Winter gloves

Never actually worn them on the bike, always thought they were a bit thick for working the controls.

I included them in the picture as I'd just ferreted out all of my gloves.

Obvious answer: Wear them all at once.

Have you considered having your hands removed and making do with stumps?

Hestra gloves are the tits.

They are Mountain Hardware, not Hestra I'm afraid.

my hands were a little chilly in my gloves today on the way home.

need to htfu

Still excellent kit.

Dammit you need these gimpy things:
http://www.breezeblockers.com/buy.php

They even come with a carbon fibre effect!

Or this new version of indoor cycling.

Sound quite good

I have the rapha merino gloves which were great, but they are wearing out, the seam on the snot wipe has perished and the tips of the fingers have got holes.

That picture just made me do a mental inventory of the gloves I have or had (just binned all the one I've reaslised don't work) in the last couple of years and realise that my £250 esitmate is probably understated by half. Jesus.

I've said every winter that if a pair of gloves 100% guaranteed that they'd stop my fingers freezing I'd happily pay ~£300 or so, maybe more.

Instead I buy another pair after a particularly painful ride, which never actually work. So far, anyway.

Maybe one day I shall hit on the "right" pair.

Assos fugu painfully missing in your collection?

I don't think the Assos look is for me:

I'd disagree. You definitely have a soupçon of Assos man about you.

@Dammit I think it's time for;

Seriously, if your hands are that cold, fuck the aesthetics.

Maybe you can engineer some that have a small heating element that runs off a dynamo?

I actually have some of those, unused in the garage. They were to be for the mountain bike when I hit proper winter commute mode, but last winter was so mild in terms of snow/ice I stuck with a track bike all winter long and never got to try them or the ice spiker tyres I have hanging there. Maybe this year (though I hope not).

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5mm-Neoprene-Gloves-Diving-Watersports-Swimming-Jet-Skiing-Snorkelling/261228701816?_trksid=p2141725.c100204.m3164&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140407115239%26meid%3D07aa969192524d3db695387c06714b73%26pid%3D100204%26prg%3D20140407115239%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D30%26sd%3D261228711101

plus merino liners of your choice.

I can't remember if you've already tried this last year, but what about the method of warming up the gloves before putting them on? (leaving them above a radiator to grab in the morning).

It's not a long term solution if you go touring again, but should make your commute a little more bearable.

I wonder if it would be possible to have heating elements within bar tape thats hooked to a rechargeable battery / dynamo.

has this been posted yet?

has anyone yet tried either giro proof or proof 100?

I have the older version of the Proof 100, assume there's not much difference though?

^don't know. except for the obvious differencies seen in the photos on the wrist area.

just raided my glove compartment last night, apparently jackets and gloves are my thing..

found two pairs of winter gloves didn't use last winter, crafts and sealskinz.

I used to have those on my old motorbike. Virtually useless I found. Maybe due to the insulated goves I'd be wearing :)

Oh yeah, I didn't notice that. The velcro wrap seems like a good idea, the little ties are a bit of a PITA to use with the lobster fingers. The inner liners that came with mine were alright too.