Essential winter clothing?

Works okay with dropbars after a bit of getting used to as i remember it but i mostly if not exlusively ride flatbars in the winter when i wear these. Id say shifting is more finicky than breaking from what i remember.

And i use my phone a lot as a courier so beeing able to use my fingers without taking my gloves of and on every 60 seconds is essential and a priority.

Perfect, thanks

I have the versions with fingers. They are excellent. I can imagine these are great too.

The giro merino knit gloves

Where did you get them from? Can't seem to find any retailers except bikester which I've not used before.

Oh bummer, I bought them in the States but I thought Giro gear is widely available.

DeFeet’s wool gloves are excellent: https://www.condorcycles.com/products/defeet-duraglove-electronic-touch-wool-gloves?variant=41987222962326

I wear them until sub 5C. Then Sportful Goretex Infinium.

Do you get cold fingers in general? My gloves are not up to the job in current temps (about 5 degrees this morning), and like the look of those. I probably wouldn't be riding below zero.

Been 4-6 degrees here recently and I can just about commute with the Defeet gloves above. Personally any longer/faster ride though I have to switch to something warmer.

Big fan though - they're warmer than they look at first and seem to last forever, understated too so I wear off-bike most of the winter.

No, I don’t. I was a bit optimistic. I wear the Defeet wool gloves until about 7C, then the goretex Infinium.

I have had endura pro sl which were really ok for padded gloves, in the sense of not massive, a nice cut with long fingers, and not too expensive.

In terms of gloves, I swear by these, which I bought to replace another pair which I thought were fine until struggling A LOT in freezing fog conditions a couple of years ago:

You got a link or a product name? They look decent.

Ah yes, sorry. Sportful Fiandre.

Not cheap, but I promised myself I'd never be in that much cold-related discomfort again!

(I suffer from Raynaud's to a small degree)

https://www.sigmasports.com/item/Sportful/Fiandre-Gloves/NSYM

Oof, that's a good price!

Only if you're XXXL!

I'll message Ray Clemence.

I ordered these Infinium ones, hope they'll fit well

Ta. Woah, they are a bit spendy.

Agreed, but they let me ride in winter.

https://www.bikester.co.uk/pearl-izumi-amfib-gel-gloves-men-M903967.html

Medium best price good glove worst design.

Primaloft Gold with Crosscore Technology and aerogel particle

😯

Just reading this thread makes me warm. It was -50c on my commute the other day.

#bigfuxkingdeal?

That's cold, what gloves do you use?
And what bike out of interest?