Best winter gloves?
 

With Australia entering winter in the next few months what gloves do you guys recommend?

JOX:
http://www.piteamc.se/MSWeb/appimg/big/jox1_b.jpg

Richa Winter:
http://www.piteamc.se/MSWeb/appimg/big/69-5028.jpg

Halvarssons Trinti:
http://www.piteamc.se/MSWeb/appimg/big/trinti.jpg

I personally prefer the type of gloves with separate index finger (never actually tried the Richas above but a similar glove that is no longer in production), less fumbling but not as warm maybe.

I've probably used most of the heine gerick range of winter gloves over the years . On the most part they work ok for the 1st winter but linings compress with use so they're never as warm for the 2nd year. All have at some point had the lining pulled out when removing hand , which makes glove useless and all were a bit cumbersome.
This year I've used A'stars Jet Road GTX winter glove and they haven't been superwarm but we have had a super cold winter, they do offer a good fit and ease of use of levers etc, more like thicker summer gloves, and they are marked all season gloves by H-G. they also have a nice inner cuff to go under sleeve with wind proof cuff for over sleeve cover, h-g ones all seem to go over sleeve so if raining hard they can get some arm seepage in the liner. The a'stars weren't as cheap as h-g but do seem better quality. if using in prolonged sub 5 deg c then they may need heated grips/liners .

Wash and tumble dry to fluff the linings.

(and) Tumbledrying is essential on all hydrophilic materials, to restore the water repellency - the static build up during the process, gets the fibres to allign properly and restore their water repellency effect.

You're full of useful info Avo! Good stuff! :-)

Quote:

Originally Posted by hazza2805 (Post 124774) You're full of useful info Avo! Good stuff! :-)

i second that
http://www.xt660.com/images/icons/icon7.gif http://www.xt660.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

Winter - what winter !
 

Kev

I thought Queensland didn't have winters bigwink

Not as cold as you guys get, we go down to about 5 degrees for a few days in winter, which is too cold for me. I normally ride with motocross gloves most of the year.

I have a pair of dririder alpine gloves that I wear in the winter. Cuffs are quite large so you don't get a cool draft up your arm either. They seem pretty waterproof and I don't sweat too much in them.

Oi Kev,

Are you having a laugh ?

I just checked Brisbane' weather history:-

http://www.climatetemp.info/graph/br...s/image001.gif

July:-
Ave temps Min 9 degC. Max 20 degC.
7 wet days, 5cm rain, Ave wind speed 3mph,
7 hours of sunshine.

Up on the top of the planet we have just had our worst winter for 30 years and our bikes are falling apart from the road salt.

You lucky sod....
Ray