Cold Hands - What Gloves?

[krhall]

Well I have to admit my hands were cold this morning for the first time ever on the bike, even though I rode through winter last year, so I must just be getting old.

Anyway looks like I am finally going to have to give in and buy a pair of proper gloves (I've been using winter cycling ones), I have seen this pair:
http://www.jsaccessories.co.uk/Picts/Stock_233500000001.jpg
Alpine Stars ST-1 Drystar Gloves - £19.99 - Anyone got them?

Are they any good?

[Jdubya]

I normally look at the RIDE triangle stuff. They're normally good value and work well too. I have the Spada(cant remember the name just now) gloves that came second in the last test. Well worth the £40 it cost me and they keep your hands dry and toasty!

[Keith1983]

I've got the Alpinestars jet road goretex gloves they're a bit pricey at around £80 but they are fantastic. Also I have heard good things about the Oxford Bone Dry gloves.

[carty]

Morning,

I think it's quite difficult to say whether a glove will keep your hands warm as there are so many variables to people's rides. On a given morning, someone going 100mph over the M62 (high motorway) will get colder hands than someone pootling across town!

However, to give my opinion, I have recently bought some Alpinestars Tech Road Goretex gloves, which are really nice and comfortable, very well made, nice feel for control, fully waterproof and goretex lined which 'should' keep my hands warm. But they don't. My commute to work this morning was 40 miles down the M6 at 'cold inducing' speeds :shaking: O:)! So by the time I got to work my hands were pretty chilly. My fingers weren't numb, just cold so I guess that's not too bad. I used to have heated grips on my SV and wore summer gloves all round and I think I will get some fitted to my GSXR now as I would rather have heted grips than wear gloves any thicker than the A*'s.

If you usually use quite light gloves I would recommend the A*'s for everything except ultimate warmth. Pricey though at nearly 100 notes!

Cheers,
Matt

[T0mm0]

I hate wearing winter gloves as i think you lose a certain amount of feel for the bike. I try to put off the inevitable a long as possible.

Thats why I ride wearing summer gloves and oxford hot grips. Most of the journey they're nice and toasty, only the longer run on the A2 do they get a little chilly.

[krhall]

That is why I haven't so far bought proper motorbike gloves yet as I agree about losing a bit of feeling which, as I have only been driving a year, is still really important to me.

[Alpinestarhero]

I have some richa gloves, which have kept my hands warm enough to retain feeling for braking and clutch, but they are not too bulky. Switching from summer gloves to these "winter" gloves, there is a tiny differance but nothing that makes you think "crap!"

Matt

[vzzzbuxt]

bmw all weather ones are the best ever-though at 110£ a pair arent cheap (i use them in sever weather as ride all year round)

other wise hein gericke classic gloves or the best hein gericke python

;-)

[Pedro68]

First ever pair of gloves ... Scott Leathers (winter) gloves ... feel like boxing gloves, but keep your hands relatively warm (at anything above about 3 degrees), however didn't keep my hands DRY, so ...

When temperature dropped, added some "Cold Killers" inner gloves - which altho they keep my hands a bit warmer, gave me even LESS feel thru the bars, and still didn't stop me from getting my hands wet :( so ...

Second "proper" pair of gloves ... Wolf Racing Winter gloves (from here: http://www.bikersport.com/acatalog/Wolf_Gloves.html ). These are really good ... and have kept my hands relatively warm (worn all thru last winter), and have kept my hands dry in all but the most persistant of rain. IOW, if it's really persisting it down, I get wet hands. However, because of their relative "lightness" they don't take several days to dry out (and there's a reason for carrying a spare pair ;-) )

Oh and for summer ... a pair of these:
http://www.bikersport.com/acatalog/RST_Gloves.html (in black), and I'm still using these on the commute home ... mornings are a bit chilly for them now tho :rolleyes:

I'd really like a pair of 100% FULLY WATERPROOF gloves ... the sort that you can wear in torrential downpours and still have dry hands.

