Winter gloves recommendations

[Tsundere]

Just revisiting this thread as it's been bumped.

I still use the heated gloves on extremely cold mornings, only a couple of times so far this winter, and have no regrets. As alluded to in an earlier post, many of us here, myself included, spend much more on this hobby than is sane, so not spending some money on massively reducing discomfort while enjoying the fruits of your mad investment seems daft to me.

When the temperatures drop here it can get really f-ing cold, why suffer? Especially when the solution costs less than one of those *insert retro bike spare part here* that you're not even using.

 

[bikeworkshop]

My advice is to overdress the body too - you might get a bit sweaty, but your circulation will try to dump the excess heat into your hands and feet.
If your body is the right temperature, your hands, stuck out in the breeze and barely working, will start to chill.

Heated grips on a motorcycle are fantastic - these are available for bikes nowdays - anyone tried them?

Let's invite the dynamo-ites to wire them up to run off their little generators.
A great excuse for double- dynamo action!

 

[Betsy]

.. so not spending some money on massively reducing discomfort while enjoying the fruits of your mad investment seems daft to me.

Clearly the incoherent ramblings of someone raised south of Birmingham

 

[27motorhead]

Just revisiting this thread as it's been bumped.

I still use the heated gloves on extremely cold mornings, only a couple of times so far this winter, and have no regrets. As alluded to in an earlier post, many of us here, myself included, spend much more on this hobby than is sane, so not spending some money on massively reducing discomfort while enjoying the fruits of your mad investment seems daft to me.

When the temperatures drop here it can get really f-ing cold, why suffer? Especially when the solution costs less than one of those *insert retro bike spare part here* that you're not even using.

What heated gloves do you have? I have Raynaud's (poor circulation) so cold weather can be crippling. A few years back (probably 15 years ago!!!) I had some heated glove liners, but they were useless and never kept my fingers warm and it was such hard work getting them on and wiring up/switching them on. They were really not fit for purpose and cost a lot from memory.

Bar muffs are amazing, but bulky and look odd! Just look at all the Deliveroo riders and couriers who use them. Means you can ride with thinner gloves and have more dexterity without compromising heat retention.

 

[Tsundere]

What heated gloves do you have?

They're linked in my post on the first page of this thread.

Clearly the incoherent ramblings of someone raised south of Birmingham

Or cogent logic that is incomprehensible to anyone born north of the Watford gap

 

[Tommy27]

Can't find what I have which are unlined. I think these are thinsulate lined which doesn't allow the sweat to escape in my experience.

I worked as a Bike Messenger/ cycle courier for 7 years, 7 winters in that.

I worked with a number of Canadians, Finn's and a number of people from states like Minnesota. I used to buy really expensive cycling gloves for winter. They got me onto Wool.

When you're on a bike all day in the cold and potentially wet, apart from shorts and maybe waterproofs, wool is the best to keep you warm.

 

[27motorhead]

They're linked in my post on the first page of this thread.

Thanks @Tsundere .

They're not too dissimilar to what I had, but look a lot more refined:
Mine had no temperature control.
The wires that heated up were really thick and not very comfortable and didn't keep individual fingers properly warm.
The switch was built into the battery itself so very hard to turn off/on in a hurry as they were in a pocket on the back of the gloves
The batteries moved about and could turn off the gloves from the moving about.
They were so awkward to get on/off set-up
The batteries were bulky so the gloves had to be worn over outer garments meaning if wet the water ran down your arms into the gloves

Overall not a great experience and think they were nearer £200!

I think I still have the batteries somewhere as they were lipo's so harder to recycle vs. NiCAD's etc.