I bought a pair of size Large Guide Gear leather mittens with light fleece lining and inner wool mitten, sub $40. The wool mitten is thin, not at all like the heavy, almost felted wool mittens with my first pair of OR nylon/wool combo, but the OR combination was really too warm for my needs. The leather is good quality and supple, the stitching looks good, and they are labeled "waterproof." I daresay that the lining will wear but I wanted these for the leather outer mitts which are large enough to wear over not only the accompanying wool mittens but my lighter-weight lined leather gloves (ex Bundeswehr!) and they will even fit over those little-used Pearl Izumi size L lobster mitts I'm trying to sell without crowding the ends of fingers or thumb.
I wish they covered more of my wrists but anything I wear under them will be longer on the wrist. Come to think of it, those very thick and dense OR wool under-mittens would probably have served as well as these lined leather sheaths, but I expect I'll prefer the leather for a better grip on the bar. Those PI lobsters + OR nylon over mittens (no wool undermittens) + Finnish army surplus gun mittens still FS: all now $70 shipped CONUS. On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 2:15 PM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > The fall style thread raises a question about keeping your hands warm in > very cold temperatures (for me, very cold means in the teens F). My fingers > are very sensitive to the cold. I've bought 2 or 3 pairs of PI Lobster > gloves but I've been disappointed in the fit and the warmth. > > I've used Outdoor Research heavy nylon mitten sheaths with thick boiled > wool mittens underneath, and those were very warm indeed, but very awkward > to ride in, even on a fixed gear where you have to handle only the brake > levers. > > Varusteleka currently has a number of mil surplus mittens with separate > thumb, separate thumb and trigger finger, and separate thumb and first 2 > fingers. The whole point of mittens is to bundle the fingers together in > one compartment for mutual warmth, so each added finger compartment > sacrifices warmth. > > Does anyone have thoughts on a glove or a mitten or a system that gives > the best mix of warmth and dexterity? And perhaps some particular gloves or > mittens that fit the bill? > > Right now, I've got hugely oversized 5-finger gloves under which I can > wear wool knit gloves, under which in turn I can wear silk liners, but this > sort of layer system is cumbersome to put on and take off. > > Thanks. > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing > services. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *When thou didst not, savage,* > > *Know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like* > > *A thing most brutish, I endowed thy purposes* > > *With words that made them known.* > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage,* *Know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like* *A thing most brutish, I endowed thy purposes* *With words that made them known.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvRreUAmzJWRs6uYgQz1ccrkr7N2iKORqJp2Y3jxp7Yfw%40mail.gmail.com.
