Winter Gloves.

Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.

simongt

Guru
Location
Norwich
Does anyone put rubber NHS/mechanic latex gloves (Finger Johnnies) on under some rubbish gloves?
My eldet lad would do that in the winter when he was a car valeting manager. Although he as far as I'm aware, doesn't have Raynaud's, apparently it did prevent his hands getting too cold.
 

Webbo2

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

I have some snow and rock ski gloves which are warm and fairly waterproof but they are hardly dexterous which I imagine most gloves have in common.
 

slowmotion

Quite dreadful
Location
lost somewhere
I have some snow and rock ski gloves which are warm and fairly waterproof but they are hardly dexterous which I imagine most gloves have in common.

I certainly couldn't repair a watch in them but they are fine for operating the shifters. BTW, my riding style completely lacks any finesse.
 

Webbo2

Über Member
Stolen goat winter gloves came up on my faceache page and I clicked to see how much they cost. Since then I have had over a dozen adverts for winter cycling gloves. Some of which claim to have over 100,000 satisfied customers. I looked at one‘s reviews and there wasn’t a review that didn’t get 5 stars.
You would think they might put a 4 star review with someone complaining about the sizing just to make it slightly believable.
 

De Sisti

Guru
Stolen goat winter gloves came up on my faceache page and I clicked to see how much they cost. Since then I have had over a dozen adverts for winter cycling gloves. Some of which claim to have over 100,000 satisfied customers. I looked at one‘s reviews and there wasn’t a review that didn’t get 5 stars.
You would think they might put a 4 star review with someone complaining about the sizing just to make it slightly believable.

Nothing but 5-star reviews absolutely is a red flag, so your instinct is spot on.
 

Happy_Days

Well-Known Member
While I haven’t tried Stolen Goat’s Climb & Conquer gloves, they look like a ‘cheaper’ version of the brilliant Q36.5 Winter Rain gloves. The latter are fantastic but not cheap—dexterous, genuinely water resistant, not bulky, and super comfy. I find them warm down to 5 ºC (or colder if I’m cycling hard).

7hundred.co.uk is currently offering 20% off the price of the black version.

I agree with Cycling Weekly’s review:
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/revie...w-impressive-waterproofing-for-knitted-gloves

However, I have yet to find gloves that work for long rides (3+ hours) around zero ºC.
 

simongt

Guru
Location
Norwich
With the Q36.5 gloves having the fabric being described as 'somewhat unique to the factory' makes me suspicous as 'unique' is a word that cannot be qualified. Something is unique or it isn't, it's a standalone word end of discussion, although many reviewers think it can be qualified when they're not too sure themselves. :whistle:
I had this problem with two pairs of so called waterproof Sealskinz gloves a few years ago, so since then I've never really trusted the term 'waterproof' with gloves apart from a pair of Margolds - ! :laugh:
 

Webbo2

Über Member
With the Q36.5 gloves having the fabric being described as 'somewhat unique to the factory' makes me suspicous as 'unique' is a word that cannot be qualified. Something is unique or it isn't, it's a standalone word end of discussion, although many reviewers think it can be qualified when they're not too sure themselves. :whistle:
I had this problem with two pairs of so called waterproof Sealskinz gloves a few years ago, so since then I've never really trusted the term 'waterproof' with gloves apart from a pair of Margolds - ! :laugh:

I too bought some sealskinz gloves and those were the ones where the inner came out when I took them off midride and failed to get them back on.
 

Webbo2

Über Member
Just watched a GCN video where they discuss winter gloves. Their verdict is lobster gloves or ski gloves.
They said that cycling specific gloves don’t match these. They were planning to do a review of work gloves to see how these matched up to their claims.
 

Happy_Days

Well-Known Member
Regarding linings pulling out, the devil’s in the waterproofing details. Regular waterproof liners can (frustratingly) often pull out. However, waterproof liners that are laminated or bonded to the outer glove stay put.

Gore Grip, OutDry and HDry are examples of laminated waterproof liners that cannot pull out of the glove.
 
Last edited:
Top Bottom