Hey HDF,

Just sitting around bored at work so..

I was wondering what everyone does for winter gear? I'm looking for some gloves mainly, everything I've tried thus far hasn't worked for sh*t so, I'm on the hunt. Not really looking for heated gloves, since I like to keep it simple. Mostly just looking for something wind proof. Been looking around on various sites, but I dunno, reviews are getting hard to trust lol. Anyways, just seeing what's up.

Ride safe!

 

Personally, around here, I don't ride in the winter but in the Fall, when temps are getting chilly, I switch over to my deerskin gauntlet gloves that are lined with thinsulate and my fingers stay nice and warm.

 

Dead animals.
Vest is Buffalo with the fur still on (inside the leather jacket), gauntlet mittens made from beaver, and a fur hat made from coyote, fox, and raccoon. Insulated jeans
Good to about 25 degrees, and no batteries. Beyond that, I go back in the house.

 

Check out Cycle Gear for heat gear.

 

Check out the gloves that ice fishermen use. I use Ice Armor myself...

 

 

If you have heated grips, these:
[sorry, couldn't find the link] Essentially, look for a snowmobile glove with thinner padding on the palm to allow heating grips to serve their purpose.

If you don't have heated grips [or even of you do], these:
https://www.hippohands.com/

 

I have a pair of windproof and waterproof gloves by Outdoor Research...If I hadn't gotten them on sale at a good price, I wouldn't have bought them at all. They are really good gloves and keep my hands warm, if they are already warm, in cold weather riding. If my hands are not already warm. then those gloves will not warm them, even with heated grips. They do have a liner that accepts a hot hands chemical packs, but they are meant to warm they back of your hands, not the front, and they are gauntlet gloves. They work best in the 45 to 55 degree range, and are lightweight.
For the real cold weather riding, I use heated gloves that are made of deerskin and have the micro wires you can't even feel along with a heated jacket liner with the old bulky wiring. I must say that with the heated gloves and jacket liner, I have never been too cold to ride. Even 17 degree clear days are not a problem with my setup. I have worn just those two items and never had my feet or legs get cold because my core is warm although I do have a pair of Gore-Tex over pants I wear in those temperatures.
About 10 years ago, I was out riding in cold temps, with many layers on and was shaking so bad I couldn't stop. I was about 60 miles from home and I swore that if I got home again, I would never ride without heated gear again.
A lot of what you should wear, depends on how cold it gets where you live. If it gets below freezing, you going to need better gear than if you live in southern California where it's just the morning chill you need to beat.

 

"Winter Gear"? Bike is in moth ***** by Thanksgiving. Don't want road salt to take it out via corrosion. But before that , leathers , chaps, and full fingered gloves.