Winter Gloves!

balthazar
balthazar Posts: 1,565
edited December 2011 in Road buying advice
I'm after some winter gloves for my pa (doing my mum's christmas shopping..). He'd prefer the thinner ones- winter is soft in Cornwall and he has some of the lobster ones which he doesn't use because they get too hot. Windproof is good but supposed "waterproof" is unnecessary; fall protection desirable, though big gel pads probably not; he'll probably only like ones that are prevailingly black, but lots of reflective stuff is good. £25-30 ish. Ideas?! Thanks!

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  • KillerMetre
    KillerMetre Posts: 199
    Slightly over budget but bloody good.

    http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Specialized-Sub ... =Froogle02

    They do come with a 'lobster' style glove which is too warm for anything above 5 degrees ( hence the name sub zero I guess).However the other glove that comes with it is superb, windproof, though not waterproof and perfect for most single figure days
  • jordan_217
    jordan_217 Posts: 2,580
    Not cycling specific but I've been using them since the temperature started to drop:

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/craft-running-t ... love-Black

    I got mine slightly cheaper from PBK. Three hour ride yesterday, with a bit of drizzle and the temp at 3-5C and they were fine. Good grips on the fingers/palm and zero padding. The cuffs are relatively long so drafts are kept out. Could do with a fleece (or similar) patch on the thumbs for wiping my snotty nose but they aren't cycle gloves so I can't complain.

    These are ideal for when 'proper' Winter gloves would be overkill.
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  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    I've got some Castelli lightness gloves. Perfect unless its sub zero temperatures. Usually around £25-30 though
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  • balthazar
    balthazar Posts: 1,565
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    I've got some Castelli lightness gloves. Perfect unless its sub zero temperatures. Usually around £25-30 though

    They looked pretty good. Ordered. Thanks all!
  • markmod
    markmod Posts: 501
    You won't regret it +1 for the castellis

    :)
  • carbon337
    carbon337 Posts: 414
    If you can find some Aldi gloves they are great. Onto my 5th winter with mine and was out at weekend in snow and they were still warm.
  • bigpikle
    bigpikle Posts: 1,690
    my Aldi gloves are very windproof but not nearly breathable enough sadly, so I got very sweaty hands all the time. Coupled with the lack of shaping to them I quickly moved on and reserved them for muddy wear...but no doubt they were pretty good value for the ridiculous price.
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  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    Bigpikle wrote:
    my Aldi gloves are very windproof but not nearly breathable enough sadly, so I got very sweaty hands all the time. Coupled with the lack of shaping to them I quickly moved on and reserved them for muddy wear...but no doubt they were pretty good value for the ridiculous price.[/quote
    £5 won't bring you the ideal glove you are looking for, but as you say they are good value, I have some too and find them ok.

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