I have a pair of Alpinestar Drystar's. Rated for cold weather, and bought from Kneedraggers on cust reviews, but my finger tips are getting blown out, just painful. Upper 30's this AM. with a second pair of gloves under. I've tried both with liner and without. Any recommendation on gloves. Just a waste of $50 on these
I would recommend heated glove inserts and maybe handguards. I've already added the handguards but have already decided to get the heated inserts also.
I have the Tourmaster Synergy heated gloves (and jacket liner), and they are both fantastic.
P.S. you might want to move this thread to the "Gear" forum. :)
I bought a set of these http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/1/1/37/686/ITEM/Olympia-4150-Gore-Tex-All-Season-Gloves.aspx (http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/1/1/37/686/ITEM/Olympia-4150-Gore-Tex-All-Season-Gloves.aspx) and also have some wind stopper liners for the colder days and have had NO issues. I too suffer from frozen fingers and wanted to try the non-wired route. This worked for me the other night with a windchill of 30 degrees and I had no issues.
cool thanks guys.
i finally broke down and put big nasty handguards on the bike for winter a few years ago. that combined with heated gloves have made a massive improvement.
You could also consider adding heated grips.
QuoteYou could also consider adding heated grips.
+1, still the best 40 bucks I´ve put on my bike.
I went with Gerbing heated gloves and liner and would recommend it for anyone riding in the cold.
i think heated grips are useless.
heated glove liners > everything. especiall with microwire by gerbing. if i had to buy them again, id defintely get the liners over the bulky gloves
Quote from: He Man on December 01, 2009, 11:50:55 AM
i think heated grips are useless.
[laugh] OK
I rode to work this morning, it was 40* out, I was wearing my comfy, summer Held gloves...and my hands were toasty thanks to my Oxford heated grips. Worthless I guess.
Heated gloves are a PIA IMO, since you have to mess with wires and you have to have the gloves with you. Grips are ALWAYS on your bike. [thumbsup]
I'd only get heated gloves if I rode in very cold weather (sy 35* and below)...a lot of the time.
Anyway, to the OP...Oxford heated grips. search ebay...they're about $80 and they work very well. [thumbsup]
Quote from: Triple J on December 01, 2009, 12:15:29 PM
[laugh] OK
I rode to work this morning, it was 40* out, I was wearing my comfy, summer Held gloves...and my hands were toasty thanks to my Oxford heated grips. Worthless I guess.
i had Dualstar heated grips on my bike for 2 years. my commute is 70mph highway speeds + city traffic @ 15-40degrees for about 1:30 hours. Grips dont cut it. they keep your palm toasty, which is pointless when the wind is blowing at the back of your hand. 40 degrees is still fair weather riding. [evil]
I agree the heated grips are not sufficient when it is in the 30s-40s, but heated gloves are not an option for all of us. :(
how about wearing a thin summer glove underneath and XXS heated glove on top? I can ask my gf to put on her size XS icon pursuit gloves and then stick them in my XS gerbings for you if you like. thats unless i already mentioned this before. It really sucks that you girls with small hands have absolutely no options as far as heated gloves go
I kinda know how you feel though. Gerbings run down to XXS, im wearing XS and my gf can put her hand in it and still have about 3/4 inch until she hits the tips.
pee in your gloves before putting them on and they'll be pretty warm for the first bit of the ride...
at least that works in scuba diving... (ahem, don't try it in a dry suit...)
Quote from: He Man on December 01, 2009, 04:05:04 PM
how about wearing a thin summer glove underneath and XXS heated glove on top? I can ask my gf to put on her size XS icon pursuit gloves and then stick them in my XS gerbings for you if you like. thats unless i already mentioned this before. It really sucks that you girls with small hands have absolutely no options as far as heated gloves go
I kinda know how you feel though. Gerbings run down to XXS, im wearing XS and my gf can put her hand in it and still have about 3/4 inch until she hits the tips.
Unfortunately it hurts my hands after a little while of gripping the handlebars if my gloves are too big or I have too many layers on. I have the same issue with thick bicycling gloves. :P
Quote from: ato memphis on December 01, 2009, 04:06:30 PM
pee in your gloves before putting them on and they'll be pretty warm for the first bit of the ride...
at least that works in scuba diving... (ahem, don't try it in a dry suit...)
