Have thick winter gloves, fingers still effing cold

[tippersv]

Get some heated grips you pansy.

x2
If heated grips are gay, then I'm Graham Norton!

[Stirts]

I have set of Oxford Bar Muffs somewhere - Now all I need to do is find where I put them and problem shall be solved!

Are they tight or floppy, and roast beef colored? Are they furry? Do they smell fishy or sweaty?

[Motu]

Age comes into it too - I was talking to a friend who was riding bikes when I was a boy the other day, and I was saying it's getting too cold for me to ride to work these mornings, and we were reminiscing about how we used to ride to work on frosty mornings with no gloves, no helmet, no goggles and just a light jacket. I'd been riding every day for nearly a decade before I got some winter gloves - and I only got them because I found them lying in the middle of the road...and still have my fur lined gauntlets. After 45 years on the road, I'm getting to be a bit of a sook.

[The Pastor]

http://fat-bike.com/2012/01/pogies-k...e-digits-warm/

these are a thing. They exist for motorbikes (think farmers and atvs/quads).

I got given a pair as a gift from mates travelling in china, they say everyone uses them on all types of bikes in the snow.

I've tried them out, and they were a bit too small to fit my bike. but im sure nz made ones would work.

You'll look like a pratt using them tho.

[GrayWolf]

I heart you all (in the most manly and ungay way)






because you have reminded me that I have set of Oxford Bar Muffs somewhere - Now all I need to do is find where I put them and problem shall be solved!

Thanks all

Bar Muffs? Ya PANSY.... even more 'gay' than heated grips.....

[Banditbandit]

because you have reminded me that I have set of Oxford Bar Muffs somewhere - Now all I need to do is find where I put them and problem shall be solved!

Thanks all

If you put them on, make sure, when you are falling off, to get your hands back out of the muffs so that your hands don't get trapped in there at a very bad time !

[TheDemonLord]

Bar Muffs? Ya PANSY.... even more 'gay' than heated grips.....

Gay maybe, but they are free since I already have them :P

[swbarnett]

Once you have had heated grips you will:
A) wonder why you didn't get them sooner.
and...
B) Want them on every bike you own from that day forward.

I've used the heated grips on my wife's bike and I, quite frankly, find them a bit useless. At full bore all I got was burnt palms and frozen top side.

[swbarnett]

+1. I haven't got heated grips on the Street Triple but fitted Acerbis guards which made a bit of difference. However, on really cold days, I just pop on my Rain-off mitts (http://www.rain-off.com/) over the winter gloves and that makes a huge difference. They're also the bees knees for riding in torrential conditions.

Last winter I wore brand new winter gloves (Rev'it Kelvins), thermal glove liners and rain-offs. Helped a little but by the time I got to work some mornings I'd almost lost feeling in about the first cm or so of most of my fingers. I guess it didn't help that I started in Tuakau at 05:30 heading for the Auckland CBD.

This Winter I've opted to start work later. We'll see how that goes.

[EJK]

Get a car.

[jellywrestler]

Nonsense. Heated grips rock. .

reword it to say tie heated grips to a rock and throw them off a bridge. heated jackets are the answer, then you can use on differnt bikes and get your whole body warm, and you r mind thinking clearer in the cold.

[swbarnett]

What I would love is a pair of extreme cold weather gloves (as worn in arctic blizzards) that are thin on the inside so you can still control the bike. Then I'd add heated grips.

[buggerit]

Are they tight or floppy, and roast beef colored? Are they furry? Do they smell fishy or sweaty?

different kind of muff

[Gremlin]

What I would love is a pair of extreme cold weather gloves (as worn in arctic blizzards) that are thin on the inside so you can still control the bike. Then I'd add heated grips.

I've found overmitts to be the best guarantee of stopping water, however, lose a lot of feeling (I've got the Rain Off 1-1-3) and dexterity. I actually find I use summer gloves inside the mitts to make the combo a bit thinner, if I don't need the warmth.

For really cold conditions, you probably can't beat heated gloves, but I've never needed that. Coldest conditions I've ridden in have been about -4 to -5 ambient (wind chill factor guesstimate makes it about -17 as it was hours on open road) and for that, it was thermals, heated vest and jacket (Rukka) for core, usual winter gloves (Revit Kelvin I think), handguards and heated grips. Keeping my core so warm (the vest felt fantastic) negated the need for extreme measures at finger tips and toes (actually you can get heated socks too).

Heated grips can result in a warm palm and cold back of the hand, hand guards make a noticeable difference). Ultimately, thermals are only so good, if your body is able to generate the required heat. Otherwise, you need something active, heated gear, generating the heat for you.

[R650R]

When its cold its cold, barkbusters don't do much, you'll still get cold fingers with them.
Tested my heated Tourmaster leather gloves over Taihape rd and desert road also today. You don't think their very warm till you take them off!
Work very well even when not plugged in.
Got them over heated grips as I'm always covering the brake/clutch so that's two fingers not getting heated etc...
Their not a big name brand but some good reviews online.