Frosty Ride

[slofox]

Since I knew the rain was heading back in today, I zoomed out early this morning. Air temp was -0.8 when I left, according to my electromoronic weather recording contraption device...which indeed told no lies. Despite winter gloves, my friggin' hands were soon stone dead, and after about 50km I was more than happy to head home to a tub full of hot water...:cold:
Funny how cold hands can affect your whole attitude to the ride. Hitting a corrugation in a corner is usually no big deal, but with frozen phalanges, it becomes an epic disaster waiting to happen...
Better be looking into heated grips...or HTFU maybe.

[BM-GS]

Heated grips - don't leave home without them. Some MX-style handguards help keep the rain off too...

[fergie]

When i got my beemer i thought 'heated grips" wont use em!" how wrong was i?

[Big Dave]

Possum & wool mix gloves under bike gloves work very well too.

[snuffles]

heasted hand grips are the devices of champions.......never take any shit for using them

[Blackshear]

Don't put them in hot water, shit'll kill you and make your hands all prickly and itchy!!!

[dpex]

Since I knew the rain was heading back in today, I zoomed out early this morning. Air temp was -0.8 when I left, according to my electromoronic weather recording contraption device...which indeed told no lies. Despite winter gloves, my friggin' hands were soon stone dead, and after about 50km I was more than happy to head home to a tub full of hot water...:cold:
Funny how cold hands can affect your whole attitude to the ride. Hitting a corrugation in a corner is usually no big deal, but with frozen phalanges, it becomes an epic disaster waiting to happen...
Better be looking into heated grips...or HTFU maybe.

Man! Heated grips rock!!!!

Interestingly, I thought coating my gloves with a water repellant was a cool idea. However, I have discovered that wet gloves, wrapped around full-noise hot-grips, work way better.

BTW: I failed to estimate the day and chose to use my racing gloves, which aren't coated. They got quickly soaked and the water transfered heat way better than my treated, dry-gloves ever have.

[Mully]

Umm, what did Frosty think about all this?

[Mom]

Wool is warm if wet and cold, I go BD option, heated grips have a huge rep though for the really cold places. I live in winterless norf, so know nothing about cold.

[Big Dave]

Wool is warm if wet and cold, I go BD option, heated grips have a huge rep though for the really cold places. I live in winterless norf, so know nothing about cold.

North Noosa and I'm buying it.

[FJRider]

Despite winter gloves, my friggin' hands were soon stone dead, and after about 50km I was more than happy to head home to a tub full of hot water...:cold:


Perhaps you have a pair of "North Island winter gloves" ... try a pair of "South Island winter gloves"... :whistle:

[Warr]

Umm, what did Frosty think about all this?
What he said :woohoo:

[slofox]

Umm, what did Frosty think about all this?

I might get a frosty reception after this post I suppose...

[CookMySock]

Get heated grips and jacket and go anywhere, anytime you please, without care or consequence.

Steve

[Katman]

I envy people who have bikes that they don't mind putting heated grips on.

[Big Dave]

Get heated grips and jacket and go anywhere, anytime you please, without care or consequence.

Steve


Meh - Takes more than plug-ins to be Big Dave.

[duckonin]

Around $110 for the heated grips plus fitting, but make sure they are wired into the key, and you will never have reason to complain about the cold, on short trips anyway...