:-X
Quote from: somegirl on December 01, 2009, 05:04:08 PM
Unfortunately it hurts my hands after a little while of gripping the handlebars if my gloves are too big or I have too many layers on. I have the same issue with thick bicycling gloves. :P
alright last suggestion, put a uranium rod into your handle bar. the radioactive decay will keep your hands warm from the inside out! [evil]
Quote from: He Man on December 01, 2009, 06:07:51 PM
alright last suggestion, put a uranium rod into your handle bar. the radioactive decay will keep your hands warm from the inside out! [evil]
oh no you didn't. wait, let me check ebay
Check out snowmobile gloves. FXR's have 350g thinsulate on the back and 200g in the palm. I rode mine home from work one morning last winter when it was 9 degrees and .......your thinking i am gonna lie and say my hands stayed warm, but.....I froze my ass off. However, my hands were still functional and not hurting. An added bonus, most snowmobile gloves have little squeegies on the thumb that work great as visor wipers.
If you are thinking about handguards, check out Rox PowerMadds. They look better than regular off road handguards and Rox makes machined aluminum one piece mounts that are super simple and fast to install and uninstall.
http://www.roxspeedfx.com/cgi-bin/cart/showitems.cgi?subcat_id=279 (http://www.roxspeedfx.com/cgi-bin/cart/showitems.cgi?subcat_id=279)
I can get pictures of them installed if anyone is interested.
Quote from: somegirl on December 01, 2009, 03:57:06 PM
I agree the heated grips are not sufficient when it is in the 30s-40s, but heated gloves are not an option for all of us. :(
get the glove liners. they are smaller.
also check out the tourmaster synergy stuff. i believe they have smaller gloves.
and heated grips dont' do shit for you below 40. the pals stays warm, but the thumb and the top of the hand freeze.
Quote from: psycledelic on December 02, 2009, 02:07:25 AM
If you are thinking about handguards, check out Rox PowerMadds. They look better than regular off road handguards and Rox makes machined aluminum one piece mounts that are super simple and fast to install and uninstall.
http://www.roxspeedfx.com/cgi-bin/cart/showitems.cgi?subcat_id=279 (http://www.roxspeedfx.com/cgi-bin/cart/showitems.cgi?subcat_id=279)
I can get pictures of them installed if anyone is interested.
those are the ones i have installed! i had to move my levers in about 1/8" to get it to all fit properly, but they work wonderfully esp in the rain and snow.
Quote from: He Man on December 01, 2009, 03:32:51 PM
i had Dualstar heated grips on my bike for 2 years. my commute is 70mph highway speeds + city traffic @ 15-40degrees for about 1:30 hours. Grips dont cut it. they keep your palm toasty, which is pointless when the wind is blowing at the back of your hand. 40 degrees is still fair weather riding. [evil]
Dual star heated grips suck. I used to think they were OK until I got Oxfords. Now I think they suck.
Heated grips suck below about 35. Below about 40-45 you also need good cold weather gloves (thin palm and thicker outside). Agreed grips have limitations, but they're far from worthless. It all depends on your intended use.
IMO...riding below 35 sucks no matter how you cut it! [cheeky] 15 is just friggin' stupid! :-*
Knight...haven't you had a bunch of pairs of heated gloves fail...mainly the clutch hand?
Quote from: Triple J on December 02, 2009, 10:36:08 AM
Dual star heated grips suck. I used to think they were OK until I got Oxfords. Now I think they suck.
Heated grips suck below about 35. Below about 40-45 you also need good cold weather gloves (thin palm and thicker outside). Agreed grips have limitations, but they're far from worthless. It all depends on your intended use.
IMO...riding below 35 sucks no matter how you cut it! [cheeky] 15 is just friggin' stupid! :-*
Knight...haven't you had a bunch of pairs of heated gloves fail...mainly the clutch hand?
i agree with everything you have said. esp the part about riding when it's really freaking cold.
a big part of the reason they failed is the wire they used was too thin and would break.
that's an issue when you i'm riding through traffic every day. one day i tried to count how many times i pulled in the clutch. i lost count after about 150 times and my ride was only halfway over. i was also getting to the part where all the lights and more traffic is.
i was an inadvertent product tester.
i havne't had much trouble for the past year and a half *knock on wood* aside from having a connector break from flexing on a sub 10 degree day
by the way, i have a backup for in case my gloves go out.
those thin chemical hand warmer packets.
