What gloves?

spasypaddy
spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
edited March 2016 in Commuting chat
I need something to take the chill off in the morning, its too warm for thick gloves but too cold for fingerless (i find).

Ive never replaced my gore gloves that went missing a LONG time ago (some girl chucked them on a motorway). I cant even remember the model name to buy them again...

So suggestions please?
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  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    Not until you tell us *exactly* what happened to the old ones...
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  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    lent them to a girl on a ride, she took them off when there was a gust of wind by a motorway, they disappeared over the side of the bridge.
  • This is a sore point with me - had an absolutely brilliant pair of Louis Garneau Course Attack gloves that were perfect for about six months of spring / autumn conditions.
    And of course lost them.
    If you can find them still stocked anywhere in the UK, I want to know please. :?
  • rower63
    rower63 Posts: 1,991
    My favourite lightweight fingered gloves funnily enough are the Halfords ones. The only ones with fingers long enough for me. A big "nose-wipe" area too. I have 3 pairs.
    http://www.halfords.com/cycling/clothing/gloves/halfords-lightweight-cycling-gloves-medium
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  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    I was hoping for something more scandalous :(

    Cheap Planet X gloves for me - Lobster ones for really cold weather, Softshell ones for intermediate conditions. I have a few pairs of the latter so I can use one pair for pre-riding CX courses and then switch to a clean pair for the race itself. They don't last forever, but they're cheap as chips so I don't mind chucking them after a couple of seasons (and wouldn't be distraught if they were dropped off a motorway bridge).
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    rower63 wrote:
    My favourite lightweight fingered gloves funnily enough are the Halfords ones. The only ones with fingers long enough for me. A big "nose-wipe" area too. I have 3 pairs.
    http://www.halfords.com/cycling/clothing/gloves/halfords-lightweight-cycling-gloves-medium

    I use the same ones. V comfy and just use liners for chillier starts
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    The most flexible gloves I've ever owned are the Assos Early Winters (851). Second to those are some Pearl Izumi ones with thin lobsters built into the backs that you can use or tuck away
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    The most flexible gloves I've ever owned are the Assos Early Winters (851). Second to those are some Pearl Izumi ones with thin lobsters built into the backs that you can use or tuck away
    I had those Pearl Izumi's and ended up cutting out the lobster fingers as they never seemed to stay tucked away.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,244
    Which gloves surely?
  • byke68
    byke68 Posts: 1,070
    BigMat wrote:
    Prendas / DeFeet.

    These - go for the fluo Yellow, gets you seen and grippy palms.
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  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    byke68 wrote:
    BigMat wrote:
    Prendas / DeFeet.

    These - go for the fluo Yellow, gets you seen and grippy palms.
    I have these too.

    Good gloves
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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Very happy with my Planet X gloves, sold as winter but are really 2 season for spring and Autumn, heavier duty ones for winter!,
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  • pollys_bott
    pollys_bott Posts: 1,012
    It might sound flippant but the missus bought a pair of thin fleece gloves from Tesco for a quid... worn underneath mitts they work perfectly for me when it's 6-10c approx...
  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,973
    start with long finger and migrate to mitts during the ride, as I run warm
  • vimfuego
    vimfuego Posts: 1,783
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Castelli Nano XT
  • elbowloh wrote:
    byke68 wrote:
    BigMat wrote:
    Prendas / DeFeet.

    These - go for the fluo Yellow, gets you seen and grippy palms.
    I have these too.

    Good gloves

    Details on the website do not specify whether they are actually windproof or not. The material on the back of hand looks a bit woolly-glove - ie., not windproof?
    http://www.prendas.co.uk/prendas-ciclis ... glove.html
  • ic.
    ic. Posts: 769
    Castelli Lightness. Brilliant gloves
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  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    Castelli Nano XT
    damn wish id seen that before i went out for lunch.

    bought the gore mistrals... £29.99


    lightness vs nano xt?

    might just take these back to cyclesurgery and get the nano xt or the lightness...
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Second to those are some Pearl Izumi ones with thin lobsters built into the backs that you can use or tuck away

    My daughter has some hello kitty ones like that!
  • byke68
    byke68 Posts: 1,070
    elbowloh wrote:
    byke68 wrote:
    BigMat wrote:
    Prendas / DeFeet.

    These - go for the fluo Yellow, gets you seen and grippy palms.
    I have these too.

    Good gloves

    Details on the website do not specify whether they are actually windproof or not. The material on the back of hand looks a bit woolly-glove - ie., not windproof?
    http://www.prendas.co.uk/prendas-ciclis ... glove.html

    I just stick 'em on and away I go! Windproof? Probably.
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  • FoldingJoe
    FoldingJoe Posts: 1,327
    +1 for the Pearl Izumi's - assuming you mean these?

    http://gearjunkie.com/pearl-izumi-pro-lobster-wind-mitt
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  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    so tomorrow i'll have a shed tonne of choice...

    bought the gore ones today, and having delivered from wiggle the two different castelli ones
  • The most flexible gloves I've ever owned are the Assos Early Winters (851).

    I had a pair of those, and the Assos liner gloves to go with them. I found that even at 4 degrees the combination of the two was too chilly. Sold the Early Winters, kept the liners use them with some cheaper craft gloves that aren't as well fitted, but at least don't allow *all* the chill in.

    Overpriced tat, in my opinion.
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    dhope wrote:
    The most flexible gloves I've ever owned are the Assos Early Winters (851). Second to those are some Pearl Izumi ones with thin lobsters built into the backs that you can use or tuck away
    I had those Pearl Izumi's and ended up cutting out the lobster fingers as they never seemed to stay tucked away.

    Ha - they can be a bit like that but it has never really bothered me that much
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • Just bought a pair of these from PX:

    http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CLJCWIGL/j ... ford-glove

    I got some of the Jacobson overshoes from Sports Pursuit a few weeks back and they are simply superb - really well fitted and well thought out. Hopefully the gloves will be as good.
  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    spasypaddy wrote:
    Castelli Nano XT
    damn wish id seen that before i went out for lunch.

    bought the gore mistrals... £29.99


    lightness vs nano xt?

    might just take these back to cyclesurgery and get the nano xt or the lightness...

    I got the lightness this week. When they arrived I thought they were weird, was going to send them back. Tried them yesterday on a 4 mile commute in at 2 degrees and, as expected, I was cold. But I knew that. Just wanted to try the feel of them.

    Just been to the shops, 5 miles, at 6 degrees. They were great.
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  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    ive got the lightness, the nano xt and the gore mistral's on my couch.

    now i cant decide which ones i want haha
  • ic.
    ic. Posts: 769
    Just go with the Lightness bud. I've had mine months now and for anything above 5 degrees I find them brilliant. Honestly one of the best bits of kit I own.
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    2020 Merida Reacto Disc Ltd - black on black
    2015 CAAD8 105 - very green - stripped to turbo bike
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    Boardman CX Team - sold
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