Cheap but good winter gloves…
Discussion
V1nce Fox said:
As title really. Don’t want to stop commuting over winter (25mins each way) but had to admit defeat to using summer gloves this morning.
What winter gloves can i get for 30 odd quid that are worth having?
Frank Thomas ninja turtle gloves. The ones where you essentially end up with 3 digits as each finger space is shared with 2 fingers then the thumb on its own. What winter gloves can i get for 30 odd quid that are worth having?
They arnt the most comfortable having your fingers strapped to each other but by golly do they keep your hands warm even without heated grips.
https://jsaccessories.co.uk/product/sixs-underwear...
Wife bought me a pair of these for Christmas, I was skeptical at first but they are actually brilliant. First glove liners Ive had that actually do the job. Managed to cover 190 miles last Sunday at between 1° and 5° in my summer gloves.
Wife bought me a pair of these for Christmas, I was skeptical at first but they are actually brilliant. First glove liners Ive had that actually do the job. Managed to cover 190 miles last Sunday at between 1° and 5° in my summer gloves.
Winter gloves serve two purposes: To keep your hands warm and to protect your hands if/when you end up heading for the tarmac.
While I don't believe that paying more guarantees better protection, I do believe that protection costs and better protection costs more.
There is no way I'd want to trust a pair of gloves that cost £30 new to protect my hands in the event of an off. When we fall, most of us on most occasions stick our hands out in front of us so they tend to be the part of the body that makes contact with the tarmac first, at the highest speed and with the greatest load. Likewise, if we slide we tend to instinctively use our hands to try to stop the slide and to do whatever "steering" we can.
For me, the first purpose of gloves is protection in a crash. If you feel the skin on your hands is only worth £30 then that's your call. I know the skin on my hands is worth much more than that.
If the question were posed without such a ridiculously low and unrealistic budget then I'd suggest you look at:
Bar muffs
Heated grips
Heated inner gloves
or maybe some combination of those.
While I don't believe that paying more guarantees better protection, I do believe that protection costs and better protection costs more.
There is no way I'd want to trust a pair of gloves that cost £30 new to protect my hands in the event of an off. When we fall, most of us on most occasions stick our hands out in front of us so they tend to be the part of the body that makes contact with the tarmac first, at the highest speed and with the greatest load. Likewise, if we slide we tend to instinctively use our hands to try to stop the slide and to do whatever "steering" we can.
For me, the first purpose of gloves is protection in a crash. If you feel the skin on your hands is only worth £30 then that's your call. I know the skin on my hands is worth much more than that.
If the question were posed without such a ridiculously low and unrealistic budget then I'd suggest you look at:
Bar muffs
Heated grips
Heated inner gloves
or maybe some combination of those.
black-k1 said:
Winter gloves serve two purposes: To keep your hands warm and to protect your hands if/when you end up heading for the tarmac.
While I don't believe that paying more guarantees better protection, I do believe that protection costs and better protection costs more.
There is no way I'd want to trust a pair of gloves that cost £30 new to protect my hands in the event of an off. When we fall, most of us on most occasions stick our hands out in front of us so they tend to be the part of the body that makes contact with the tarmac first, at the highest speed and with the greatest load. Likewise, if we slide we tend to instinctively use our hands to try to stop the slide and to do whatever "steering" we can.
For me, the first purpose of gloves is protection in a crash. If you feel the skin on your hands is only worth £30 then that's your call. I know the skin on my hands is worth much more than that.
If the question were posed without such a ridiculously low and unrealistic budget then I'd suggest you look at:
Bar muffs
Heated grips
Heated inner gloves
or maybe some combination of those.
100% agreed! After having scaphoid reconstruction surgery on my wrist and now the pain I'm in most days due to an off on the bike. I suggest purchasing a pair of gloves which provides the most protection. While I don't believe that paying more guarantees better protection, I do believe that protection costs and better protection costs more.
There is no way I'd want to trust a pair of gloves that cost £30 new to protect my hands in the event of an off. When we fall, most of us on most occasions stick our hands out in front of us so they tend to be the part of the body that makes contact with the tarmac first, at the highest speed and with the greatest load. Likewise, if we slide we tend to instinctively use our hands to try to stop the slide and to do whatever "steering" we can.
For me, the first purpose of gloves is protection in a crash. If you feel the skin on your hands is only worth £30 then that's your call. I know the skin on my hands is worth much more than that.
If the question were posed without such a ridiculously low and unrealistic budget then I'd suggest you look at:
Bar muffs
Heated grips
Heated inner gloves
or maybe some combination of those.
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