[Closed] Winter gloves which ones

Truly, properly waterproof and toasty warm. Sweaty though unless it's properly freezing

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Ive never been cold in these: [url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/endura-deluge-glove/rp-prod34818 ]clicky[/url] but they do require some Nik wax or graingers to become waterproof

Not been tested in a full on downpour yet but my Endura Deluge gloves are toasty if a little bulky.

I don't know what you classify as needing a bank loan to buy, but I like my Endura Deluge, about £35. Good down to about -5 for me.

http://road.cc/content/review/23621-endura-deluge-gloves

Aldi winter gloves.

Best £5 I've spent.

Looks aside, I cannot fault them.

Just sent back Craft Siberia (shit)
Currently on DHB winters (average)

The Aldi ones I had for a fiver won but I can only find one of them from last winters.

Just gor a pair of Sombrio ones from CRC - thin & warm, but no snot wipe. If it's too cold for them I use sealskins...

After spending loads on various gloves over the years with mixed results spending less on these has worked

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/PXLGWL/planet-x-100-waterproof-lobster-glove

+1 Aldi gloves. Better than the Fox Antifreeze that cost 7 times more. They do look cack though!

I use craft Siberian gloves and put a thin pair of roubaix gloves underneath when it gets around freezing especially on the road bike

Another one for Perfect Curves, completely waterproof and incredibly warm. Weird feel because of the thick neoprene though and they need cleaned and dried out regularily or they smell like something's died in them

Just sent back Craft Siberia (shit)

Am liking the Perfect curve sound like they will fit the bill
and can take em off if too hot
Got a lot of scar tissue on one hand from a power saw mishap and cold n wet is not good

They can be sweaty, mind. (I've got pretty bad circulation, they're the only gloves that have ever kept me warm on the bike in winter- there's a couple of others that can at least keep me functional but not comfortable)

Some folks hate the feel and I can understand that- it's not lacking in feel exactly but there's a bit of movement between hand and bar, you're basically wrapped in rubber foam after all. Doesn't bother me in the slightest but does still feel odd.

My sealskins have been good.

I tried on 3 pairs of XL Siberia's. Two had weird short stumpy fingers. Luckily the third fitted. Great dexterity too. Until it gets mildly cold.

BTW does Siberia hit English cold weather temps?.....

If it's stupid cold then lobster gloves rule the roost but if it's less than -5 then the Nalini BASE (mantoTEX) are the best I've found, others either let the wind through or retain too much moisture from sweat- these are perfect.

I also went down a few week ago going over Burbage bridge, black ice, and ended up putting my hand down at speed- they're not even marked.

I've tried masses. Currently on Assos 851 early winter gloves with Assos inner gloves too.

Absolutely brilliant - not bulky and nice and warm.

On special at Assos Factory Outlet now for £36 (gloves) and £17 (Inners).

GB

Specialised sub zero

Another vote for aldi winter gloves but the problem is you can't buy them now. Although not properly waterproof in serious rain I put some extremities tuffbag paclite mitts over the top.

If you search for it from the main site, Sealskins have an outlet section, where everything appears to be priced at 12 quid. I've had a pair of their gloves that have lasted for quite a few years.

Endura Strike. Warm waterproof and not bulky at all.

I got a pair of these the other day and wore them yesterday when it was about -1C.
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/700-winter-cycling-gloves-black-red-id_8315316.html

I had nice warm hands.

Prob ok to about -5 or something.

Not sure if they are waterproof.

I've been happy with my sealskinz ones.

I highly recommend some thin inner gloves if you want to keep your hands toasty in cold weather. I got some for a couple of quid a few years ago from decathlon.

loddrik - Member

Endura Strike. Warm waterproof and not bulky at all.

Mine weren't waterproof, and not very warm even when dry. I sent them back, they weren't faulty- endura seemed to think they were performing reasonably and that waterproof really means shower resistant.

Sealskins were on special last week on the Sportspusuit site. I got another couple of pairs to go with the ones I already have and my few pairs of Aldi ones. It's still not enough if the Puffer gets nasty. 🙂

Tried pogies yet?
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Sealskinz just don't do it

They make your hands sweat, and getting them off is then difficult.

The inner around the fingers pulls out.

Then getting them back on again is an ordeal

The Aldi ones work remarkably well - especially given the price and if you'd asked me yesterday, that'd have been my money-no-object recommendation.

However - I called into Cycle Centre in Congleton today and picked up some Specialized Sub Zero lobster gloves which I tried out this afternoon and am more than impressed with. They take a little bit of getting used to but the warmth benefits far outweigh the odd looks and slightly compromised feel / control (on the road bike anyway). Best bit - they were £29 in their sale!

I've got the non lobster version of the sub zeros, nice and warm using the inner and outer but they're not waterproof at all.

+1 Aldi. I have a second pair in the car, nice and grippy and toasty warm on cold mornings.

I'll go a -1 on the Aldi gloves.
If you'd asked me a week ago I'd have rated them but the recent couple of cold mornings have been agony trying to use the brakes with freezing finger tips. They're still good above 3degrees ish and reasonably water resistant, though they just about wet through as i get to the end of a wet 30 min commute. Oh and they're suprisingly ok on the mountain bike too.

But the bottom line is that I'm looking for something more for the proper cold days. I worry that the ski glove style construction means that they rely on the bag membrane for keeping your hands dry so when its cold and wet the outer and insulation soaks through and then you get wind chill. Is there anything thats waterproof on the outer? Or am I barking up the wrong tree here?

