Have thick winter gloves, fingers still effing cold

[Erelyes]

To recap:
You can cut wind.
You can warm your core.
You can heat your hands.

+1. In that order.

Can cut wind with either barkbuster type things, or the 'rain off' overgloves. Or 'hippo hands' (google)

Once you've done 1) and 2) you may find no need for 3).

[vifferman]

I used to think heated grips were de debil until I bought a bike with them futted. (Yes, futted; I'm a koiwoi). Lived in Chchchch (sound of rattling teeth, commuted on me VF500FFFFFF, even when it was snowing, twice. Only day that caught me out was a crystal clear, fine, cold day, and I thought, "Huh... no frost - how peculiar!" Got a few ms (or is it mmmss?) out onto the road, and discovered it was that sneaky invisible ice, the same colour as the road, and strangely also the concrete, grass, trees.... So I tiptoed a careful U-Turnage, and went back in, and took the Pajero. And a slippy slidey trip to work it was too.)
Anyway, now I have a bike widdem (second set)((heated grips, that is)) I LUFFs it, I do. Luckily, the fairing is cuntingly designed to direct much of the airstram away from the hands at above 75km/h, so it's only at slower speeds on deadly cold D'Auckland daze that they're not so wonderful. But still better than none. Yup.

[FJRider]

Buy a bike that doesn't deflect the air off the fairing ... directly onto your hands/knees.

[Motu]

Get a car.

We are -2 tomorrow, so car it is.

[Oakie]

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.

Plus, all gloves aren't created equal. Heavy leather ones will transmit more cold through to the core. But of course you need to find the balance between protection and warmth.

Yes cotton or silk glove liners make a difference. Plus they're cheap.

I agree with EVERYTHING Devil said. Heated handgrips are the first thing that goes on my bikes. Of course I commute everyday and this morning I think it was -4 degrees so i'm not just a warm weather rider. Being able to feel youer fingertips is a safety thing, not just comfort. Heated handgrips FTW. Now where do I line up for my slap.

[Mike.Gayner]

Buy a bike that doesn't deflect the air off the fairing ... directly onto your hands/knees.

LOL, fairings.

[tri boy]

Pansy.


I find putting my hands inside live animals keeps them warm,

+1
Warm pigs head on each hand.
Keeps the police at bay also.
Plus, makes a great stock, with bugs n road dust adding flavour.










Poof

[swbarnett]

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

Therein lies my problem. I like a cooler core than is needed to get heat to the extremities. I think you're right, heated gloves may be the answer to allow me to stave off overheating my core.

[AllanB]

Your sig says Gulf Harbour - what did it get down to 8 degrees this morning?

-4 when I left to work this morning, in the car, wearing gloves ........ I need heated seats - the leather was cold on my butt.

[Big Dog]

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.

Never tried a heated vest. Price is still a little prohibitive. Size was also a problem last time I looked. I don't tend to get cold in the core, although this year I finally put in the foil liner in my Technic freeway. Feel a turkey when I peel the shiny foil off at the other end but toasty.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[Big Dog]

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.

An old dude who used to come in to the dairy my dad owned had some leather flying gauntlets. Sheepskin upper, ox outer, thin on the bottom. Awesome feel. Beautifully warm. But you can operate buttons etc. it is as if wearing lightweight summer gloves.

Looks a lot like http://www.aeroleatherclothing.com/p...ail.php?id=184


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[Big Dog]

Get a car.

Gosh, and people think having a Naked bike with heated grips is soft.


Edit: I know 8 degrees in Tuakau does not really compare.
Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[george formby]

Despite the banter it just dawned on me that the info in this thread is quite important.

I suffer from "white finger", dead nerves in my fingers, frozen to death. Also common in soldiers doing extreme winter training so I'm told.
I rode all year round & often did 500 + mile days in below freezing temperatures. Having no feeling whatsoever in my feet & hands was par for the course. In the bitter depths of winter, -20c with wind chill on top, I would get home, lean the bike against the wall & toot the horn so somebody would help me off it & into the house. I couldn't walk.

So yeah, if your commuting & it's freezing, look after your hands. It will bite you in the arse in years to come if you don't.

[nzspokes]

I will be bolstering that comfort with some wind cut as soon as I can sort out some hand guards.

Milk bottle cut in half, ad zip ties. Sorted.

The young folk today, always spending money.....

[george formby]

Milk bottle cut in half, ad zip ties. Sorted.

The young folk today, always spending money.....

Too floppy, 4ltr detergent container. Plenty of room for huuuuuuge gloves, too. Ugly as sin but can you stick smiley faces on them. True story. I dislike spending money due to a short supply of it.