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Riding to work in -4C temperatures this morning I was warm apart from
my puddies - so, whom have a recommendation what don't involve amps
for keeping hands warm in inclement weather? Anyone suggesting 4 door
saloons gets a kick in the ass.

 

I knew I could rely on you.

 

Those Hot Packs (or whatever they call them these days).

 

Those Hot Packs (or whatever they call them these days).[/QUOTE]

Cheers mate - That's led me to a site about birthing naturally which
has a follow up of:

'Please also see:
Frozen Water Bottle
Rice Sock
Rolling Pin
'
Cunting ****!

 

Don't want the grief of modifying the bike.

would this look silly on a gsxr600

Non starter.

Alpinestar jet whatever gloves - ok down to about freezing for 60mins
or so. Silk inners are useless. TOG's microwave idea sounds
interesting if I can find the right product.

 

I don't want a plug in - rip out solution. It's bad enough remembering
to kick the side stand down.

 

Except IME they don't keep the backs of your hands warm.

This I shall be mostly buying heated gloves.

ding

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Mate, after my experiences today with coworker latent transvestites
coming out under the guise of children in need, swinging saloons is
the last thing I need.

I'd refer a non connected solution.

 

Not in my experience. The benefit is not huge like electrically heated
gloves, but there is a benefit. I went through the whole of last
winter's riding with normal leather racing gloves, silk inner liners and
heated grips. The most expensive part of that combo was the gloves. I
still have all my fingers and none of them turned blue/black at any
point.

I know of someone who tried these and claimed that they worked. I
haven't tried them myself, so can make no personal recommendation:

http://www.gazzaproducts.co.uk/acatalog/Hot_Hands.html

I'm not sure if they're the same things that TOG was referring to.

 

As you want the solution to be unplugged and don't want
hand protectors I can see no other answer than gloves,
really serious gloves.
I have no experience of the "lobster" style but they
seem to be well thought of. What I know works is
mittens. OK, they are not exactly for racers or watch-
makers but on the other hand it's better to have
movable hands in clumsy mittens than deep frozen
fingers in supple gloves.
Here in Sweden we can find the right sort of gear
for cold riding at snowmobile suppliers but I guess
that trade is a bit undeveloped in Britain?

 

Interesting thought, tho' I'd be more interested in what gloves
Swedish bikers wore in the winter. Would snowmobile kit give the right
level of crash protection?

 

On Friday 18 November 2005 20:45, spida [] wrote in message

If you don't want to use electrics to keep your pinkies warm then a good set
of gloves is probably the best bet.

Layers. You need layers to keep warm. To work properly they have to be a
loose-ish fit. If they're tight, even slightly, then it can be colder than
just one layer.

I once cycled to college during a -18c cold snap with thermal gloves under
cheap skiing mittens. After 4 miles I had to stop because my hands were too
cold to hold the bars and I don't suffer from cold hands.

I took off the mittens to blow on my hands and found they warmed up even
before I'd breathed on them. Afterwards I carried on cycling with just the
thermal inner gloves and my hands were warmer than if I'd used both.

If the gloves are tight the blood aint flowing and your hands will get cold.

 

-4C ?
was it really ?

I didn't notice [1]

[1] except for losing the back end on a roundabout

 

Move to Dubai

 

IME winter bike gloves have sod al protection anyway. Gericke Pathans for
example......
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In uk.rec.motorcycles, A.Lee amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

Yup. Bar muff are the only way. Wrap tape or stuff plastic bags in the
holes that are formed when you wrap the tags round your switches (you'll
see what I mean) and this keeps more cold (and draughts) out and also
opens the muff up a bit.

You'll want heated grips as well. Don't bother with Daytona grips, they
don't get nearly hot enough and keep walking if you see Oxford Hot
Hands, they're shit.

They work well inside muffs but are a bastard to fit.

For sale boards are free and can be found almost anywhere.

I found that putting a pair of really old and fucked socks over my
gloves helped a lot. It made things a bit warmer (well, less cold) but
was only ever really any good on longer journeys because the clutch
action was hampered slightly.

 

You could get those Gerbrings inner heated gloves but not plug them
in.

 

Dont know anyone whos tried these, but seen them advertised a few times.
Stops the "unpluging" faux pas

http://www.aquastuff.net/index.php?category=29&itemId=265&PHPSESSID=d9b933336ee5b52d92d1e2edb62646d1

 

Did you wash the socks after they were fucked, and did that alter the
temperature?

 

http://www.hippohands.com/