Winter gloves for below zero.

PaulTB

It's really freezing recently and, moreover I ride usually at around 7-8pm (after work), so temperature of -4 Celcius is quite frequent. My Gore Mistral gloves are very good down to about +2, but below 0 it's so cold, that the only thing I think about is getting back home (followed by very tricky trials to open the door with frozen fingers). Could you suggest me some warm gloves for these really cold trainings? I use STI, therefore I would prefer something not limiting mobility of hands too much (like lobsters). Does anyone use Pearl Izumi Pittards Elite? They have them in my LBS ( Evans Cycles), so I could get them for the next ride. I just don't want to make a mistake and buy another pair of good autumn/spring gloves.

I hope you understand my terrible english .
Thanks in advance.

meagain

The 5 quid ski gloves I recently bought on a market are (so far) the warmest gloves I've had. Also pretty waterproof for first couple of hours or so. If they were sold as "cycling gloves" would cost 5x as much!

andrewgturnbull

Hi there.

2nd Vote for the Ski gloves. I've got a lovely flourescent pink pair that I probably paid a fiver for in 1980-something the last time I went skiing!

Cheers, Andy

Steveorow

Try a pair of liner gloves under your current gore ones; my brother is into rock climbing and he recommended this approach assuming your gore ones are not skin tight at the moment .
You can nomaly get these for £5 . Works for me .

nferrar

i use Spesh Sub-Zeros when it's really cold, no problems so far (you get an inner and outer glove, inner can also be used on it's own when it's warmer). Probably not a whole lot better than a ski glove but have some cycling specific padding and a furry nose wipe on the thumb They're waterproof as well, not sure if cheap ski gloves are.

schlepcycling

I have these http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Specialized-Sub-Zero-2009-long-fingered-cycling-gloves_19980.htm which I use when the temp falls below zero and have found them to be excellent.

croggy

I have a pair of neoprene gloves that are super toasty.For sub-zero days I wear thin liner gloves as well.

PaulTB

Thx for answers. I bought some Altura liners and tried them out today at +1. It's better than my Gore gloves on their own (for today's temp. it was just great), but for sub-zero I'm affraid it will still be much too cold. I think I will buy Endura Lobster gloves to use only on extreme cold (unless warmer days - or rather nights - come soon). There is nothing more irritating than bungled workout due to frozen fingers. I need to keep them warm even at the expense of decreased mobility. I wish there was more snow in England , there is no fun when it's freezing, bland and gloomy.

Nuggs

I just bought a pair of Pearl Izumi Lobster Amfib gloves. They were seriously toasty on today's arctic ride. Paired with liners, you could probably handle liquid nitrogen without any difficulties*.



*Don't try this at home.