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Well its coming up to winter & my old gloves have just about reached the end of there life,so I am on the look out for a decent pair of warm & waterproof winter gloves . Anybody got any thoughts as to which make are the best to go for?
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Hello bonus headus..... I like Frank Thomas they are very well priced and very good..... Ok thats me off to the kitchen sink again.....
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| Thanks lady P, I assume your recommending them for motorcycling & not for washing up at your kitchen sink
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| Hello mate, I used to sell clothing to the gentleman motobicyclist (and their consorts natch)a little while ago. In my opinion you can't beat Gore-Tex (though a little pricey) but it does work really well, keeps you dry and keeps you warm. I reckon the Racer 'Pluvio' gloves are the kiddies Very flexible levver palm for wear, cordura (none of your pony nylon look alike stuff) back with leather panels, neoprene storm cuff for cosy sleeve insertion and prevention of water migration, Gore-tex drop liner, (none of this modern bonding nonsense) and a 'primaloft' thermal liner Also had proper kevlar on the heel of the hand. Posh gloves that work for about eighty sovs. Hideout sell 'em, but there is a network of Racer dealers out there http://www.hideout-leather.co.uk/folders/motorcycle_gloves_waterproof/gloves_racer_pluvio_black_goretex/ bloody marvellous they are, just depends on how wealthy you are feeling I guess, When you've finished the washing up Lady P be a love and bring me a cuppa would you?
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| Anyone recommend any warm, but thin, gloves. I bought some waterproof leather and textile gloves, but they're too thick. They're lovely and cosy, and all the rest of it. But on second thoughts, i doubt i'll be able to feel the controls!! .... Also, has anyone got any of those glove liners? Are they warm? And do they do the job?
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Waterproof gloves - keep wearing them, off the bike to start with. They will soon loosen up and will be your best friends if you ae riding throughout the winter. Cold hands = slow reactions = dangerous. If they make you a bit clumsy on the controls, just take it easy and factor it in. Better that than a long ride with numb digits and your mind on a hot bath rather than the road ahead.
Before the invention of things like Thinsulate (which is brilliant, by the way), I used to use glove liners with my ordinary gloves for winter riding. Silk ones were good but didn't last long. Damart (the thermal underwear people) used to make so-called "thermal" gloves which were thin enough to wear under bike gloves. These weren't as warm, but lasted better (I've still got a pair somewhere, probably bought in 1974). The principle is the same whatever the gloves are made of - to keep the cold outer surface of the gloves further away from your hands, and to trap an extra layer of air next to the skin. It's a sound idea, and I would imagine that modern glove liners will work as well as anything. One thing to remember is that you need to wear them under gloves that are a bit loose already, as they do tend to take up room in there. Anything tight-fitting will restrict circulation and make things worse. But as a way of beefing up a pair of existing gloves, they should work fine.
It sounds a bit naff to say it, but the best things I had were a pair of mitts - i.e. a separate thumb and all four fingers in one. Separate fingers are a bit like the fins on an engine and present a large surface area to the wind which cools your hands down quickly. Mitts have the smallest surface area possible and are much warmer, but they are a bit difficult to get used to on the controls. HG used to do gloves which were like semi-mitts (Pathans?) which might be the ideal compromise, although I've never tried them.
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| yeah i've been wearing them round the house trying to loosen them up slightly, but they're a bit warm!! They're Thinsulate though, so very toasty!! I like the idea of the liners. I guess i'll have to try lot's of diff combo's and see what i like best! I'm not sure about the mitt's!, unless they have proper grips on them!!
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Mitts are the warmest thing short of electrically-heated gloves, no question. But they force you to use all your fingers together, which is awkward. In the days I had mitts, I was riding a succession of old clunkers where the clutch and brake both needed a full fist to make them work, so that wasn't a problem. These days I prefer the option of using one or two fingers on the brake. I imagine if I had mitts today I would chuck them in a hedge and have cold hands all the way to the nearest accessory dealer.
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I have a very bad habit of using only three fingers on the brake and clutch tho, so i need my fingers free!!! My instructor told me off, saying i wasn't Rossi yet!!! Maybe in ten years!!! Ha ha
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Was a time when all that was available in generai was gauntlet gloves which had an enormous capacity for water and when once wet would take an overnight drying on a rad to get them anywhere dry again! I have at this time only purchased the Triumph branded short leather style with the protective carbon knuckles n stuff and was riding Sunday getting cought in the rain, my hands seemed to stay dry whilst my friend Norman's hands got wet through his gloves. I used to wear a silk pair under the gauntlets which also just got wet LOL Thinsulate I also can recomend fron my walking pursuits as a warm and protective material although looking at the 80 quiders I rekon they would definately do the job of keeping the hands dry and warm. Shame my b'day's in March!
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