effective yet inexpensive ways of saving hands?

Originally Posted by abdul.aziz

Haven't tried my self. While I was on training some of the other trainees were using them and said they were ineffective, which put me off.

Maybe a second opinion won't hurt; are they any good?

They're better than nothing IMHO, but after a while your hands will get cold, takes a bit longer though. Heated gloves are the ideal but they are quite expensive. Looks like muffs and hot grips could be the best solution. Even muffs on their own would help keep the windchill off your hands

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Muffs and heated grips.

I have this combo and am somewhat disappointed in the outcome. Not as good at combating the cold as I thought it would be. I wonder how much the heat output varies depending on which grips you use (me = tech7 cheapo stuff)

Once I get my silk inner gloves I reckon I'll be a happy chappy. A lot to buy though just to keep the blimmin hands warm. And yes, my witner gloves are fairly decent!

[christopher]

I have some silk inner gloves... my hands get colder quicker when I wear them compared to if I didn't have them on! Maybe I'm just weird but that's what I've found with them. Used them loads in the summer months as easier to slip gloves on and off with them on rather than sweaty hands.

An inexpensive way would be to wear lots of thin lays of clothing. This will keep your body warmer (as air's a good heat insulator) which will in turn keep your hands warmer. Just a thought

[rictus01]

the art isn't how many layers, but the gap between them if that's the way you're going, I have two sets of both winter gloves and boots, both one size larger than my summer ones, this means extra layers don't squash down limiting any benefits they might give.

decent winter gloves and heated grips work fine most of the time, muffs to go over if the distance is over an hour(on the S4), the Superduke has deflectors, which help keeping the direct wind blast off your hands but I do use inner gloves for the sub zero stuff.

Cheers Mark.

I love this muff idea but i want to go on record saying that inner gloves are USELESS and just provide false hope that you can go more than 20 minutes without being in absolute agony when you take them off.

[rictus01]

Originally Posted by Thingus

but i want to go on record saying that inner gloves are USELESS and just provide false hope that you can go more than 20 minutes without being in absolute agony when you take them off.

Definitive statement, wrong but defiantly definitive, I'll grant you personally may not benefit from them, but a sweeping statement like that is one of two things, either extremely informed or naive.

what pray tell do you base the statement on?

Cheers Mark.

I wouldn't say wrong. I'd call it useless upon reflection :P Useless because you can go for higher quality and be fine i guess.

I base it upon my own experiences. Plenty of evil ones :O

[rictus01]

cross section of one then..............

Make that two. Inner gloves, as the only heat retaining method for riding in winter, are not sufficient in my experience. And I've tried too many different kinds to care for.

Rictus, are you sure you don't live in the south of France or something?