I wear thinsulate thin glove liners under my Alpinestars. So far, they work well. My hands aren't warm but they're not freezing either.
Quote from: KnightofNi on December 02, 2009, 11:19:32 AM
i was an inadvertent product tester.
i havne't had much trouble for the past year and a half *knock on wood* aside from having a connector break from flexing on a sub 10 degree day
I will let you know how my Heated microwire gerbings go. i probably pull in the clutch about 100-200 times a day, with some of them modulating the clutch in for 10-15 minutes at a time, so my hands pretty much always on it.
since microwire doesnt actually have a wire, im hoping they dont break...keyword hoping
i actually like the full gloves, i will wear glove liners when it gets below 30 on a regular basis, but they add a bit too much bulk to be able to do it all the time.
besides, i spent the money heated gloves and dont' want to spend more money on glove liners that will make my gloves thicker all the time. :)
though they might be a decent back-up.
I have heated grips and hand guards on my Vstrom and had heated grips on a prior bike. I also have a variety of gloves, including a pair of cold weather golves with liners. I recently bought a pair of Gerbing heated gloves and I tried in the store a pair of the Gerbing glove liners. My 2 cents:
- As noted above, heated grips are only good down to about 40 degrees for rides over 30 minutes. Even with the hand guards, my fingertips and thumb get too cold especially at speed.
- I hate glove liners and bulky gloves because I can't feel squat. Especially on the Duc where finesse in brake, clutch and throttle is pretty important. The Vstrom is more forgiving of being hamfisted.
- Heated gear rocks and I waited way too long to get some.
Another thing...getting a heated jacket or vest will make heated grips (or winter gloves, heated gloves, etc) more effective by keeping your core temp. up and thus allowing better circulation into your fingers. It's pretty amazing how well it works.
Quote from: Triple J on December 04, 2009, 06:59:13 AM
Another thing...getting a heated jacket or vest will make heated grips (or winter gloves, heated gloves, etc) more effective by keeping your core temp. up and thus allowing better circulation into your fingers. It's pretty amazing how well it works.
if you have bad circulation already then it doens't help that much :(
Quote from: KnightofNi on December 04, 2009, 07:53:34 AM
if you have bad circulation already then it doens't help that much :(
Yup. I can be burning my back and neck and freezing my fingers/toes at the same time. :-\
quit smoking
Me neither.
well, that would have helped. I suggest you start smoking and lose even more circulation, so you can then quit, which will give you a feeling of more circulation.
Or I could just stick my hands and toes in the freezer for a few minutes before I leave so that they feel warmer when I'm on the bike. ;D
It doesn't get as cold here as some of you, mid-high 40's when I leave the house. But my fingers are pretty cold by the time I get to work.
Has anyone had experience with these phase change material gloves?
http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-gloves/roadgear-adaptive-tec-gloves/ (http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-gloves/roadgear-adaptive-tec-gloves/)
Quote from: somegirl on December 04, 2009, 04:13:46 PM
Or I could just stick my hands and toes in the freezer for a few minutes before I leave so that they feel warmer when I'm on the bike. ;D
Now that's thinking outside the box. You should be a manager for the company I work for.
Quote from: Privateer on December 04, 2009, 04:54:27 PM
It doesn't get as cold here as some of you, mid-high 40's when I leave the house. But my fingers are pretty cold by the time I get to work.
Has anyone had experience with these phase change material gloves?
http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-gloves/roadgear-adaptive-tec-gloves/ (http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-gloves/roadgear-adaptive-tec-gloves/)
Not that brand, but here's a very positive review of the Lee Parks version containing the phase change material.
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=31562.msg550930#msg550930 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=31562.msg550930#msg550930)
Just bought some ForceField Climate Control liners from Kneedraggers $30, waterproof, windproof, breatheable etc etc etc. My fingers are still frozen. I have Alpinestar DryStar gloves, work great till it hits 30 and below. Gees, I thought these liners would work well. Guess I need some new top gloves since that's where it all starts. Recommendations?
I use Gerbings heated gloves and have had them out in as low as 12 degrees for my 1/2 hour+ ride and they work great.
Heated grips help, but don't keep your finger tips warm.