Feeling the temperature

[TheSmiler]

I'm not one of them people that wear hoodies and 15 layers on most days of the year because they are cold, as today and the first day I started riding I only wear T-Shirts.

However been on two quite big trips and found that my hands have turned bright red, painful and stinging. Last trip just got in found I had to lift visor up after 5 minutes as it had frozen with breathing with having problems using my fingers to press the indicators.

Just wondering anyone else experienced it in the last few days and have any remedies with the hands problem. Will have about £70 to spend so something to keep me going would be good.
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[anthony_r6]

Thick riding gloves, heated grips.

The weather has been fairly mild up my way, but thick gloves and heated grips have kept my hands in good condition.
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[redfro]

Thermal underwear gloves, wear them under your usual biker gloves. Only cost like a tenner.

[Ichy]

Muffs, muffs, muffs. That is all.

Oh yeah, heated grips,



with muffs.

Can't remember if I mentioned muffs?
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[covent.gardens]

Just got in from 50 miles @ 2 degrees.

Only wore my winter gloves, and fingers weren't quite "painfully cold", but they were uncomfortable. Wearing my undergloves would've made things a little better and I'll do that from tomorrow as colder weather is forecast. Going to have a go at milk bottle DIY handguards next!

I have £10 army goretex overgloves which I can wear if it's really cold, they do keep my hands warm (tested for 50 miles @ about -1 on several occasions) but too cumbersome to recommend to anyone.

I do have cheapo heated grips but I just cannot be bothered to spend the hours fitting them.
If milk bottle guards are unsatisfactory, might make some DIY muffs.

[Rogue_Shadow]

Your only as warm as your coldest body part I've found

Used to be my neck getting caught in wind chill making me feel cold, so I got a balaclava. Then my hands, so new winter gloves.
It's an ongoing battle
upgrade for winter

[BigDan1190]

Nothing beats heated gloves.

I've tried everything, and heated gloves are definately the best all round solution.

Next best would be muffs AND heated grips. Detracts from looks of the bike, plus fitting grips CAN be a bitch in some scenarios. Plus, you can't really swap from bike to bike (well, you can, but its a pain in the arse).

I got some Gerbing G3's and love them. £99 all in, best solution ever, and easily transferable between bikes.

[rinckley]

I can't recommend muffs enough, i can happily ride without gloves at all with them on the bike.
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[GTR1400]

Got myself some Tucano Urbano Muffs (highly recommended on BCF) and I've done around 300 miles in total over the last few nights, ranging from 10pm until about 6am.

Obviously it's never warm at 3am, especially in January, but with the muffs + my normal cheapo bike gloves my hands are always nice and toasty

[esullivan]

For Christmas, one of my kids bought me merino wool inner motorcycle gloves. Something like this. It hasn't been cold enough until this morning to try it and, of course, I forgot them this morning.

Also, as gets mentioned umpteen times, every time someone complains of a bit of nip in the air, muffs are a godsend. They make your bike look like a scooter, but still worth it.
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[Frog]

In the last cold spell I was wearing winter gloves, but still getting cold hands.

I bought tucano urbano's, and I now use those with winter gloves, and my hands stay toasty warm and really dry, even in some pretty foul weather.

Not been out for an extended period, but long enough for boots, trousers, and jacket to all starts leaking like seives.

Muffs FTW
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[j.silvs]

Had the same problem on my lessons.

Problem with the heated grips is that they don't combat the wind hitting your fingers coming over the handle bars.

Muffs are the best but personally I don't like them.

My mum (aww) bought me some knox cold killers for xmas, they go under my leather gloves and after a 4 hour lesson have no numbness. Slightly nippy near the end but honestly for the first 3 or so hours my hands are fine!

Not a bad price neither:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KNOX-COLD-KILLERS-CORE-2013-WINDPROOF-BREATHABLE-THERMAL-SOFTSHELL-UNDER-GLOVES-/190748404500?pt=UK_Sporting_Goods_Skiing_Snowboarding_Clothing_LE&var=&hash=item2c697dab14

Just make sure your gloves you are using over them have enough room to fit. Currently my leather gloves are L and cold killers are M. Perfect fit!

[Shinigami]

whatever you do, don't get those cheap tech 7 muffs, i've got some and they only secure in 1 place which means get to any reasonable speed and they'll start to push back on your levers, I discovered this at 60mph on the A19 in heavy traffic and had to hold both levers out until i could pull over and take the things off.
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[BTTD]

I was getting painfully cold hands even with undergloves and heated grips. Tried an extra merino jumper and thermal long johns and that's what made the difference. Really surprised me as my body hadn't felt cold.
If I get a new job with a longer commute I'll be looking at a biketek heated jacket for £150.

Update:
Following the stupidly cold weather the other week, I gave in and bought some Tucano bar muffs.
They are outstanding.
Summer gloves, warm hands.

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[shadylee]

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

To be honest Smiler, my gloves are pretty rubbish. Cost £14, and I've ripped the waterproof inner plastic gloves out (did this cos the gloves got wet once, and I turned 'em inside out to dry 'em then couldn't push 'em back in so had to basically destroy 'em). Anyway, the point is that - terrible as these gloves are - my hands never get cold, so long as I'm not riding in rain - then they would, for sure. But the reason they never get cold is simply because I have loads of layers on under me jacket. So the blood stays a bit warmer by the time it gets to finger tips. That's what I reckon. Just layer up first before spending on posh gloves or muffs or whatever. Worth a try anyway.
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[iMark]

15 miles commute to college today with freezing fog, unaware my jacket was actually freezing up...

Visor was frozen up but when I got off the bike and looked down for my jacket I saw a fair few patches of frost on it haha..


Get a pair of inner gloves that will help a bit... Heated Grips work better though
Keep your mid section warmer and your extemities will be less cold.
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[Sable]

Acerbis Hand guards helped me a lot. Dont look like much but cost £15 on Ebay and they are really good at keeping the wind off my hand. Easy too fit and look fab I have been able too wear leather gloves most of the time, switching too a cheap pair of spada thermals this week. 20 mile commute up too 40mph-50mph tops.

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Shop : https://www.ridedirect.co.uk/uniko-motocross-handguards-black-0008159090-handguards-acerbis.html?utm_source=Google+Shopping&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Google+Shopping

Can be found cheaper. Thinking I might have got them from Amazon.co.uk... Shop about or something ^^

[mr jamez]

Wear more layers to keep your core warm and I'll put money on you having warmer hands. When it gets really cold invest in some bar muffs
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[Moo.]

I love muff Sometimes they look ugly when draped across your bike, but when its chuffing cold they're lovely to be in

Muffs and summer gloves ftw.
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[DrDonnyBrago]

Muffs, and wear something more than a T shirt under your jacket.

Whether you feel the cold is irrelevant, your body still reduces the bllod supply to your hands as a result - layer up.

[reed]

This year my girlfriend got me some battery powered heated under gloves for Christmas, after a 10 ish mile ride my hands were actually warm rather than cold.
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[sgtcalle]

if you're a cheap sod like me, wear those sort of thick rubber type mechanics/workmans gloves underneath your normal gloves. works well
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