Favorite Gloves??

[short cut sally]

I like the specialized body geometry gel gloves because they have padding on the thumb area. Have never tried PI's fingerless gloves, they don't have enough padding for me ie. the thumb area. I do however have a pair of the PI cyclone gloves for colder weather. I like their warmth but wish they had just a little bit more padding or placed differently but none at the thumb area. I did have a pair of Nashbars that I liked, until I accidently threw them in the washer, where the padding was "heat sealed" vs. sewn, it came apart. I always hand wash my gloves.

[Blueberry]

Thanks for the suggestions SK!

What is it about winter gloves - no or little padding. Some of us ride the same distances in the winter (or at least we try), and want the padding. I don't think it would work well to put the summer gloves under the winter ones either

What do those who ride long distances in really cold temps do??

[blueskies]

For really cold temps for the early mornings on Cycle Oregon, I got the Teo Sport Wintex Wool Lined gloves. It was in the high 20's a couple mornings, and my hands were never cold. They're really warm, and I'm a girl who runs cold. They're padded, they're warm, and I can still bend my fingers and shift in them. Love them! I usually wear a women's small, and the men's small fit me fine. They're Italian, maybe they run small.

[Crankin]

For regular gloves I like the terry T gloves. I can't stand any padding, makes my hands hurt. These have a very small amount. I also got a pair of the castellis with the pull tab. They are very expensive, but I had a gift certificate for part of the cost. My lighter weight full fingered gloves are from Performance. I end up wearing them most of the time, even in really cold weather, with wool liners from EMS under them. Sometimes, I put a chemical heater between the liner and the glove. I do this because the other heavier pairs I have just seem to interfere with the shifting on my road bike. The gloves catch on the shifter and something weird happens. I can use the heavier fleece lined ones fine on my mountain bike (different shifters) and will use them on my road bike if I have to, but I have to pay attention to what I am doing. Last year I bought a pair of expensive Craft lobster gloves. They are warm, but I hate them. Having my fingers in different places just freaks me out and I feel like I can't reach the shifter or I have to use a different finger. I am a creature of habit, so I think I wasted my money here.

[Ninabike]

I love the Specialized. I use full fingered gloves and mine have lasted through several thousand miles and many, many washings and drying in the drier.

[Andrea]

Thanks for the suggestions SK!

What is it about winter gloves - no or little padding. Some of us ride the same distances in the winter (or at least we try), and want the padding. I don't think it would work well to put the summer gloves under the winter ones either

What do those who ride long distances in really cold temps do??

Get Fizik bargel- It's like having gloves on your handlebars! The gel makes extra glove padding unnecessary and the tape is very, very grippy- even when your hands sweat. The only reason that I wear gloves now is for the sweat-absorbing patch (summertime) or warmth (wintertime).

[OakLeaf]

Anyone besides me have a crash-test report on their gloves?