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I suffer from terrible circulation and really suffer in the cold,can any one point me in the direction of some really toastie gloves please?
thanks
Usually a compromise between warmth and dexterity in my experience.
I have some endura strike, not the warmest but about as thick as I can get away with with retaining decent dexterity.
Galibier gloves are good.
Worth mentioning that if you can live with Hot Pogs or Pogies they'll almost certainly be warmer. I rode with Hot Pogs and thin gloves in Rovaniemi well into minus degrees.
cycling gloves are pretty crap. they are designed to fit tight, which does not work with poor circulation.
marmot preclip gloves work very well in all but the coldest weather. and then a silk liner makes them good for sub zero weather.
Virtually every year I would pick up a few different pairs of winter gloves hoping to find the perfect glove.
anyway. Galibier Probably have the best range regardless of cost, they just happen to also be great value.
Element 2.0. Have never felt cold in them.
Thanks everyone......!!!
+1 for Galibier they are very good, I’m on my second pair. Warm, not too bulky so that dexterity is impaired. A great choice for our climate.
Not Gore. Mine have fallen apart after little use.
Another for Galibier Barrier's here...
For proper cold, Glacier Glove Perfect Curves for me. They're made of drysuit neoprene and they're designed for winter windowcleaning. So they're thick and squishy which is noticable when riding, like having super-thick foam grips. And they don't breathe at all. And after a couple of rides they smell like you've put your hands inside a taunton for warmth. But they keep me warm, when other gloves can barely even keep me functioning. Love 'em.
I wear fox anti freeze..
The bestest thing I've found for helping my poor circulation cold hands though..
Is stopping after a mile or so once my core has warmed up a bit.. getting off the bike for a few minutes and moving my arms around a bit.. seems to get the warm blood flowing into my arms and hands and warms them up for the next few miles..
repeat as necessary..
Glacier perfect curves or hot pogs.
Haven't found anything yet. Galibiers weren't working for me last winter, even with silk liners.
I'm going to try some more lobstery ones this year.
If anyone recommends Briskers for temperatures near zero, then they obviously don't actually have poor circulation!
Capt flash is right, Spec make excellent winter gloves. have picked up a couple of pairs in various sales and they hardly get worn as they are too warm. one pair cost me 13quid and I think they are warm enough to be worn snowboarding.
Do you mean gloves for when it's really cold or gloves to keep your fingers toasty when it's just a bit nippy out?
If the latter, I'd recommend SealSkinz Ultra Grip. which are fine down to just above zero for me - while maintaining excellent feel and being waterproof. For someone who particularly suffered from the cold I think they'd make an excellent autumn/spring/most-of-winter glove.
I have this thing called Reynes(not sure that’s the right spelling) disease.......doesn’t seem there’s any rhyme nor reason to when it happens,sometimes in the bloody frozen aisle in a supermarket ffs but if I start out and they’re warm,I just want gloves that’ll keep em warm,ie not let the cold in!
Pogies.
I have Reynauds too
i try with Merino liner and brisket gloves
aldis waterproof gloves are pretty good too
not sure if this is BS but was reading somewhere that a factor for cold hands is cold wrists,or no coverage over wrists
which I suppose would make sense as the blood would become cold around there and cool going into hands
so maybe a longer pair of gloves and longer jersey tucked into gloves
My Reynaud's is much worse than any of yous. If fact it's probs worse than you all put together.
Therefore; RST heated gloves FTW
North Face Pamir Windstopper
https://www.amazon.co.uk/North-Face-Pamir-Windstopper-Glove/dp/B00PLHA2SW
I suffer from cold hands and use these all winter. Well toasty in all sorts of crap weaher and when it's really wet you just wring them out and keep going.
When it goes well below zero I go for Specialized lobster gloves - about 15 years old now - or mitts of some form but most of the time I just use the NF gloves.
It's also worth keeping your core warm - hands are just the first things to shut down when your core is cold. I ride in a Gore Phantom N2S jacket or a Buffalo when it's really cold.
And don't forget merino socks for your feet and decent MTB boots.
And after a couple of rides they smell like you’ve put your hands inside a taunton for warmth
I've been there, it was certainly more fragrant than Yeovil.
A pair of thin liner gloves can be worth a try to add some extra warmth and maybe they'll work inside a neoprene glove to reduce the stench. On that subject you could try washing them in wetsuit shampoo. </span>
This might be the year I deign to put my pogies on a bike other than the fatbike. Riding in a snowstorm in my summer gloves was a good party trick last year. You look like an absolute fanny but then frankly I look like a fanny most of the time
My fingers suffer badly at anything near zero degrees, to the point I have to stop and tuck them in my armpits for ages.
I got some Sealskins Dragon Eye gloves after reading some reviews. When they turned up I thought they’d be useless as they are thin, did a ride in the Welsh hills last winter in deep snow and howling wind and they were great.
https://www.outdoorgb.com/p/SealSkinz_Dragon_Eye_MTB_Waterproof_Gloves/
I used to suffer from cold hands.
On the MTB I wear neoprene gloves, pretty good even if it’s not wet. Endura Nemo are good, but I also got some cheap No Fear ones from Sports Direct which are equally as good.
For the road bike I wear gloves made by Phew, you get a winter glove and then an outer lobster glove for the really cold days. Highly recommended.
Great customer service as well.
Andy at Bike Science in Bristol is the man to speak to.
Also, Fox Forge get great reviews
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/fox-racing-forge-cw-gloves-ss17/rp-prod143511
Not great in heavy rain but grippy, dextrous, plenty warm and cheap as chips.
I too found the Galibiers not warm enough.
My best gloves are a pair of cheap Decathlon snowboarding specials. Only flaw is they are enormously bulky which makes shifting interesting but at least I can feel my fingers
On my third season with these. I’ve tried lots of gloves and these are the warmest I’ve found. Cheap as chips too
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/PXLGWL/planet-x--waterproof-crab-hand-winter-gloves
My mum had Reynauds, she suffered horribly without adding to it by going out in wet/cold conditions, soyou have my sympathy. I know it over the top but Sealskin have some (expensive) heated gloves, which might make cycling more bearable in the cooler conditions. Personally I've had some sealskin winter (Brecon now?) which have never let me down in the depths of winter but are a bit thick for fine control (does that matter when its really fricken cold), and are finally dying after a stupidly long time. I bought some of the thinner Sealskinz Dragon Eyes (roadie version), which have turned out to be great for cold (not sub zero) and wet winter rides, thoroughly recommend them too.