Cold Hands - What Gloves?

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

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Originally Posted by krhall

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.

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

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...

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.

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

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?

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.

Originally Posted by 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?

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.

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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.

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