I need some REALLY warm gloves, your tips please

**Armitage Shanks** · 3rd May 2009, 21:01

Heading down to Mt Cook and further south in a few days....current leather gloves are rubbish for finger warmth. ( C R A P )

I'm prepared to pay up to 200 but no more for a decent pair of warm gloves, any tips on what not to buy, what to buy ?

**Charlie41** · 3rd May 2009, 21:04

I am also looking for new gloves, but I need WARM and WATER PROOF

**CookMySock** · 3rd May 2009, 21:09

Heated grips and jacket will be mint. You can spend ya money on new gloves, and it will be better, but heated gear is teh shizo - permanently end of problem. If you only want to speed 200 bucks, get a heated vest.

Steve

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 3rd May 2009, 21:14

Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks

Heading down to Mt Cook and further south in a few days....current leather gloves are rubbish for finger warmth. ( C R A P )

I'm prepared to pay up to 200 but no more for a decent pair of warm gloves, any tips on what not to buy, what to buy ?

heated grips... and mine cost $120 (brand new) you may pick up a chea set from tardme

**The Pastor** · 3rd May 2009, 21:14

I can tell you how to make the warmest gloves out for about $1.

Disposeable latex gloves under your bike ones. amazing. you'll get sweaty tho.

**IdunBrokdItAgin** · 3rd May 2009, 21:15

I have gloves for sale. Very warm and waterproof.

Linky

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh....php?p=2042665

Honestly, they are good gloves - just bought wrong size. To try, either contact me or (if not in welly) just pop into a dealer that stocks them and try them on (and then come back to me if they are right for you.

Cheers

**Armitage Shanks** · 3rd May 2009, 21:15

[QUOTE=DangerousBastard;1129197366]Heated grips and jacket will be mint. You can spend ya money on new gloves, and it will be better, but heated gear is teh shizo - permanently end of problem. If you only want to speed 200 bucks, get a heated vest.

Not worried about the rest of my body, just the gloves ...not interested in getting heated grips......thanks for your comments

**FJRider** · 3rd May 2009, 21:17

Seldom such things as "waterproof"... merely water "resistant". I use a pair of Dririder gloves, which are warm even in Central otago winters. A pair of Over gloves may be purchased if extra waterproofing is required after that. My Dririder gloves cost about $90 ... when I bought mine.

**Sidewinder** · 3rd May 2009, 21:19

Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks

Heading down to Mt Cook and further south in a few days....current leather gloves are rubbish for finger warmth. ( C R A P )

I'm prepared to pay up to 200 but no more for a decent pair of warm gloves, any tips on what not to buy, what to buy ?

get some alpinestars winter gloves! i think they were only like $160 or something like that.... there great because they are leather but have all the good warm bits inside and water proof and not to big

**CookMySock** · 3rd May 2009, 21:33

Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks

Not worried about the rest of my body, just the gloves ...not interested in getting heated grips......thanks for your comments

Uh huh, good. For anyone ELSEs information then - theres little or no point trying to keep your hands warm when your torso is cooling off. The body naturally cuts off circulation to your extremities to protect the core. SO if your core is getting cold the first things to FEEL cold are your fingers and toes. To keep your fingers and toes warm, get a warm JACKET, or better still, a heated one.

disclaimer: That is only what I was told. Could a medical-type person comment?

cheers,
Steve

**YLWDUC** · 3rd May 2009, 21:35

Get a nice gortex lined pair of gloves that are just a bit too large. The air gap should keep your hands a bit warmer than usual. Plus I find tucking my fingernails in to touch the grip keeps them out of the wind.

**FJRider** · 3rd May 2009, 21:45

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard

Uh huh, good. For anyone ELSEs information then - theres little or no point trying to keep your hands warm when your torso is cooling off. The body naturally cuts off circulation to your extremities to protect the core. SO if your core is getting cold the first things to FEEL cold are your fingers and toes. To keep your fingers and toes warm, get a warm JACKET, or better still, a heated one.

disclaimer: That is only what I was told. Could a medical-type person comment?

cheers,
Steve

It gets worse ... when the body core drops, blood temperature also drops. Which affects the speed/way the brain thinks. Early stages of hypothermia...
I would suggest those that ride without good gear, in colder times, read up about it.
A bad decision at this time(when you are cold) ... may kill you.

**Hitcher** · 3rd May 2009, 21:55

1. Heated grips. Oxford or Daytona, but the Oxford has the smarter switch unit. Every bike should have heated grips as standard kit.

3. Silk glove liners. Go to a good outdoors store. It's amazing the difference these make, and they're not as bulk as polyprop or wool.

**Mikkel** · 3rd May 2009, 22:00

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard

Uh huh, good. For anyone ELSEs information then - theres little or no point trying to keep your hands warm when your torso is cooling off. The body naturally cuts off circulation to your extremities to protect the core. SO if your core is getting cold the first things to FEEL cold are your fingers and toes. To keep your fingers and toes warm, get a warm JACKET, or better still, a heated one.

Quite right, that is if you get to the point of hypothermia... which is where, incidentally, we do not want to go. Which means that you advice is pretty much rubbish, sorry.

As a matter of fact you loose a very significant of your body heat through your hands and wrists (together with your head and your feet) because you have both major blood vessels close to the skin and a high density of capilary arteries just below the surface.
In first aid, if you want to re-warm a person, you gently warm the wrists and the ankles to get the temperature back up in the extremities (recirculating very cold blood back to the core can cause various issues once the body "powers" back up again).
You can try the converse, i.e. cooling your wrists under the cold tap, if you are getting extremely hot - it works wonders.

Keeping your hands warm while riding is important both to avoid hypothermia and to retain feel in your fingers. Your braking, clutch and throttle control turns to shit if you got diminished tactile feedback.

**Edbear** · 3rd May 2009, 22:08

Originally Posted by Mikkel

Quite right, that is if you get to the point of hypothermia... which is where, incidentally, we do not want to go. Which means that you advice is pretty much rubbish, sorry.

As a matter of fact you loose a very significant of your body heat through your hands and wrists (together with your head and your feet) because you have both major blood vessels close to the skin and a high density of capilary arteries just below the surface.
In first aid, if you want to re-warm a person, you gently warm the wrists and the ankles to get the temperature back up in the extremities (recirculating very cold blood back to the core can cause various issues once the body "powers" back up again).
You can try the converse, i.e. cooling your wrists under the cold tap, if you are getting extremely hot - it works wonders.

Keeping your hands warm while riding is important both to avoid hypothermia and to retain feel in your fingers. Your braking, clutch and throttle control turns to shit if you got diminished tactile feedback.

Good tip, thanks!