Winter gloves/lobster claws

[bikerbarb]

I have sensitive hands. I have a little arthritis and sometimes raynaud's syndrome. For every day, I usually wear only mittens, as gloves usually make my fingers colder by isolating them. I also can't take tight squeezing at my wrists.
I tried and took back a lightweight pair of cycling gloves that my fingers froze in at 40 degrees. I wanted lobster claws like my friend's Pearl's, but the new model of Pearl Izumis had tight wrists. for $60, I didn't want to start snipping the elastic. They sold me a different, not cycling specific pair but they have no padding in them and make shifting and braking difficult.
Any other brands anyone can recommend that are not wrist-tight, and don't impede handling? Thanks.

[caligurl]

how about gore or louis garneau?

(my lobster claws are PI and not tight and VERY warm!)

[Trekhawk]

I have sensitive hands. I have a little arthritis and sometimes raynaud's syndrome. For every day, I usually wear only mittens, as gloves usually make my fingers colder by isolating them. I also can't take tight squeezing at my wrists.
I tried and took back a lightweight pair of cycling gloves that my fingers froze in at 40 degrees. I wanted lobster claws like my friend's Pearl's, but the new model of Pearl Izumis had tight wrists. for $60, I didn't want to start snipping the elastic. They sold me a different, not cycling specific pair but they have no padding in them and make shifting and braking difficult.
Any other brands anyone can recommend that are not wrist-tight, and don't impede handling? Thanks.

bikerbarb - you could check out specialized. Someone on this forum recomended the BG gloves and I really like them the wrist area seems a lot more comfortable than my PI gloves. They have a winter range that you could check out.

[CorsairMac]

Barb: you could also buy the non-cycling gloves you liked that kept your hands warm and then wear your padded cycling gloves under them. I actually have 4 pairs of winter cycling gloves, long-fingered Specialized BG gloves in a light-weight material, heavier Canari LF gloves, heavy wind/water proof Avenir gloves and the PI Lobster Claws. I only wore the Lobsters a couple of times last year coz they do keep my fingers warm. I also have a pair of polypro liners that I can wear under any of the gloves as I reach the "end" of their temp range. (I pick my clothing based on 10 degree increments so at the upper end it may be a tad warm, at the lower end it may be a tad cold but for the most part it's Just Right for that temp range.)

[bikerbarb]

My friend's Pearl's weren't tight either, but an older model that had a sweater cuff on the bottom. I offered buy the new gloves and trade for his, but he said, "now that you point it out, these are tight on the wrist", and didn't go forthe deal.
I liked Craft Lobster thermal gloves I saw on the Terry site, which even had liners you could wear w/o the top,but alas, they are all out of anything bigger than a small.
The specialized look interesting, and the Louie Garneau, but I'm leery of ordering off the web w/o trying sizes. I have spent a small fortune sending things back. (I actually have a pair of shorts to send back to Terry that have an extra lump of chamois and look like something is sticking out of my behind?%*$!)
Anyway, I"m digressing.
I probably need to call around to my LBS and see what they have and try some. Or break down and pay for the Pearls and get out my seam ripper--which I hate to do to expensive gloves. sigh.

[SadieKate]

Just an idea but it might work. I came up with this solution for my friend Petunia when she had a bum thumb last winter, was wearing a brace and couldn't use gloves.

Try your regular cycling gloves, then over that a thin pair of mittens (or thick depending on what you can use) and then, a windproof shell mitten. If you look at many backcountry glove "systems" you see a laying approach just like we take with jerseys and jackets. They'll have a thin liner glove, a thicker glove or mitten, and then a windproof mitten-like shell. You may have to experiment to get the layers right and you probably want to size up to be sure nothing is too tight.

Also, I wonder. Does PI make a straight mitten? I know they made an uninsulated windproof glove last year.

[bikerbarb]

do you think I'd be able to manipulate the shifters/brakes with mittens? I find the ski lobsters to be clumsy for shifting, which is why I'll probably take them back to REI.