Does anyone have warm hands??

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

Mind over matter. Does your brain freeze? Do you think hard core mountaineers just stop, because their feet are cold?
Theres a great trick of moving your fingers about, keeps the blood flowing. As for the challenge...I doubt I'd stop, I'm more likely to stop for a pee, which is a far greater probability!

Well you've missed the point there.

You say your fingers go numb, I say that is dangerous lack of control as you need to be capable of manipulating the front brakes properly, even more so in cold weather when grip is poor.

Biking is dangerous enough without taking stupid risks just because you are pigheaded.

Hard core mountaineers, go climb a mountain, you will find hard core mountaineers use the best kit they can get hold of because if you f*ck up, you die. Funny enough a motorbike is just as risky.

Fair enough stupid risks round blind bends, going for small gaps, sliding the bike about going flat out. That gets you where you're going faster. But riding when you can't stop when a car pulls out in front of you is just retarded and you're f*ckin irresponsible to suggest on here to newbies that they should just basically MTFU and ride on when they don't have full control.

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Well you've missed the point there.

You say your fingers go numb, I say that is dangerous lack of control as you need to be capable of manipulating the front brakes properly, even more so in cold weather when grip is poor.

Biking is dangerous enough without taking stupid risks just because you are pigheaded.

Hard core mountaineers, go climb a mountain, you will find hard core mountaineers use the best kit they can get hold of because if you f*ck up, you die. Funny enough a motorbike is just as risky.

Fair enough stupid risks round blind bends, going for small gaps, sliding the bike about going flat out. That gets you where you're going faster. But riding when you can't stop when a car pulls out in front of you is just retarded and you're f*ckin irresponsible to suggest on here to newbies that they should just basically MTFU and ride on when they don't have full control.

Harsh Chris.




















but fair.

[dizzyblonde]

difference between me and Chris, is that you have an injury to your wrist, which in cold weather will most likely to add to the problem of numb hands and give you restriction of movement. I don't have this problem, plus I regularly exercise my fingers with guitars and meditation balls. My fingers maybe numb, BUT, I have no issue whatsoever moving fingers to pull brakes and clutches. So in my case its not dangerous...if you can't move your hands and fingers in your experiences...who is the dangerous one....me who can move ...or you that can't??

I wear gloves that are capable of the job of keeping in heat, and also go about my journey with the correct mindset for the task at hand.

I use muffs (I put that under the wind deflector whatnot option). Though I have found over recent days that the fingers on my right hand (specifically the backs of them) still get effing cold on the run to work.

That's with a nice thick pair of Richa Baltic winter gloves on as well.

It does seem rather colder in Weybridge than in Suburbiton though. And I do wonder if the circulation in my hands is poor (not great news for a musician!!).

Having used the Oxford muffs for a while, though, I may try the Tucano Urbano ones to see if they're better (more for fit and keeping off the levers at speed).

R&G Hot grips work a treat

if i'm only going 10-15 miles I can put up with cold fingers and use my winter mits. Any further and I pop my heated gloves on. Slightly more faff due to the design of the cuff, but worth it on longer motorway sloggs.

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

My fingers maybe numb, BUT, I have no issue whatsoever moving fingers to pull brakes and clutches.

I dont understand, so you say your fingers are numb. So are you looking down at your fingers to see where brake/clutch is instead of looking at the road up ahead? I dont see how else you can work them if they're actually numb.