Pete

[vzzzbuxt]

I'd really like a pair of 100% FULLY WATERPROOF gloves ... the sort that you can wear in torrential downpours and still have dry hands.

Pete


hein gericke python gloves!:rave:

[thor]

Have you thought about heated grips? I've never looked back.

[fizzwheel]

Alpine Stars ST-1 Drystar Gloves - £19.99 - Anyone got them?

I've got a pair of WR-1's which are toasty warm, in fact I've got two pairs but because I got the 2nd pair for free.

I think in comparison the ST-1 are a bit thin so they might not keep your hands as warm.

As mentioned heated grips might be worth a look at or perhaps a small thin pair of gloves to wear underneath your existing ones.

[barmy.biker]

try the hein gericke gore-tex ones at £40 kept my my hands nice and warm all through last winter

[Grinch]

My Lidi B-Square waterproof gloves, cost me 15 quid and I managed 793 miles in various levels of rain at the AR. Keep your hands warm too...

[philbut]

I used HG two fingered mit things and heated grips last year, which were fine for up to an hour, but after doing some 5am starts and riding for 2 hours in freezing fog, i can say that NOTHING will keep your hands warm on both sides other than heated gloves - do i sound like an old man? I'm only 24, but cold hands are no fun. I think any thick winter gloves are OK provided they are water proof for short commutes. 1hr + and you wanna start looking at heated stuff.

[hovis]

i have the HG panthers? but the 4 finger type, i think boxing glove would offer more feeling, so last year i rode in summer gloves

and hotgrips that did not work very well

thus .......cold hands

[Pedro68]

Been looking for HG "pythons" and "panthers", but can't find any ... I did however find some HG PATHANS, is this what the pythons/panthers are supposed to be?

[-Ralph-]

Can't remember what brand my winter ones are, but they are a thick gore-tex glove. Got them for 20 quid, (supposedly reduced from 60) at the scottish motorcycle show. Never been cold in them and they stand up to rain and spray for a good few hours too. I don't have heated grips and live in what many think is the coldest and wettest town in Central Scotland!

To compare gloves in the shop, hold in your hand and rub the palm of the glove between your fingers and thumb and you'll feel the thickness and be able to compare one glove to the other. You do loose feel with a thicker glove but you only notice for the first day or two and they will be warm.

For me paying twice the price for a glove that claims to be thin AND warm is not worth the benefit, and if you get the wrong brand or model, you could find the claim is not true and have spent 100 quid on a cold glove. If you do buy a thin, expensive winter glove make sure you get something that comes well recommended. I've always been happy with any RiDE reccommended products I've bought, and once a product gets that accolade, the manufacturer tends to put it on the label, so you don't need to dig out old RiDE magazines.

[GregK2]

Been looking for HG "pythons" and "panthers", but can't find any ... I did however find some HG PATHANS, is this what the pythons/panthers are supposed to be?

I've got some HG Pathans (think that is what they meant!), the three fingered claw version, which I use in winter, they are good at keeping your hands warm although they haven't much crash protection.

see here (http://www.hein-gericke.com/uk/product_info.php/products_id/3688)

[Bear]

Surprised no-ones mentioned this, or maybe not coz it looks awful: Heated grips and muffs.

Yes, you look like a fool, but you have the smug sense of self-satisfaction that comes from toasty warm mitts.

Dunno if i'm gonna dig mine out or not due to being too style conscious,

Am I a tart? Maybe. Do I care? No.

Thanks for your attention. You may go about your business.

[Pedro68]

I've got some HG Pathans (think that is what they meant!), the three fingered claw version, which I use in winter, they are good at keeping your hands warm although they haven't much crash protection.

see here (http://www.hein-gericke.com/uk/product_info.php/products_id/3688)
Thanks, my old boss used to have a pair of those ... she looked like she was at a Star Trek convention ... oh and no more single-finger braking ... or, and call me weird but I use my the middle 2 fingers (that's middle finger n ring finger) for braking sometimes ... usually so that I can roll the throttle on/off with my index finger quickly!?