Marmot XT gloves are a big winner for me - XC ski gloves so cut for having a curved hand, grippy leather palms and 'inside-out' seams so really comfy. Also ace as general outdoorsy gloves.

Indeedy Sealskin are simply the warmest winter gloves I've tried, but are awkward to get off once your hands are hot & sweaty due to the liner, but I've had worse.. at least the liner will go back in.

Other options, your normal waterproof/windproof glove with a silk inner glove (decathalon £6) if you have enough space to fit them. I've currently using some Planet-x softshell flanders gloves (As my waterproof(ish)/windproof) & I'm impressed, though I only went up one size and they're still tight (stitching is pulling on one but I think this is due to the sizing not quality) so definitely go up 2 sizes!

Otherwise Fox anti-freeze and Spesh Sub-zero gloves, are "pairs" of gloves (separate liner/outer), not used them myself but look good.

Sealskins for work commute as it's under an hour and it's once off then on again as I leave. 5 days a week in the perfect curves would be awful because they would stink.

Perfect curves only failing is the lack of a snot wipe patch for days out.

As Scotroutes says Pogies are worth trying. Only just got some and for my first outing had to remove my gloves as it was too warm with them on and last weekend bivi-ing in Wales I wore my most ventilated summer gloves just so I had some palm padding. Awesome, if odd looking. 😉

+1 for Endura Deluge.

Very warm and wind proof.

To test how waterproof they are I washed my bike in them last weekend. It was about 2° outside. Bucket full of water, sponge, muc-off, cold water hose... The process lasted about 30 minutes. My hands stayed warm and dry all the time! 🙂

AAAALLLLDDDDIIII!!!!

Yet another happy cheapskate here, I've got two old pairs still going strong...

Bought their lobster-mit style ones in the last cycling special, not so impressed with those TBH, mostly because I'm not used to holding the bars like a vulcan, nothing wrong with the gloves as such, those mits are apparently waterproof (Spray rather than a deluge perhaps) where the older ones make no such claims IIRC, and I have saturated them a few times, hence I have a spare pair...

You can unpick the crappy looking [i]"BIKING" [/i] text to improve the look of them a wee bit...

Well worth a fiver IMO, wouldn't pay a tenner for them though...

My aldi gloves lasted 2 rides before the lining disintegrated.

Curious some of the comments about Craft gear. I have some old lobster gloves of theirs that are super for winter road miles. They have a nice warm removable liner and lots of wiggle room. Was out the other night for 3 hours in sub zero temps and hands were fine. Unfortunately I don't think they do these anymore and now have a fixed liner.

I'd definitely go the lobster glove and separate liner route if I were to replace them. The Assos winter glove system looks interesting, with the liner, the mid and the outer lobster (though it looks like they've stopped selling them as a boxed set now.) As does the Rapha overmitt with their merino liner. All well over a hundred quid though.

It was -3 on my commute this morning and my Aldi gloves worked pretty well. They could do with less bulk on the palm and being slightly longer in the fingers, but what do you expect for £5?

Sealskinz are warm but soak up water like a sponge, so completely useless in the wet.

Have pogies on the fatbikes, incredibly warm. You just have to ignore the fact that they look like oven gloves. Castelli diluvio gloves are warm, they're neoprene so they tend to get a bit wet and warm inside.

what are those neoprene type gloves like in the cold?
look ace for when its wet but like they may struggle when its ball numbingly cold

mrchrispy - Member

what are those neoprene type gloves like in the cold?
look ace for when its wet but like they may struggle when its ball numbingly cold

Warmest bike gloves I've ever worn by quite a long (except for motorbike gloves, which are pretty awful on a pushiron).

Another happy endura strike owner here, warm and waterproof, come up a bit small though

Aldi, every time!

SealSkinz have been disappointing for me.

I'm going to try and ride in ski gloves before I hit the button on a new purchase.

Gore Countdown !!! Can't believe nobody has mentioned these, best winter gloves around IMO. Warm and waterproof cus they're made of Goretex and really grippy on yer grips...

£35 from Germany at the moment, [url= http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/gore-bike-wear-countdown-gore-tex-r-gloves-8921 ]no brainer ![/url]

I got some Gore Windstopper gloves about a month ago, some rides they feel too warm, other times within 2 miles I've stopped and put glove liners on underneath as the tips of my fingers were so cold.

I also recommended them to a friend saying they were great and she's had to resort to liners as well.

Well I bought some of those perfect curve gloves and boy were they warm
had to take them off on my first lap of the puffer as my hands were too hot .

would be great when its raining

What's the sizing like on the perfect curve gloves?

I'm a XL in Troylee and most sixsixone gloves.

Pearl izumi with a silk liner on cold days like today. Really wet, then i use Decathlon neoprine gloves

Test here http://www.moredirt.com/bikekit/Grouptest---Winter-Gloves-Part-2/3524/
So i'm gonna give the Sombrios a try. luckily i have big hands, so at £9 worth a go.
Still use my lovely Cannondales that are about 10 years old, never found anything as thin and yet warm as those.

Just bought a pair of new winter gloves, a pair of Endurance Strikes. Only worn to -2 so far and in the rain/mud. They keep my hands warm, not too bulky and keep the water out so far. £28 from CRC. My old Aldi winter gloves (rated to -5) aren't up to it: cold fingers.