Embarassing question

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by BigApe

As one that suffers from Raynauds I always use muffs during the winter. Linked with heated grips, I can use my summer gloves all through the winter.

I don't care what it looks like. Vanity is for the summer months.

What he said.

Except: Vanity is for fools.

Warm hands are safer than the frozen hands that 'cool' people have. Think about that.

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero

but I want a non-electrical alternative to heated grips for keeping my hands warm in the winter rides

Decent winter gloves

Took me a while to find a pair, but I did and even after along ride on a very frosty winters morning from Amesbury back to Yeovil, My hands were toasty all the way.

Alpinestars WR-1 Drystars, they are a bit bulky but once I got used to them I dont really notice it now.

The other thing I found, was to keep my core warm with plenty of thin layers, thermals under my jacket / trousers, I definately found my hands and feet stayed warmer if I kept the core of my body warmer by wearing plenty of extra layers, if you get some of the thermal thin base layers from Millets or somewhere like that they work really well.


Guess the muffs would work, as long as they dont foul the levers you should be OK, who cares what you look like as long as you're warm.

[northwind]

The SV can deal with heated grips fine, don't worry about blowing up your new reg/rec- if it's going to blow up, it will anyway They're not massively effective when combined with heavy winter gloves, but every little helps. Heated gloves are better still of course, I'm considering these myself- never seen a pair yet that looked as protective as my winter gloves though, in fact they all look about as well put together as the no-name gloves you can buy at bike shows for a tenner

I don't like muffs... (hur hur, etc) because I find them awkward when I remove my hands from the bars to pop in the mirrors for filtering. But they're very warm. Hand guards seem like a good option but I've never used them myself.

I've got heated gloves (but no bike )

I love a hot muff .......

Originally Posted by northwind

The SV can deal with heated grips fine, don't worry about blowing up your new reg/rec- if it's going to blow up, it will anyway They're not massively effective when combined with heavy winter gloves, but every little helps. Heated gloves are better still of course, I'm considering these myself- never seen a pair yet that looked as protective as my winter gloves though, in fact they all look about as well put together as the no-name gloves you can buy at bike shows for a tenner

I don't like muffs... (hur hur, etc) because I find them awkward when I remove my hands from the bars to pop in the mirrors for filtering. But they're very warm. Hand guards seem like a good option but I've never used them myself.

you can get heated inner gloves which sound like a better option for you.

Originally Posted by BigApe

As one that suffers from Raynauds I always use muffs during the winter. Linked with heated grips, I can use my summer gloves all through the winter.

I don't care what it looks like. Vanity is for the summer months.

+1

Only put the muffs on when its REALLY cold and the journey is more than about 30 mins. They are a real pain in the @rse IMO but they keep my hands warm. Personally I find they restrict my movements and overall control of the bike (not dangerously tho) but then when its that cold I'm not trying to get my knee down so its not a huge probelm. If its below about 5C when I set off and its not due to rise much during the day the muffs go on. Only used them about 6 times last winter but they kept my pinkies warm

I have some of them two finger jobbies from HG, they're bloody nice and warm, did me well on the AR and hands never got wet, was a bit of a weird feeling first time i used them, instead of 3 finger braking it was 4. But they keep me warm. But damn they need a wash

Cold hands are not cool

Seriously.

There's always the heated clothing approach?

Mmmmmmmm, heated grrrrrriiiiiiiiiips.

I've killed my battery repeatedly with my grips... If you fit them make sure you connect them to the ignition so you can't accidentally leave them on.

I don't have muffs (tee hee hee! I said muffs... TWICE!) so can't really comment on them. Do not fear the heated grips... They're great.