One of the main principles of warm gloves, is that there should be a gap between the tip of your fingers/thumb and the end of the glove, as it is this space that creates the warmth. When i worked i teh ski industry, one of the most common problems was people complaining of cold hands, primarily because they had mistakenly bought a tight glove thinking it would be warmer.
Being a motorbike rider i can tell you that the only way i have ever found of having trully warm hands, without resorting to bulky gloves, is to use muffs:
Pogies are great...i'm gonna make some when i get my next snow bike. :)
Pogies are great...i'm gonna make some when i get my next snow bike. :)