Winter Riding Gear

Dr Superb

Dr Superb

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For the most part this winter, i've been toasty. My winter gear goes as follows:

-Body: under armour, and gore jacket (very warm)
-Legs: some tights and shorts for chamios (very warm)
-Head: under armour face mask thing (pretty warm)
-Feet: Cannondale wool socks, and just picked up Lake shoes (ridiclously warm, should be illegal)
-Hands: here's where the issue is, i am currently using Cannondale lobster gloves (doing that star trek thing). i cannot find them on their website to show. Anyway, my hands get pretty damn cold, they appear to be warmer than they are.

Does anyone have any very good winter glove recommendations?
 
I use Swix cross country ski gloves, perfect for mtb and road, its like they were made for shifing gears. I put a thin liner in them for colder days.
 
I wear a kohl's base layer with a jersey... if it's Under 30 I put arm warmers on. Legs, I wear a winter bib and knee warmers under that. Wool socks and shoe covers (road only). I have a winter cap that covers my ears but if I'm riding with Pearl I'll wear a face cover thing cause I'm g to get cold wait ing for him. You don't have to spend a lot coin on sick name brand awesome gear to be warm in the winter months... Just dress warm-ish and keep pedaling
 
I use various baselayers (Craft, LL Bean, Landsend) with a jersey and Pearl Izumi softshell jacket for both road and mtb. For my legs, tights (Pearl Izumi and Performance Triflex for really cold days) and started using DZNuts InHeat Embrocation. Gloves are Pearl Izumi lobsters and shoes are Lake winter mtb shoes.

You can get good stuff on closeout (in the spring usually) and also use gear for cross country skiing. The key is a good baselayer that wicks, so you don't keep perspiration next to your skin. That's what causes you to freeze. If you have trouble keeping your hand and/or feet warm, try hand/feet warmers.
 
Dr Superb said:
Does anyone have any very good winter glove recommendations?
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I've been using Lake winter gloves for the past 12 or so years. I have two pairs and they are going strong. The only noticeable wear I have on them is inside the thumb/pointer finger area, but that was in the first year from my short-lived affair with Grip Shift in the late 90's 😱

I bought a pair for a buddy for his birthday 8 years ago, and they, too, are alive and kicking. They have a removable inner liner which makes for pockets of air in the glove, and a vent zipper on the top of the hand that enables you to put a heat pack in on really cold days.

One other trick I've found that works when it's obscenely cold (say teens or lower) is to put a heat pack near your wrist. Heats up the blood in your veins before it gets to the hand. 😉
 
Dr Superb said:
would you say this is as warm as my gore jacket? that jacket is incredible, and worth every penny...
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This is my third season with the radiators. 20* on the mtb, not much below 30* on the road. Note that these seem to run small, so try them on before you by. Great gloves, but no warm enough for the road below 30*.
 
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