disenfranchised
23rd June 2009, 18:39
I have been riding in my summer gloves and just lately with the cold weather, have found them just a little unbearable.
When it's wet they're annoying too, as they can take a few days to get back to fully dry.
So I bought some winter gloves last week....Went to Red Baron and had a decent go over several models.
In the end I walked away with a pair of Shift Torrents
The shop assistant used them himself, and gave a personal recomendation as to them being good...the other gloves I tried he said should also be good, but as he hadn't used them, no personal recommendation....Fair enough too.
They were supposed to be waterproof enough to dunk your hand in a bucket of water. He did say that when wet, at 100kph, then they might still be cold. As I'm mostly commuting I didn't see this as a big deal.
So first day using them, and my hands are freezing....just as much as in my summer gloves.
So I took them back and asked to swap for a different kind.
They accepted that no problem, and even offered me a more expensive pair at no extra charge (possibly just to get me out of the shop as they were closing up)
So I now have a pair of DriRider Alpines
Good on ya Red Baron
(hope these ones work)
When it's wet they're annoying too, as they can take a few days to get back to fully dry.
So I bought some winter gloves last week....Went to Red Baron and had a decent go over several models.
In the end I walked away with a pair of Shift Torrents
The shop assistant used them himself, and gave a personal recomendation as to them being good...the other gloves I tried he said should also be good, but as he hadn't used them, no personal recommendation....Fair enough too.
They were supposed to be waterproof enough to dunk your hand in a bucket of water. He did say that when wet, at 100kph, then they might still be cold. As I'm mostly commuting I didn't see this as a big deal.
So first day using them, and my hands are freezing....just as much as in my summer gloves.
So I took them back and asked to swap for a different kind.
They accepted that no problem, and even offered me a more expensive pair at no extra charge (possibly just to get me out of the shop as they were closing up)
So I now have a pair of DriRider Alpines
Good on ya Red Baron
(hope these ones work)