Mittens with STIs?

Nuggs

Does anyone successfully manage to use STI levers while wearing mittens?

I've seen a super-warm pair of mitts at a local mountaineering store (despite the lack of mountains in Sussex), but am worried that they'll be too clumsy for changing gear etc.

smoo

You can get used to it fairly quickly.

Shimano - changing down is easy as the whole lever moves. Changing up, you just nudge the smaller lever with the side of the mitten.

Campag - no problem using the thumb shifters to change up, and changing down is like changing up on Shimano. It's a little more tricky as you have to push the lever through with the side of the mitten as opposed to just hitting it, but it's doable.

MabBee

Watch out for seam placement. I bought a nice pair of mittens, but they have a thick internal seam that runs across the palm which makes holding the hadlebars really painful (it lands right on the ulnar nerve).

Lagavulin

Must confess I've found changing gears even with Specialized Radiants on my Tiagra/105 equipped Allez can be a bit clumsy at times. :oops:

Even I'm struggling to justify changing the groupset over though.

Bianchi Boy

Mittens are wrong! You know it!

JC.152

mitts are much better than mittens 8)


even though your hands would freeze to the bars

Nuggs

Bianchi Boy wrote:

Mittens are wrong! You know it!

Better than frostbite though!