Recommendations needed: cool-weather gloves with ergo padding

I wear padded mechanics gloves- got the, for $10 or $15 at home cheapo and they keep my hands warm- went for a ride in the mid 40s the other day and no issues with my hands... Padding could be better but over all not bad. You could buy a size larger and wear them OVER your padded bike gloves.
 
little torn here

I wear padded mechanics gloves- got the, for $10 or $15 at home cheapo and they keep my hands warm- went for a ride in the mid 40s the other day and no issues with my hands...

man oh man yesterday early morning riding on the dark
it was DARN COLD
I know what most are saying -- San Diego -- it don't get cold there
well it was cold to me anyway

I got to get something (gloves) soon
the home cheapo thing sounds better that nothing

but -- I keep thinking back to many years ago
when I had a couple of Harleys
and loved to ride all night long in any weather
I had bought a pair of fairly expensive gloves
they had that little zipper compartment with built in rain coats
not sure if you know what I am talking about
Iam sure that they still sell them
man oh man those gloves were THE KIND !!!!

so Iam a little torn here
buy something that will work ----- ok
or go PAY THE MONEY and get the ones ???????????

for you all that live in REALLY COLD COUNTRY
please -- go to a motor cycle shop and take a look AT SOME REAL GLOVES

makes it best when you --------- RIDE THAT THING
 
Nunya

Interesting.... Didn't know you had winter in Memphis!

Oh that's right, Elvis did do "Blue Christmas", hahaha! Just jokin!

as much as I hate cold weather you'd think I would live much further south than I do. It does get fairly cold here at times, Jan. and Feb. it sometimes gets down into the teens. There have also been times when I was outside in shorts and tee-shirt in the middle of Jan.
 
Regarding the suggestion(s) to use motorcycle gear: I'm already there, and I like what I've found. :) My helmet and riding jacket are both moto gear, not bike gear. I also wear combat boots when I ride, which coupled with the helmet and jacket gets me some funny looks from the Spandex crowd on their road bikes.

The problem with the moto gloves that I've seen is that they lack the palm padding you find in the good bike gloves. Even with front suspension, I'll tell you that properly designed palm padding is not optional at 30mph on some of the roads I ride.

That said, the real answer may turn out to be upgrading to Ergon GP-L grips (>4X more usable surface area for palm pressure than round grips) at which point I may be able to use non-padded gloves.

In the meantime, I can always slip on a pair of disposable latex/nitrile gloves before putting on my bike gloves, I guess. That's a definite recipe for extra sweaty hands, but as a quick hack it beats numb fingers.

-AG
 
seanhan

You took the words out of my mouth!!! Thats exactly what I do! I've got pinched nerves in my neck so my fingers go numb easy. I try to make it look like I'm making adjustment to the motor or something. Got to look cool, ya know!
 
Preliminary conclusion: I bought a pair of Novara Lifeline gloves at REI, which I'll be trying out this week. Not as padded as my Specialized trail gloves, but there's some padding there.

I also installed a pair of Ergon grips, size large which feel great and appear to do a much better job of spreading the load than traditional round grips have done for me.

I'll post an update after I've ridden with them for a day or three, since I've read that the Ergon grip position needs to be fine-tuned to get them completely comfortable.

-AG
 
I use Sailing Gloves

Allready had them since I sail. They work Great La:cool:st Long and are not that expensive.You can get Leather, Goatskin, I use synthetic material that doesen't get hard after it dries out. They are called black magic by a company called Harkin.
 
Deerskin or Goatskin Driving gloves are a possibility, thinner than leather,
they offer tremendous abrasion protection, should you need it. As for the
ergonomics, at least a dozon styles of ' real motorcycle ' grips exist.
' Waffle " grips suck up vibration, popular on dirt bikes.
 
I use mechanics/work gloves I bought at home depot they are grey with bright orange and match my other bike. They have padding on the palms, all synthetic so they easily shed grease. Cost me 12 bucks.
 
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