any winter bikers wrap their brake levers?

[Kano]

At this point I am wearing 3 pairs of gloves when I'm riding. I don't worry about the brake levers.

Three pairs of gloves? 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

[onimity]

Those brake lever wraps look cool!

I wear my lobster gloves anytime it gets below 35, but them I am a huge chicken when it comes to cold weather & my hands get cold really easily. Not only do the brake levers bother me, but the wind on my fingers too. I think the mitten-ness of the lobster gloves is key, but also the loft. I would think that too many layers of gloves would be a lot like too many layers of socks while skiing? Where it can actually make you colder because of decreased circulation.

Anne

[li10up]

You know those neoprene-like sunglasses holders that slide over the temples of the sunglasses? Cut those to length...I bet that would work.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Three pairs of gloves? 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

Works for me!
Right now the temps are between 30 and 40, and we are out riding between 2 and 4 hours.
I'm wearing a pair of soft pure cashmere gloves (that used to be my mother's), over which I have a pair of thin Polartec gloves, over which I have a pair of Ibex Climawool gloves:
http://www.ibexwear.com/shop/Product...limawool-Glove
Why should I put on giant bulky lobster mitts if what I'm doing is working well?

When it gets below 30 I make one more switch- I eliminate the inner polartec glove and add a thin flexible windstopper men's ski glove that fits right over my Ibex Climawool gloves. That setup gets me through anything, and it's still less bulky and annoying than lobster boxing mitts.

[velogirl]

when I've ridden in super-cold climates (Alaska, New Zealand, Colorado, Delaware, NY), I wore a pair of latex surgical gloves under my gore-tex or neoprene gloves. your hands might get a little damp, but they will definitely stay warm.

The other alternative I've tried is the Seal-Skin glove (and socks) -- neoprene and very warm.

Lorri

ps -- carbon levers don't get cold!!!

[solobiker]

when I've ridden in super-cold climates (Alaska, New Zealand, Colorado, Delaware, NY), I wore a pair of latex surgical gloves under my gore-tex or neoprene gloves. your hands might get a little damp, but they will definitely stay warm.

The other alternative I've tried is the Seal-Skin glove (and socks) -- neoprene and very warm.

Lorri

ps -- carbon levers don't get cold!!!

I second the above. DH and I switched out our ski polls, well the upper part and probe polls to carbon. Our hands have stayed warmer