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Winter is looming once again in the UK and this year I am going to try and keep my fingers from freezing. So what are the warmest gloves out there, don't really want heated gloves.
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Winter is looming once again in the UK and this year I am going to try and keep my fingers from freezing. So what are the warmest gloves out there, don't really want heated gloves.
Tom
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I am looking at heated grips this year, bought a pair of Triumphs winter gloves last year and my fingers still freeze and they have split along the seams as well..
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I've had my eye on these Tourmaster Winter Elite Gloves for some time, but haven't been able to spring for them yet. So I can't comment on them. Currently I wear these First Gear Explorer gloves and when it gets real cold I wear some silk liners under them. That combo is OK into the 30s (F). I have worn that combo well below freezing during my commute to work (45 minutes one way) and wished for something warmer, but I survived well enough.
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I've been looking at these elkskin gauntlets but I'd really like to handle a pair or get a first person review before I buy.
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I think if I buy another pair of gloves it will be snomobile gloves...
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Mittens are the warmest as they keep all the fingers together to conserve heat, but maybe not the best for riding. Some of these would be a good compromise: Lobster Gloves
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I bought a pair of these, and so far they are the warmest gloves I've used for riding. And they're supposed to be waterproof, but I haven't had to test that yet. web pageBut, in my experience, you either have to block the wind with something like Hippo Hands or some sort of fabricated shields, or else you have to supply heat via electric grips or gloves. Otherwise, the cold air flowing over your hands is going to eventually chill your fingers no matter what kind of gloves you have on. Just my opinion.
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Just settled on Fieldsheer Highway gloves and they arrive next week from Motorcycle Superstore. Will report then. Have some Polarfleece/Goretex Olympias that I bought for CT winters but found them TOO warm and my hands sweated so much that I seldom wore them.
Silk liners make most any glove warm.
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Mittens are the warmest as they keep all the fingers together to conserve heat, but maybe not the best for riding.
Some of these would be a good compromise:
Lobster Gloves
I have some Trepass Ski mittens...and why they are not the best thing really they keep my hands lovely and warm.
The lobster gloves (or turtle gloves - cos they make your hands look like teenage mutant ninja turtles...) are good, just the pair I had weren't that warm. Or were but didn't cope like the mittens. Hein Gerike do a pair that the local branch gave us for a raffle prize last year, the bloke came to the rally this and raved about them.
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I recently bought the Orina 118 gloves. They got high reviews and although I've only used them twice on a couple 50 degree mornings, my hands were sweating they were so warm (I should say "sweaty" as my hands were dry when I took the gloves off). They also have long gauntlets that fit very nicely over my jacket sleeves. I'll have to wait for cooler rides for a better review, but so far they are warmer than anything else I've come across. Don't know about the UK, but the US distributer is here: http://www.adventuremotogear.com/gloves.mgi?mgiToken=6XNJN37TF1TG21U9
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I just got a pair of Olympia gloves for about $60 at the local Cyclegear shop. All season glovesI wore them for the first time this morning, and was impressed. Temp. was 38 F when I left home, and for the 20 mile ride my hands were fine. I use heated grip wraps, but as an experiment I turned them off for about the last ten miles, and my fingertips stayed comfortable. Usually, my fingers (especially fingertips) are the first part of my body to wimp out from the cold, but these seem to be the warmest gloves I've tried. They do a good job blocking out the wind. Will
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you either have to block the wind with something like Hippo Hands
Do they still make those? They were the best!
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Not pretty, but sure looks warm: hippo hands Will
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I bought a set of Hippo Hands said to fit our Triumph bars, & mirrors etc. They measure a whopping 16" X 13". I expect they work great, but I've never used them.
I use a pair of 3 season gloves with silk liners that works for me down to the low 20s F. The Gerbing apparently does the rest. My large Memphis Fats windshield probably helps quite a bit too.
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If it's any help, in the UK Oxford make 'muffs' too.
I think they're bloddy ugly and wouldn't use them unless it gets to 20 below (in new money......dunno what that is in deg F) and if it's that cold I'll be walking to and from work and there'll be no trains running anyway!
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I think they're bloddy ugly and wouldn't use them unless it gets to 20 below (in new money......dunno what that is in deg F)
 , -20C or F, yikes! No matter how you figure it that sounds downright chilly to me, whether old money, new money or no money.
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Okay, where do you find silk liners to purchase? They sound like an interesting alternative for middle georgia riding as it seldom gets below 20 degrees where I live. Below 20, I dont do my normal 45 minute commute on the America, I switch over and ride my other love, my JCW Mini Cooper.... Keepin it British around here is the only way to go.... LOL
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Ski equipment store. Oh don't have many of those in GA? 
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I've seen them at a Bass Pro Shop.
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They might be bloddy ugly (I don't own them, btw) but around here, if you're out on a bike when it's below 40F you're considered bloddy odd anyway...  So having sofa cushion covers on your handlebars only adds to the mystique. As long as my hands stay warm - I'm happy to be odd. And riding... And a caveat to my post above. The Duluth Trading gloves don't work so well as riding gloves once it gets frost-on-the-pumpkin cold. My Gerbing gloves, even unplugged, provide better heat retention when riding.
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Okay, where do you find silk liners to purchase?
I got my silk liners from a Ski shop, but there's loads on ebay. Mine are quite a coarse weave and stretchy. I had some back in the 70's that were fine weave and not as warm. Another thing to remember is that slightly looser gloves are warmer than tight fitting.
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