I just received the Kinco waterproof Work + Ski mitt for my birthday and am anxious to get to try them out on some cold rides this Winter. They’re leather mittens, but have a 5-finger liner built into them to keep your fingers toasty.
Brian Lex Ky On Nov 25, 2023, at 3:00 PM, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote:
I was wondering how I was going to fare wearing the Kinco Axeman mittens this morning @26 degrees, sunny and a light crisp dry fresh breeze. I wore the longer cuff Harbor Freight 7 mil nitrile gloves underneath, reversed so the slick inside glides with the fleece interior of the mitt. W U N D A B A H ! (pronounced like voon-da-bah) aka Wonderful !
I wasn't so sure about the feet either as usually below 32 has been cold toes with my Altra Trail runners, even with Showers Pass Mountain socks that are windproof and have some wool inside, supposedly. They weren't very warm by themselves, surprisingly, until this year I started wearing plastic grocery bags around my feet before I put the socks on. Now they're warm ! Vapor barriers for the win ! For more warmth I can place some plastic packaging pouches converted to toe booties inside my shoes.
Plus I bought me some fancy Sportful Fiandre road specific jackets this fall, one of which aptly named "Warm" with a Gore Infinium wind stopping softshell and a laminated fleece lining. (Fiandre is Italian for Flanders, a region of Belgium famous for fabulous pro road races) The "Warm" jacket has all sorts of ventilation built into it, from a narrow strip of fleece running the length of the under arms, to the mesh caped upper back vent, to two small zippered side torso vents. It's a brilliant design. It's not meant for below freezing so I wore two light baselayer shirts, which I found is warmer than one thicker one, plus another Fiandre jacket on top of the baselayers and underneath the Warm. The Fiandre NoRain Light short sleeve jacket. Gawd is it awesome, the back is breathable rain resistant fabric and the rest is a thin wind stopping laminate that's noiseless and supple. Having that extra windproof fabric over the shoulders to the elbows makes a huge difference compared to vests. Very light and packable. All these Fiandre jackets are like hybrid jersey/jackets, they're meant to be very form fitting and over baselayers, like a jersey.
All that with some nice warm Santini Aldo bib tights which I'm pretty sure is the heaviest/most dense fleece made road cycling wear. No wind blocking panels, minimal seams, just the dense and very supple "Roubaix" style fleece, smooth outside and fleecy inside.
Riding in long low road position(notably less air resistance !) and having form fitting no flap clothing this year I've kept riding this fall whereas usually I would have given in to the cold for walking/hiking instead.
Having a warm head of course is essential and I use combos of balaclavas, neck gaiters and Lowe Alpine Mountain Caps, which are the bees knees for anything in the cold. Goretex shell and fleece lining, with loops @ the chin for DIY securing under the chin. Mine are some 12 years old, but I see they still make them, albeit with their own proprietary waterproofing rather than a Gore product. https://mountainequipment.com/products/classic-mountain-cap-alpine-hat The brim is wired so bendable any which way, plus it snaps up under the little horizontal piece of fabric on the front. The main thing I get out the hat is that it is windproof, just like the socks. If my head is cold I have no chance to stay warm !
On Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 12:42:53 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote:
Thanks. Those are warmer than PI Lobsters?
I've been trying to sell my lobsters but no response, and I may just keep them; they'll fit inside the new leather/fleece-lined mittens for very cold mornings without (apparently; haven't yet ridden with this combo) binding or squashing.
I ride in Western Mass, this mornings ride was in the low 20s and these have been really toasty for me in temps down into the teens! GORE-TEX INFINIUM THERMO SPLIT GLOVES. I wear them on my drop bar and swept back bar bikes, with bar end and thumbie shifters respectively. I appreciate that they have XXXL, my palms are pretty big and this gives a snug yet roomy fit and gives me enough dexterity and they aren't super long on my fingers.
Full price they are spendy but I have seen them on sale for closer to $50 in the past.
On Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 12:44:57 AM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote:
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.
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.
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