Winter gloves

The palm and underside of the fingers are incredibly stiff, it might be possible to force it but then it might be impossible to get them back into shape.

Can you throw them into a volcano?

probably for the best

You need one of those glove dryer things that blow air into them. A blow dryer on low into the bottom might suffice

Taubert Softline if anyone’s arsed. Genuinely the best riding glove I’ve ever used.

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It’s that time of year!
Partner wants to start riding to work again. 3mile each way commute. Not the best circulation in her hands so wants toasty.
Anyone had any luck with handlebar muffs on risers?
Without trawling the thread is there a current go-to pair of gloves/mittens that’ll see her right? She has numerous pairs of thin running gloves etc for liners and I’m sure when she commuted all winter in previous years she had ski gloves of some description.

Handlebar muffs are decent if you don't have to keep taking your hands in and out of them. I might even have some you can have for free to try out.
I switched to Sealskinz lobster gloves though. I used to ride a cargo bike for a living and found that having to keep taking my hands in and out of the muffs to mess about at each stop meant I couldn't really stay warm.
I have Raynauds so crap circulation as well.

Cool! Thanks for the advice. She has a pretty chill ride through a park and along canal so not many hand signals but definitely uses her bell a lot. Guess the muffs will definitely muffle the bell ;)

I finally succumbed to the ugliness of pogies this year.
The 45nrth Sturmfist 4 gloves I was using last winter are the warmest I've ever used, but I'm just so sick of my gloves getting completely drenched and staying soaked all day and losing half their warmth.
Pogies are the ugliest bike accessory ever, but I'm past caring now.
Although it also pisses me off that they class neoprene pogies as waterproof, when they're totally not. They also get soaked after about half an hour of constant heavy rain, so your gloves get damp inside still. Hopefully not as bad as without the pogies though, and they'll still hopefully block the wind even when they're wet.
I went with the Hippo Hands Cascade pogies, but I had to make multiple modifications. I fitted Dot snaps to hold straps down instead of relying on the velcro, one piece of which was literally about half an inch by one inch and wasn't sticking for shit. I fitted snaps to the opening so that I can close them when my bike is locked up, otherwise the rain just goes straight inside. Why this isn't a standard feature I don't know?
I also punched a hole in the side of each one and fitted my bar plugs through it to stop the pogies sagging.
I guess we'll see how they go in the inevitable soaking winter we have ahead.

one of us! one of us! one of us!

I'm telling myself they don't look so bad on a big cargo bike 😂

Picked up some 66° North mittens. Hoping they are the answer to my cold finger ills. Ski gloves were useless last winter as my fingertips just went numb.

@edmundro I do still have the pogies. Your's for free if you fancy giving them a go! I can even remove the dog hair.

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Thanks for the offer but my partner reckons she’s all set for the time being, can’t remember what she ended up with exactly but acquired some lobster gloves over the weekend :)

Nice! I love my lobsters.
If anyone wants the pogies, drop me a DM. Free to a good home.

We have fully embraced the Hestra way of life: ski, bike and general run about gloves are Hestra and not have had cold fingers since. My wife has suffered from cold fingertips as she can remember and all has been solved with the Hestra's.

Sound like a promotional blurb, but sadly we paid full price for ours. :(

Any specific model recommendations?

I’ve had a pair of Hestra windproofs for years and they were spot on for me. But they don’t seem to make them anymore (they were like the windstopper tracker, but with longer cuffs) and mine have finally been worn very thin on my first two fingers. Will be looking for new ones this winter and this thread reminded me…

(Got smelly neoprenes for wet rides, but I’m after dry ride gloves)

Tempted by the ergo grips. But spendy…

Just want to take the edge off the cold down in mid/lower single digits really. Maybe add a merino liner underneath, if close to freezing. I don’t have cold hands and value a bit more dexterity or the ability to layer.

Not averse to other brands.

I'd be interested as well as I need to get some new winter gloves

Just want to take the edge off the cold down in mid/lower single digits really

I'd recommend these:

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

Ta. Will put them on the list... (oh no, a list)

£4.99 from screwfix, padded and waterproof. these are excellent for sleety commutes! Suspect they wont last for eva but few things do.

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What pogies, infrequently on the cargo bike now (twice a week - less than 15 mins).

I've got some AliExpress ones you can have for free collected from Penge if you like!
I've used them a few times but they weren't right for my use case (cargo bike deliveries with multiple stops meaning my hands were in and out constantly so didn't keep any warmth stored).

PM on the way

I've got some pogies for drops which I ordered on AliExpress a couple of years ago, out of curiosity, but which I have never actually used.

Free to anyone who might use them.