Just wondering this morning if maybe I should try wrapping some tape or something around my brake levers as they are so darn cold to the touch, and the icier it gets the more I need to keep my hands on them (i.e. ready to brake on the bare patches between the icy parts)
Anyone try this already? Any good reason I shouldn't?
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11-12-2007, 05:45 AM #1
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any winter bikers wrap their brake levers?
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11-12-2007, 05:51 AM #2
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Um, i wear gloves so it doesn't matter. Fleecy ones when it's really cold!
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11-12-2007, 05:53 AM #3
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2nd the full finger gloves. Wouldn't it be easier to just wrap your fingers?
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11-12-2007, 05:54 AM #4
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Ditto here . . . I wear my nice warm fleecy (with padding) gloves in the winter. They work wonderfully for me!
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11-12-2007, 06:26 AM #5
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At this point I am wearing 3 pairs of gloves when I'm riding. I don't worry about the brake levers.
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11-12-2007, 06:31 AM #6
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Are you on a bike with curved (road) or flat handlebars? If you want more than gloves and are on a flat bar bike you could try some paddling pogies, like these: http://nrsweb.resultspage.com/boating/Pogies I don't think they'd work on road bars, though.
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11-12-2007, 08:51 PM #7
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Three pairs of gloves?
Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.
At this point I am wearing 3 pairs of gloves when I'm riding. I don't worry about the brake levers. Yikes! Even if they're fairly thin, the bulk has to be pesky! Considering that you're talking about rides in thirty - forty degree temps, it seems to me there's got to be a better way to keep your hands and fingers warm. Mittens, for example. They keep fingers warmer than gloves because the fingers get to share warmth. Maybe you want to try some of those freaky looking lobster things? Then there's the nifty wind blocking fabrics. My Ibex jacket does a great job of that, so there have to be some wool gloves that block wind out threre for our wool weenies! There's really got to be a better way to stay warm than three pair of gloves!
I've got a nifty pair of gloves from the bike stuff department at REI -- Novara something or other, that keep my hands so danged warm I'm tempted to see how they'll handle skiing this winter!
Karen in Boise
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