Winter gloves

That's not working.

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Raynauds-phenomenon/Pages/Treatment.aspx

"You're kindling in Satan's giant crematorium.."

Better. I feel much calmer.

Probably been mentioned a few times before but I've got these and they perform excellently. Even properly waterproof. At less than £30 I don't see myself ever splashing out £100 on gloves when these do the job brilliantly.

I survived this years and last years south German winter on a pair of 5€ Aldi cycling gloves.
Feet and face are the bigger problems.

It doesn't, it just inhibits blood coagulation.

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I'm getting super cold fingers as of late. To the point of real pain. I've tried HTFU but it didn't work.

Early this morning I wore a pair of merino glove liners beneath my SealSkins Ultra Grips and I still had unbearably cold hands.

So I've just purchased these DeFeet Merino Duragloves to replace the above:

..and these SealSkinz Handlebar Mittens to accompany them when it's cold like today.

If that doesn't work I don't know what will. :)

Although, having now had a flick back through the previous few pages I'm still not convinced. We'll see!

A friend of mine has Reynaud's. He has to wear gloves nearly for everything during cold seasons. Driving car until car is mega warm for example.

Its a bit more serious than cold fingers, but only when cold weather cycling I'd say. In doubt, go to the GP. GPs know stuff, internet confuses stuff :)

Got some Thermalon liners see how those hold up.

I had a think about this on the way in, for those suffering from numb hands.

Does it happen when you walk outside with no gloves on? Similar cold, similar clothing, no gloves?

That could help determine whether it's bike related / physiological.

#nopatronising.

I tend to get it (not always though) when I'm the motorbike and driving a car. For me it's being in a static position with little blood flow going to the arms, the vibes no doubt contributing to it. Conversely, when I'm on the bicycle it's not a problem because I'm pumping the blood around.

Worth mentioning that if I have do up zips or press down metal buttons on my jackets, I suffer a lot of pain in my fingers and get a short-term numbing/soreness from this. Whether this is related to the Raynauds, or just that I have skinny fingers, I don't know.

All you need is a breeze and that's it. I wear full finger gloves most of the year of varying weights.

Yeah. I can see how that would work.
It's more for the people who are jumping to the conclusion "i've got this!" without thinking it through, not those who've been through it and worked it all out.

Even though I've finally worked it out, it can still surprise me. Especially on a hot day when I'm convinced all I need are fingerless gloves whilst on the bike and bare hands when not. Ouch!

seal skinz lobsters or craft lobsters?

looking forward to hear the outcome of the sturmfists.

on liner gloves and people with cold hands, the problem is that by adding a too thick liner, or not having a large enough lobster/outer glove, you may reduce the amount of air/space in between hands and glove. so as soon as some humidity gets in, the temperature transmission between ouside and hand goes quicker and worsens the cold.

The limit of the defeets is heavy Sheffield snow apparently, cheapo Aldi lobsters were still making my hands sweat in the same conditions, they are too hot for everything.

Don't know if anyone's mentioned them here but I got some PX lobster gloves in their sale and they're really good. I've commuted in heavy snowing, windy, +2/-2 conditions for a week and they've kept me dry and warm, they do get a bit sweaty though but you can't have everything. Also, their XL actually fits me, I always have trouble finding large enough gloves.

Bike = massive wind chill factor so lower temp.

I wear glove liners (UK) or defeat merino (colder countries) when running, I'd be wearing much heavier gloves on the bike.

Ah yes. Good point.
It was more about whether your system would respond.

No gloves and no hands in pockets and normal walking would still go some way (if you squint) to replicating gloves and moving faster on a bike.

http://www.healthline.com/health/cold-stimulation-test-for-raynauds-phenomenon#Procedure3

I picked up the Sealskinz lobsters just now, I've yet to use them on the bike but they certainly feel amazing. An incredibly bargainous £27 from Cycle Surgery at the moment as well.