Feel like crying after today's commute home (serious)
pastryboy
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Heavy rain and it was really cold. My thick gloves got soaked through and my hands got really, really cold, painfully cold. I could barely feel them at all
I had to stop for a wee along the canal so had to take my gloves off (and decided to pocket them as they were just saturated and not helping. Then I tried to restore some circulation to my hands by shaking them as I still had the best part of another half an hour to go. I looked down and my wedding ring was gone
I hunted around for it in grass/puddle/mud but couldn't find anything. You can imagine the panic, standing there freezing in the rain. In the end I had to give up.
The rest of the ride was horrible, I could hardly use my brakes as my hands hurt so much. I had to turn my rear light on with my teeth as my hands didn't work. When I got home I couldn't open the gate so had to ring the front bell. I was slumped on the floor for about ten minutes, shaking uncontrollably, my hands hurting like nothing on earth. My wife was pulling my clothes off me as I literally couldn't do anything such was the pain in my hands. All my clothes were soaked but I had barely noticed because my hands hurt so much.
I'm now sitting at home warmed up but absolutely gutted about my ring. I've worn it pretty much constantly for a decade As soon as it's cleared up I'll be heading back to the spot where I must have lost it because I have to try but there's that feeling in my stomach that it will be fruitless. It probably is covered by insurance but that's inconsequential really.
I had to stop for a wee along the canal so had to take my gloves off (and decided to pocket them as they were just saturated and not helping. Then I tried to restore some circulation to my hands by shaking them as I still had the best part of another half an hour to go. I looked down and my wedding ring was gone
I hunted around for it in grass/puddle/mud but couldn't find anything. You can imagine the panic, standing there freezing in the rain. In the end I had to give up.
The rest of the ride was horrible, I could hardly use my brakes as my hands hurt so much. I had to turn my rear light on with my teeth as my hands didn't work. When I got home I couldn't open the gate so had to ring the front bell. I was slumped on the floor for about ten minutes, shaking uncontrollably, my hands hurting like nothing on earth. My wife was pulling my clothes off me as I literally couldn't do anything such was the pain in my hands. All my clothes were soaked but I had barely noticed because my hands hurt so much.
I'm now sitting at home warmed up but absolutely gutted about my ring. I've worn it pretty much constantly for a decade As soon as it's cleared up I'll be heading back to the spot where I must have lost it because I have to try but there's that feeling in my stomach that it will be fruitless. It probably is covered by insurance but that's inconsequential really.
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Good luck explaining that one to the missus.
Going to have a look tomorrow morning and evening on the commute but it'll be dark so I fully expect to be having another hunt on Saturday morning when it gets light.
Horrible conditions today but I'd have been just fine it the cold hadn't got to my hands. Next time I'll wrap them in plastic bags and ride the fixed gear so I don't need to worry about brake levers.
fail to prepare... get a pair of these
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/PXLGWL/pla ... nter-glove
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I agree it's less the money but the object it's self.
The cold issue is down to wrong kit or inadequate kit. BTW losing the wet gloves was possibly the worst thing. Even wet gloves stop windchill. Also if wet gloves have enough insulation They can still give enough benefit.
I used to kayak in winter using thin nylon pogies that attach to your paddle and you slip your hands in. Every stroke you got cold water sloshing into them. They were still warmer than not using them because they cut out the wind. I later replaced them with neoprene version which was even warmer.
One trip i lost one pogie so i did the trip without, like you without your gloves on your way home. At the end my hands were claws, frozen rigid on the paddles such that i could not let go of the paddle. I since that time i got neoprene gloves. My hands get wet but at least the windchill doesn't add to my worries.
I suffer very badly in the cold even in summer (UK) its also partly why I do well in extreme heat
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Don't want to imagine the feeling you had in your stomach...
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Do you have any metal detecting clubs or companies near you? Quick Google turned this up...
https://theringfinders.com/directory/gb/en/
Must be others out there...
Was there at 6AM Friday morning with a torch to no avail so I left work early to try under natural light. I'd pretty much ruled out the spot where I removed my gloves so decided to start 12ft away and comb the area.
Approximately 4/5ft from the point I'd shaken my hands, there is was, the edge of it poking out amongst some dead leaves on the verge.
There are no words for how relieved I felt.
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Can you have a look for mine, it's somewhere just off the slipway on Cold Knap beach, Barry. It's been a while mind.
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For cold commutes at 4 and below, I know it sounds daft but I went Sports Direct and picked up and paid 5.99 for some insulated skiing type gloves... they have masses of space for my fingers and thumbs... I think it is the space for air to warm up that can keep hands tolerably functional. My so called winter DHBs are close fitting and they are like mobile freezers in similar conditions.
They are bulky but I can operate the brakes and thats all I need to do as it is running as single speed.
The latex glove can work as wet shield, but if it makes the gloves tight , then the problem of cold can be as bad.
How about £2 on six numbers tonight?