Gloves

[frankboase]

Hello Everybody,
I'm new to riding.
I bought a pair of biking gloves, but there a bit small.
Last time I was out my fingers nearly froze.
I'll get a larger pair, but my question is, should I wear gloves under the biker gloves.
Thanks for your time.
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Frank Boase

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[frankboase]

Hi, Guess I'd have to say just casual rider. Short trips. Nothing special.
But I do feel the cold.
I ride an ASL DD125 (a Chinese bike)
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Frank Boase

[doggone]

Summer gloves will be far too cold now, you can get more seriously padded and waterproof gloves will make things tolerable.
(e.g. https://www.jsaccessories.co.uk/shop/gloves/winter.htm )
There would be a slight reduction in control feel but you get accustomed.
You might consider heated grips or even muffs.

The real enemy is getting them wet, you could get into serious difficulty if committed to a longer run.

[Andy_Pagin]

Look up Tucano Urbano handlebar muffs. They give excellent wind protection which is half the battle. Dead easy to fit and not expensive.

If they don't help enough then you'll need to look into heated grips, ideally in addition to the muffs. Oxford Heated grips are really good.
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[ThatDippyTwat]

Spada Enforcers, had them for about 3 years now. Awesome, but chunky. Very good protection though. £70ish
or
RST Outlast Titanium II. Only had a couple of weeks, they're a lot lighter, but I wouldn't want to bin it at any sort of speed in them. £90ish.

I still have "silks" (Undergloves) to wear if it gets really parky out, but anything over 5c is too hot for Enforcers, you will sweat, they will smell until you chuck them in the deep freeze for a couple of days.
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[andyscooter]

[ThatDippyTwat]

[MCN]

Anyway you slice or dice it nothing prevents the heat in your handypops escaping to the atmosphere.
Wind and wet add to this effect.

The main trick is to keep the heat in, prevent it from escaping by a layer/s of insulation.
That presents it own issues of more insulation means more glove.
The insulation material counts for something as more expensive units will be made with more effective materials. (In theory)

Heated grips are the real deal. They allow a lighter glove to perform quite effectively but there is a lot of this science relate to personal pain threshold.

Another cool trick is to keep the blood from your core warm. It carries heat to your hands. If you do not insulate your arms (especially near the wrists) then the blood will not have much heat energy to warm your hands.
This is physics. Ye canny change the laws.

Heat is energy.
Energy moves from high energy toward low energy. Not the other way.
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Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN.

[doggone]

I don't think my arms are overly fat or muscley but a lot of bike jackets now barely allow more than one layer on your arms when they fit OK elsewhere.
Now its going well below 10C upper arms seem to really chill down after a while.

[MCN]

[thx1138]

I wear Halversons for three seasons

Heated Furigan gloves for winter. Internal batteries, just about last a 150mile ride on lowest setting. Cost stupid money though, but it was cheaper than fitting heated grips to all my bikes.