Winter glove redesign... ideas wanted

£50? Done deal. Good work

Anyones seen them Ironclad gloves used off shore... I'm sure that there was a write up about the on Prollys or somewhere similar. The bloke from the bikshop tested them by dipping hands in ice buckets, and on the other side of the spectrun hiitting them with a flame from a blowtorch!

Scott, thank you. I am definitely going to get myself some of these.

These shouldnbe great for people with raynauds syndrome

That's me - I really can't express how difficult it makes cycling in the winter. Last winter was worse than I've ever experienced and I just can't go through that again.

I've also got to get myself some heated inner soles as my toes are worse than my fingers, it got so bad last year that I started getting infections and the like - really not nice at all.

Scott, thank you. I am definitely going to get myself some of these.

That's me - I really can't express how difficult it makes cycling in the winter. Last winter was worse than I've ever experienced and I just can't go through that again.

I've also got to get myself some heated inner soles as my toes are worse than my fingers, it got so bad last year that I started getting infections and the like - really not nice at all.

I feel your pain regarding hands.
I bought some of the insoles too but never actually tried them outdoors as i found that my endura mt5OO overshoes were enough usually.

Awesome stuff from Blazewear, that earns them a mention in the next email newsletter.

Anyone who was considering ordering some of the redesigned Blazewear rider gloves....Don't just yet.

I just received my pair yesterday and there is what i consider to be a major problem.
Sadly they went ahead with production without sending me a pair of the prototypes, and it was impossible to see the fault on the picture they sent me.

There are a couple of other little things i could have pointed out too if I'd seen them in the flesh.
Shame really because they could have been really good.
I'm waiting for a reply from them to get their opinions.

Disappointed. :[

As another winter approaches I received another email from Phil at Blazewear.

Yet again he has taken my criticism on board and made further changes to his heated glove aimed at bike riders.
His willingness to accept criticism and try his best to improve his products never ceases to amaze me.

I have only seen a couple of pictures of the updated version but will be receiving a test pair shortly.
He had already addressed most of my problems with the original glove with the second version, but unfortunately a couple of new ones found their way into the design, as like i said last year, i never received a final prototype so it was too late by then. Those problems appear to have been sorted on this version. I just need to see how the gloves fit now as the second version came out a bit too baggy compared to the first.

Once I receive the gloves i will let you know more about them. Hopefully I'll have another winter with toasty warm hands instead of agonizingly cold ones. :]

Keep us updated.

My endura lobster jobbies were always enough for me. But having broken 4 fingers in the last 2 years. I find these fingers get so cold they start to feel like they are burning. Which Bear Grills tells me is a bad sign.

I suffer badly from Raynaud's so it would be great to find a pair of gloves which actually enable me to cycle any distance this winter.

Once they arrive I'll let you check them out. So nice to turn them on a few minutes before leaving and then put you hands into toasty warm gloves. :]

Do.

They sound amazing.

Here's what my hands typically look like after a 10 min ride on a winter day:

Golly, I thought my "corpse toe" was bad.

You aint seen my toes yet...

My ex had that. Piano key fingers!

Fuck my apron!

Sweet Jebus! That must have freaked you out the first time it happened?!

Looks like the Milky Bar Kid after his first pay day!

Once my toes have lost their circulation I find that the only way to bring them back is to submerse them in hot water- you simply submerse, wait, then experience a fierce foot-based burning sensation, and you have pink toes again.

My hands don't suffer this badly, but I am seriously considering buying the Lake insulated boots for this winter.

It is horrible and really painful when they come back to life. They usually go purple too.
I try not to put them under hot water as this can be even more painful.
It's happened since I was a teenager so can't even remember the shock of seeing it for the first time!

It does hurt, but it's the only thing that I find gets the circulation back.

Hot water is very bad, like with hypothermia it can induce shock and increase the chances of chillblanes.

Best thing tends to be a warm dry towel and rub the affected part, this also helps stiumlate circualtion. My mother also had Raynauds, so not my personal experience but what this is what we had to do for her. - We lived in Norway and one winter Oslo dropped to minus 40 Celcius.

Doesnt sound like the sort of thing you want in Norway. I did a newyears day swim in the sea this year. The pain in my toes and fingers was so intense. I thought I'd loose them*. Must be a hard thng to live, even in the UK.

(*I turned up 5 mins late, and was told everyone had done a 5 minute swim by a 'mate'. Turns out it was so cold everyone had just ran out to their waists and ran back. Apart from, that is, the gulible Englishman who went for a 5 minute swim for some reason)

Went swimming off Weymouth at the weekend and my missus' Reynaud affected fingers were quite a fright after.

I suggested wrapping them round something warm and rubbing up and down vigorously. Not very amused.

Not to get all new-agey, but for circulation issues it might be an idea to investigate a classical yoga practise, or if you don't have the time or inclination, go for Rolfing (sometimes called Structural Integration). These two things have improved the circulation to my extremities, especially my hands.