Recommend some gloves

fguihen

I got out for a short spin today, no more than 30k. first of the year and it was enough as im only getting into the cycling.

Had a coupple of base layers, leggings, heavy socks and shorts. i wasnt roasting by a long shot, but wasnt particularly cold, except for my fingers. They nearly fell off.

I had gloves on, but obviously they were rubbish. can you guys please recommend gloves that will prevent my hands from getting so cold they physically hurt?

LastGasp

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=6046

These do the trick for me, even in the coldest weather. They're a fleecy glove built into a waterproof mitten. Not ideal for gears and brakes, but ok, and they're the only thing that keep my fingers warm. I bought 2 other pairs of winter gloves before I got these. They're in a different class, presumably because your fingers are in the mitten they can help to keep each other warm.

SHORTS ???

victorcarrera

Briefly.
Dunnes/Pennys Thinsulate are the best and cheapest (3Euro a pair) IMO and I've tried a few. I've done 100K + in near zero temp with these and found them OK.

Aldi/Lidl Biking brand are useless.

Proper cycling winter gloves may be better or worse but certainly dearer.

Lumen

If you wear a hat/skullcap under your helmet, your fingers will stay warm.

victorcarrera

Lumen wrote: »

If you wear a hat/skullcap under your helmet, your fingers will stay warm.

That may be why my fingers rarely get cold.
Anybody know of an equivalent for preventing numb toes.

Lumen

victorcarrera wrote: »

That may be why my fingers rarely get cold.
Anybody know of an equivalent for preventing numb toes.

Long hiking socks under tights, neoprene overshoes. Works for me.

Or staying indoors.

poochiem

+1 on the OP. I used to run in this kind of weather and no probs in shorts etc but would wear gloves. Now, on the bike, I'm wearing those thinsulate gloves under bike mittens and my fingers and thumbs still freeze...can't move the gears....really bad. help! are those sealskinz good? I've also worn 3 pairs of socks and still numb toes but i think i can solve that with overshoes. brrrr.

Lumen

poochiem wrote: »

are those sealskinz good?

AstraMonti was spectacularly rude about his sealskinz gloves last weekend. I think they were the super waterproof ones; he complained that the sweat couldn't get out and made his hands cold.

I don't really rate their socks either. They're not good enough to wear in winter without overshoes, and if you have decent overshoes you can be warmer with hiking socks.

trek climber

Lumen wrote: »

AstraMonti was spectacularly rude about his sealskinz gloves last weekend. I think they were the super waterproof ones; he complained that the sweat couldn't get out and made his hands cold.

I don't really rate their socks either. They're not good enough to wear in winter without overshoes, and if you have decent overshoes you can be warmer with hiking socks.

Dont know about their socks but I would certainly recommend their waterproof gloves found them very good at keeing fingers warm. I would have cold hands even in warm weather and would have tried a lot of different gloves - found these the best so far.

mattock

Santini SP593 Windstopper Gloves

Buy these they are the warmest glove I have ever experienced, the only fault I can find with these is your hands will be too warm.

Beasty

victorcarrera wrote: »

Anybody know of an equivalent for preventing numb toes.

Not noticed the cold weather in my feet all winter (except on the turbo, which is in the garage, and I have only had cycling boots and one pair of socks on my feet)
I wear Assos thermic socks, with light Sealskinz over them, then Sidi Goretex boots and overshoes

AstraMonti

Sealskins gloves are bad for me. Surely they don't let the water in, but they don't breath making my hands sweat which ends in freezing cold. They are not particularly warm either.

ROK ON

AstraMonti wrote: »

Sealskins gloves are bad for me. Surely they don't let the water in, but they don't breath making my hands sweat which ends in freezing cold. They are not particularly warm either.

I have a set if waterproof gloves and I have ro agree.
They become very uncomfortable and I have gotten severely cold in them.

Also the assertion that if you wear a hat that your fingers will stay warm is pure bullsh1t. I just don't know where that one was pulled from.

On warm hands I use Campag TGS gloves sometimes with a merino underglove.

For feet agree with Lumen on sealskinz.
Neoprene overshoes are the best. I sometimes use regular overshoes over neoprene overshoes over my shoes and finally wear Marino wool socks.
Sounds like overkill but it works.

davey101

I would have to go with the sealskinz glove, After many a spin with numb fingers due to crappy gloves i was about to resign to the fact that cycling and cold fingers "and toes" go hand in hand until i bought these http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=C0358 and i must say imo they are super. granted they are not the most breathable glove but for that price i think their well worth it. As for cold toes i am still trying to solve that problem, i have recently got some ski socks which are ok but i think the best i have come across is a normal pair of sports socks and thinsulate hiking on together, toasty. I havent tried overshoes yet cant seem to find any decent mtb suitable ones yet. the search goes on.

Harrybelafonte

Aldi gloves have worked fine for me for last 2 years?

Lumen

davey101 wrote: »

I havent tried overshoes yet cant seem to find any decent mtb suitable ones yet. the search goes on.

I have these in both MTB and Road versions. They're fine.

Gavin

davey101 wrote: »

I havent tried overshoes yet cant seem to find any decent mtb suitable ones yet. the search goes on.

Shimano MW80. The choice of winter footwear for the discerning Truffle Hunter.



+ Sealskinz thermal socks.

chakattack

mattock wrote: »

Santini SP593 Windstopper Gloves

Buy these they are the warmest glove I have ever experienced, the only fault I can find with these is your hands will be too warm.

+1 Excellent gloves...I've switched to slightly lighter campag gloves now as I found them too warm at times but today was mild so I'm sure they'll work well for you if you had cold hands today.

Plastik

Which model Campag, chakattack?

chakattack

Plastik wrote: »

Which model Campag, chakattack?

These

The padding works well and the fit is perfect. Shortish cuff so I tuck them into my jacket sleeves. The windproofing is good but for extremely cold days (< -3 deg) your hands would get a "little" cold compared to the Santini gloves which are like mini hand ovens even at -10.

Durablity wise they're crap....the rubber hand print is peeling off but doesn't add a lot of function so I can live with it.

Plastik

Thanks, I'm new to road cycling and was out for the first time on Sat morning for the first 30km on a new bike. Had a canterbury cold base layer, t-shirt, tracksuit top, with regular shorts. Everything was fine bar my fingers and toes. I'll need to get something for my hands for the next trip!

shergar22

These are my glove of choice for cycling. They do the trick perfectly. They're not soccer goalkeeper gloves, but rather the lighter, more flexible Gaelic football version.

cdaly_

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Aldi gloves have worked fine for me for last 2 years?

Same here. I got a pair of EUR7 hike shop off Capel St liners this winter to supplement them for the frost.

moesymoe

I got these......

http://www.cyclesuperstore.ie/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=200&idproduct=17518

in size small because I stupidly thought that snug would be better. I am a medium in everything else.

Anyway, I havent found them to be very good at all, with my fingers getting painfully cold on any spin I have been out on recently.

Does anyone know whether this because they are too small and looser gloves work better or is it just because the gloves themselves are pants? (no pun intended)

Cheers!

Gavin

Definitely I find looser gloves to be better. Any constriction at all reduces blood flow, which leads to horrible numbness and then agony as the blood and heat returns.