Bar Mitts//Review

[Selkie]

LPH, it's not so bad to get your hand in/out, so long as you don't wear big puffy gloves like I did during my first ride w/them. I was still able to get my hand in and out with the bigger gloves, but it was much easier when I wore a lighter glove. I ordered the mediums for the really frigid days when I want to wear the Amfib gloves.

[Thorn]

OK, I bit the bullet and bought a pair of the sale bar mitts. Took them out on a balmy winter day (about 32F/0C). I probably could have ridden with just summer cycle gloves. Toasty warm.

I just bought another pair for DH and some for the winter bikes (flat bars). Ugly as can be, but they really do the trick.

Size-wise, I went with medium. I had this fear of getting my hands in and out quickly. I could probably have gone with a small except that I have FSA Wing road bars (flat tops). This makes the bar mitt take on a funny twist, effectively making the opening a little smaller.

That said, the medium is about 17" around at the opening; once on the bike, you have about a 12" loop of bar mitt above your handle bar.

[Selkie]

I love my bar mitts, too, Thorn, and purchased a couple extra sets (one to fit my Orbit, which has campy chorus, and a second--in medium--for my Seven). Today was probably the coldest ride thus far of the season (mid-30s) and my hands stayed super warm, despite a brisk wind (actually, my hands were sweating because I wore heavier gloves). My Isis is outfitted with the small bar mitts--that bike has a much smaller handlebar than the Seven.

Like anything else, you get used to riding with them. At first, it feels a bit freaky but it's more than worth the acclimation factor for the warmth factor.