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Offline SteelCityGuy

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Advice for cold hands.
« on: January 13, 2016, 05:11:06 PM »
Hello, so my problem is my hands get frozen when riding for 1+ hour in temps below 30.  I use icon winter gloves with cycle gear cold liners and the grip heaters cranked all the way up. I'm assuming it's due to the air hitting my hands.  Two options I'm considering are a calsci x wide windshield or project D aero wings. Currently my bike is 100% stock so which do you think would help me ?
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2016, 05:27:48 PM »
Heated gloves and if you're a hands on guy Mr. Pope gave us this excellent plan for air wings...
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=10501.msg128285#msg128285
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2016, 05:44:59 PM »
I have not seen a CalSci X-wide 'in the flesh' so cannot be sure but I doubt there will be enough windshield, low enough at the outer edges, to provide decent hand protection. Baker hand wings work very well for me, and there are other brands also.

As already mentioned in this thread, hand guards coupled with heated gloves will absolutely solve your problem; at least it has for me and I ride when it is below 20F out.

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Quote from: SteelCityGuy on January 13, 2016, 05:11:06 PM
Hello, so my problem is my hands get frozen when riding for 1+ hour in temps below 30.  I use icon winter gloves with cycle gear cold liners and the grip heaters cranked all the way up. I'm assuming it's due to the air hitting my hands.  Two options I'm considering are a calsci x wide windshield or project D aero wings. Currently my bike is 100% stock so which do you think would help me ?
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2016, 06:55:15 PM »
Gerbings heated gear...
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2016, 08:34:00 PM »
I just turn on the heated grips.   With them I typically am OK with my 3-season (vented + breathable) gloves to about 40F with occasional dips below.  But colder than that (which is a rare ride for me), I switch to the heavier Olympia Wind-Tex and no prob (well, except for it being harder to work controls and such).
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2016, 08:56:47 PM »
I was gonna say RUN!! Run away!!!

But remembered that's advice for cold feet.
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2016, 04:23:06 AM »
Quote from: gPink on January 13, 2016, 05:27:48 PM
Heated gloves and if you're a hands on guy Mr. Pope gave us this excellent plan for air wings...
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=10501.msg128285#msg128285

Thanks gPink!
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2016, 10:56:41 AM »
Agree 100% step 1 is get the wind off your hands. I commute 30 minutes to and from work in 20f with just a pair of leather non insulated non heated gloves and I'm fine. I wouldn't go cross country like that but 30 minutes I'm fine. I forget what brand wind guards I have but very similar to what the Pope's home ones do.
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2016, 11:09:40 AM »
I ride all year and my hands were only cold once about 10 years ago...that afternoon I got a pair of Gerbings. I now have two more pairs of heated Gloves from Warm and Safe...http://www.warmnsafe.com/ one of their gen4 jackets, and new this year Gerbing heated insoles.

Warm and safe is a bit cheaper than Gerbing, and not a Chinese company either.

btw...one of my morning commutes last week it was 8F, and I was toasty!
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2016, 03:35:03 PM »
Quote from: Caffeinated on January 14, 2016, 11:09:40 AM
btw...one of my morning commutes last week it was 8F, and I was toasty!

OMG, just shoot me.  My hands might be warm, but the rest of me would be frozen solid!
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2016, 04:22:37 PM »
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2016, 04:40:05 PM »
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2016, 05:46:53 PM »
Hippo Hands is the single most effective hand-warming feature I have ever used, on any bike. Better than heated grips, better than any gloves alone.
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2016, 07:05:26 PM »
Thanks for the input. I ordered the hand guards today I'll see how that works then add to it from there.
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2016, 02:09:13 AM »
https://www.google.com/search?q=handlebar+muffs+for+motorcycles&client=safari&rls=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwinqYXRuqvKAhWGVD4KHZCNDy8QsAQIWw&biw=1437&bih=711&dpr=2

No doubt about it. Handlebar muffs let you wear much lighter gloves so you don't lose feel of controls, while keeping fingers toasty.  And many brands are way less than $90.
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2016, 04:58:22 AM »
Getting the wind off of your hands worked great for me.

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Those are Motax brand air deflectors but they work the same as other brands.
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #16 on: February 03, 2016, 12:14:32 PM »
I bought a pair of "Firstgear Navigator" gloves in Colorado while on a road trip. They were supposed to be 4 season gloves but they're too warm to wear most of the time. I do wear them when it's cold out and they work great! The aren't bulky by any means and they do a great job keeping my hands warm when temps go below 30 degrees. Plus, they are really comfortable gloves! I have never had cold hands when riding in cold weather with these when combined with the heated grips! I have ridden with them in temps as low as 18 degrees and was totally fine! There is one review for these gloves on the Revzilla site and it's a poor review but I can tell you that the gloves are fantastic and I will completely disagree with the review in that they DO KEEP YOU WARM! The reviewer said they don't work below 40 degrees...his must have holes or something because they work great for me! Just so you know the story, I am affected by cold more so than most because of an accident years ago that took my left index finger and messed up my left thumb and both are severely affect by cold so I am a great resource when it comes to gloves and cold weather :thumbs:! I have my gloves customized after I buy them...I have the left index finger cut and sewn. Nothing worse than a glove finger "flopping around" while riding :o! BTW, I wear my summer gloves when it's 40 degrees out  ::)!
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2016, 06:55:42 PM »
At those temps I can tell you that the air wings will not work. I have them.  Heated grips will not work. I have them
Gerbing or Hippo is the only way to go. I would go with the hippo. Those are the bomb.
 Big heavy insulated gloves make it harder to control the bike.

I have not tried these but they are supposed to be the newest  thing out there.  There are lipo type  rechargeable battery  glove skins but they dont last all day
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #18 on: February 04, 2016, 08:31:26 PM »
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Re: Advice for cold hands.
« Reply #19 on: February 05, 2016, 04:55:32 AM »
Quote from: stevewfl on February 04, 2016, 08:31:26 PM
freak show compared to heated gear

+1.  Those are UGLY!
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