Glove recommendation for you...
cloggsy71
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My winter gloves were looking a little 'worse for wear', so I was on the hunt for a new pair...
Anyway, after an age looking high and low at all the different variants; SealSkins et al I found an interesting solution.
Neoprene. They make over-shoes out of it, they make wetsuits out of it, so it must be 'good for purpose' right?
I started looking for Neoprene gloves.
Rather than paying £40, £50, £60+ I paid £10 for a pair of 3mm Neoprene Diving gloves... Mine are Typhoon gloves, but there are loads of other manufacturers out there...
Anyway, I wore them for the first time this morning & they were superb; lovely and supple with rubberised hand grips & my hands lovely and toasty, plus there's room for a pair of liner-gloves if required! It was -1°C with the wind-chill on my ride this morning - No problems whatsoever!
If it is really cold where you are, you could always opt for 5mm Neoprene...
Cheap enough to give 'em a try ;o)
Chapeau!
Anyway, after an age looking high and low at all the different variants; SealSkins et al I found an interesting solution.
Neoprene. They make over-shoes out of it, they make wetsuits out of it, so it must be 'good for purpose' right?
I started looking for Neoprene gloves.
Rather than paying £40, £50, £60+ I paid £10 for a pair of 3mm Neoprene Diving gloves... Mine are Typhoon gloves, but there are loads of other manufacturers out there...
Anyway, I wore them for the first time this morning & they were superb; lovely and supple with rubberised hand grips & my hands lovely and toasty, plus there's room for a pair of liner-gloves if required! It was -1°C with the wind-chill on my ride this morning - No problems whatsoever!
If it is really cold where you are, you could always opt for 5mm Neoprene...
Cheap enough to give 'em a try ;o)
Chapeau!
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I like neoprene gloves, just wish they didn't stink so bloody bad after a couple of rides. Even though I almost always wear liner-gloves with 'em they just HONK...
They are good though - not even the slightest bit waterproof of course, but warm and wet is fine while-ever you're above zero.0 -
Any idea if they sell those in the US?0
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I'm sure they will somewhere - dive shops etc... - the neoprene one's I have are the castelli diluvio gloves... a friend bought me them as a christmas present last year - there's no way I'd spend that much on gloves
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I got mine off Amazon, so definitely!0
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Cheap enough to give 'em a try ;o)
Chapeau!
Duly noted although my Louis Garneau gloves are doing pretty good so far. My shoe Pearl Izumi covers are neoprene and entirely windproof so it makes sense.0 -
I just got a pair of these from eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160938324933?var=460142082234&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
I have used them on just below freezing rides and was pleased with them, no breeze on the fingers. I rode them in the rain for the first time today (cool, not cold) and am happy. They did great in the waterproof dept. also.
Not bad for $16.0 -
£26.99 ($43.50)
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/category/clothing/gloves/product/review-dhb-neoprene-gloves-13-47797/
I think not... :laugh:0 -
Have a pair of Walmart special Neoprene gloves and wore them into the teens last year. Only issue I have with them is the suck...they stay on tight when you sweat in them. Plus getting them to dry out is a task unless you roll them inside out (which is a task on it's own!) Wore them in clear and snowy weather last year and realized I just like my wool mittens far better.0
