Gloves or Heated grips

[TheGazWaz]

Lining went in the jacket this morning. First time this year but I was so glad of it. Legs are OK for another couple of weeks or so but I'm betting the lining will be going in my trousers before long.

Just debating whether to get heated grips or spend more on gloves. I'd like both but doing up my house at the moment so spending money on anything to do with the bike is a struggle.
Last winter I spent £35 on a pair of Spada Storm gloves and they've been great but the inners seem to wear thin after a few months so they're nowhere near as affective now.

I'm liking the idea of heated grips but do they not just warm the underneath of your hands? Daft question I know but I've never had em before.

I know I need to spend more than £35 but anything over £50 for a pair of gloves would be unjustifiable to the missus. That's a whole new hall way carpet or a Radley handbag.

I've been riding for a year now and intend running my RF600 through the winter until it gets icy. My commute is only a 24 mile round trip mainly country roads.

Gloves vs Heated grips. Any recommendations pls.

Cheers

Gaz

[stinkwheel]

Both.
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[iooi]

Well you will get a lot of MUFF answers soon.

Why are your gloves no good after 1 year? Do you wear them all the time. re they too tight?

Really should have a pair of summer gloves.

Heated grips are OK. But do not stop you from getting cold hands.

Keep your body warm goes a long well to assist hands as well..

Oh and on the Mrs... Radley bag for £50 yea right... Maybe from China
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[Wednesday Biker]

Inner gloves and some lobster gloves helped me.
I do 25 miles each way and they don't get cold till the last 5 miles or so.
You might be ok with your trip being shorter.I also cane it down the motorway for half my journey

[Rogerborg]

[TheGazWaz]

Yeh.. I wear them all year round which I suppose doesn't help the lining when your hands start sweating.

You know your handbags iooi!! £50 might get you one for hire for the day but that's about it.

What are lobster gloves? Ahhh.. just googled it. Speaks for itself really. Like look of these. Keeping your fingers together has got to help? Anyone else using these?

I've tried some thin wool gloves inside my Sparda gloves but they restrict movement and make my fingers go numb.

Is there nothing out there that can re-direct heat from the engine to parts of your body. Someone must have done something with that. All that heat going to waste!

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[Rogerborg]

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[iooi]

[DrDonnyBrago]

Spada storms are pretty shit, managed to poke holes in the liner between the fingers. Also not exactly warm. Spada enforcer are ok, well made but bulky and rather sweaty, still probably the best you can get for £50.


Somewhere in the depth of BCF is a review of Tucano urbano muffs I wrote in I think 2011. Muffs have been on every winter since, still in good nick. Wore my summer gloves every day through last year's mild winter.

[BTTD]

I use homemade heated inner gloves (£15), muffs, and have ordered some eBay heated grip pads (£3) to fit.
I'm still working on my diy heated inner jacket (£20 + old cycling jersey) and toying with the idea of a heated seat pad for those days when the waterproof trousers aren't and certain bits get cold and wet, or you come out of work and there's ice on the seat.

Decadent? Yes please.


I've done cold winters in the past and experienced fingers screaming with pain from the cold. The solutions can be reasonably cheap if you're willing to have go yourself.

[Nexus Icon]

Those free plastic gloves, made from the stuff they wrap bread in, that they give away on garage forecourts so precious customers don't get the diesel smell on their fingers.

Pop a pair over your Spadas, or underneath if you've got massive hands... Job jobbed.

Or muffs.

Muffs is probably the correct answer.
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[blade023]

Gerbing heated glove liners. They're a godsend, very hot. They heat the backs of the hands, all the way down between the fingers.
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[Val]

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My heated grips are gradually being turned on more and more, and higher and higher.

Time to get muffed up.

Tucano Urbano obviously, because Oxford generally pump out shite, but do I get neoprene or nylon?

[ADSrox0r]

Often comes down to personal preference. I do a similar daily all year all weather commute so I know how bad the bite can get. I've always had heated grips but they do just heat the underside of your hands and it's the wind that bites the tips of the thumbs the most I find.

I tried muffs, I fucking hated them. Last year I bought some pukka British Army issue arctic overgloves and they were quite good but need a bit of modifying to stop them flopping around. I bought some winter version Spada Enforcers for this year but as someone already mentioned they're quite sweaty which I find distracting but I'll persevere with them.

A good compromise for me would be decent sized handguards but they'd look utterly stupid on the VFR I reckon. Barkbuster Blizzards look a good halfway house too but they're bloody expensive.
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[Rogerborg]

[ScaredyCat]

Are there any muffs that can be fitted without having to remove hand guards that are attached to bar ends - ones that go round and zip up or something?
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[Dalemac]

I ould never find a pair that would fit on the Falco in a way that i felt comfortable with.

As such, i just use heated grips. I have been meaning to make some wind deflectors to take the worst of the windchill off, but never got round to it.
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[Polarbear]

I'm one of the 'can't stand muffs' people.

I hate having my hands feel restricted so it's decent lobster gloves and heated grips. Does me OK.
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