter crap.

So far my best combo is cheap woolly 'magic' gloves, thin silk liners on top of those and a decent pair of fleece thermal gloves on top of those.
The downside is I can't find my silk liners anywhere and I can't get the fleece gloves over the woolly gloves without them.

 

[DCLane]

I'm using Galibier's Deep Winter Barrier gloves and they're good.

 

[Webbo2]

I'm using Galibier's Deep Winter Barrier gloves and they're good.

What are they like for taking off when your hands are sweaty.

 

[DCLane]

What are they like for taking off when your hands are sweaty.

Fine. I've never had an issue with the Barrier gloves, whereas with others the inner lining comes out.

They now do an Extreme glove for even colder rides and I'm tempted to get a pair.

 

[simongt]

They said that cycling specific gloves don’t match these.

The obvious point being that cycling gloves require a lot more flexibility that ski gloves and thus negate a decent amount of insulation layer.

 

[albion]

The obvious point being that cycling gloves require a lot more flexibility that ski gloves and thus negate a decent amount of insulation layer.

On the whole, I suspect professional cyclists will not have the blood flow of use mere mortals and thus be more resilient.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

On the whole, I suspect professional cyclists will not have the blood flow of use mere mortals and thus be more resilient.

Especially in that Spanish winter sun

 

[simongt]

I suspect professional cyclists will not have the blood flow of use mere mortals and thus be more resilient.

Glad you said 'professional' as that definitely counts me out - !

 

[albion]

Glad you said 'professional' as that definitely counts me out - !

I recall the other winter, my warm gloves were just becoming uncomfortable. I then pass a father and son on basic bikes chatting away, both with no gloves. Just maybe they were pretending to be hard.

 

[simongt]

I recall the other winter, my warm gloves were just becoming uncomfortable. I then pass a father and son on basic bikes chatting away, both with no gloves. Just maybe they were pretending to be hard.

Some years ago whilst cycling to one of my jobs, I would sometimes pass another cylist who by his garb, was obviously a painter / decorator.
Even in the depths of winter, I never saw him wearing gloves - !

 

[Ming the Merciless]

was obviously a painter / decorator.
Even in the depths of winter, I never saw him wearing gloves - !

Painters always did like to strip first, before applying an undercoat …

 

[silva]

The by far most important is that they're big enough to put on without any pulling.
Because hands swell when cold / wet, and, when pressing on skin, make blood flow harder, which in turn has other nasty consequences that worsen it.
It does less harm without gloves than with gloves that are too small.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

£25 ski gloves from Mountain Warehouse. Skiers know about coldness and wet.

They will know about coldness but not so much wet. Dealing with fluffy snow doesn’t need the same level of waterproofing as rain.

 

[PaulSB]

I can recommend these from Galibier

https://www.galibier.cc/product/ardennes-light-winter-cycling-gloves/