I've heard that wearing latex gloves under your leather gloves helps to keep things a bit warmer. I tried it on a 20 minute ride Monday evening and it seemed to help out a bit with wind protection. It's not perfect but it was a bit more comfortable.
Never tried the latex thing. Though never really needed to. I have so many different rain gloves, from lighter to snow worth, that keep my hands nice and warm. It also helps that I have hand guards that block most of the wind off my hand as well.
A lot of us do ride down to 1c and below, and iof you ride a fair amount (especially away from the city) it isn't uncommon to encounter temps below that
My present thermometer (part of a Kisan Charge Guard) has a frost warning as well, althought the frost warning part only kicks in when the display is showing Volts or Amps.
I have grip warmers. They are better then nothing, but not all they are cracked up to be. You will have sweaty palms while the rest of your hand freezes. If you really want warmth, I would look at heated gloves for all around warmth.
Although I don't have heated gloves (and almost never wear my heated gear anyway) I do agree that heated gloves should be better in colder weather than heated grips.
One thing that many of you could do to dramatically improve your cold weather comfort is get some way to block the airflow on your hands. My bike has hand guards, and I block off the bottom of them in colder weather to stop air coming around from below. If you can't add hand gaurds, you might look at something like Hippo Hands. I haven't used them but have heard a lot of people say they are excellent in cold weather.
Although I don't have heated gloves (and almost never wear my heated gear anyway) I do agree that heated gloves should be better in colder weather than heated grips.
One thing that many of you could do to dramatically improve your cold weather comfort is get some way to block the airflow on your hands. My bike has hand guards, and I block off the bottom of them in colder weather to stop air coming around from below. If you can't add hand gaurds, you might look at something like Hippo Hands. I haven't used them but have heard a lot of people say they are excellent in cold weather.
Although I don't have heated gloves (and almost never wear my heated gear anyway) I do agree that heated gloves should be better in colder weather than heated grips.
One thing that many of you could do to dramatically improve your cold weather comfort is get some way to block the airflow on your hands. My bike has hand guards, and I block off the bottom of them in colder weather to stop air coming around from below. If you can't add hand gaurds, you might look at something like Hippo Hands. I haven't used them but have heard a lot of people say they are excellent in cold weather.
..Tom
Hardguards are likely more important than grip warmers. Tried an experiment Sunday early morning at 5 Celsius with tieing a plastic bag, that I slit open to get my hands through, over the hardguard to cut wind to hands completely, and left the heated grips turned off. My hands were very comfortable at highway speeds.
So cutting off wind-flow is the key (rather than fighting cold by adding warmth alone) and its good advice to block the bottom of the hardguards, or getting Hippos (or the cheaper knockoff-brand that's available at Royal Distributing). It also solves the problem I was having in keeping my thumbs warm when riding at 0 Celsius for extended highway rides.
Ride up until there is ice forming on the roads. Then it's only a short wait until sled season.
I only put 3000k on this year. Way less than my 8000 in 2009. 2010 I put on 0. Don't join the army if you want time to ride!!
I had WAY more riding time when I was in the Marines (helped being stationed in San Diego of course). Don't get married and buy a house if you if you want time to ride.
Is there a meteorologist in the house? Calculating wind chill at say 10 degrees at 100 KPH -- gotta be a 10 degree drop (0 degrees) or more.. You guys riding in lower than that are riding well into the minuses. Watch for hypothermia!
I should clarify that pants in or out of one`s boots will depend on whether one is riding a sportbike with feet back or a cruiser style bike with feet forward.
But dammit, I just could sit around the house any longer! I just had to try out my new T2i at recording some exhaust videos! Finally, and I mean FINALLY, I get something that can record videos THAT HAS A DAMN MIC INPUT! WOOT!
Sorry for a crappy camera angle, I couldn't figure out a way to bring my big tripod with me, and I couldn't find my little tripod so I just set the camera on the ground
Video was recorded on my new Canon T2i (with hacked Magic Lantern firmware), on the stock 18-55mm lens at 18mm/f5.6, 1080p30 at 200% bitrate, Audio Gain locked at 0 and AGC off, Rodes VideoMic Pro on the hotshoe with a Dead Cat, set to +20 gain and the low cut filter disabled.
I rode today too. I was warm until I hit the highway then only the tips of my fingers were cold. Stopped a few times to warm my hands up. Rode from about 11-7
I should clarify that pants in or out of one`s boots will depend on whether one is riding a sportbike with feet back or a cruiser style bike with feet forward.
-3 this morning when Ileft home, warmed up to 0 by the time I got to Newmarket. It had warmed up to +3 by the time I got to Woodbridge.
I was pleased to have seen three other bikes: A cruiser of sorts (on Greenlane in Newmarket Area), a sport bike (I think it was heading up Bathurst towards Davis) and a sport bike heading west on 9 aroudn hwy 400 (not sure what it was but either an SV650 or a Yamaha Sport Bike. It was blue is about all I can recall.)
Nice to see other bikes out not letting coolish temps stop them from riding!
Was out late last night in a run to the Queens Tavern in Ayr last night. Cold, sitting at the Zero mark. Long Johns, my medium warm gloves and grip warmers on maximum. Should have brought my neck warmer, but it could have been worse. This morning it was at -4 when I left, but its only a 10 minute ride to work in traffic, so not bad at all.
I debated (not very long) about not riding in today, but did anyways. Only saw one other bike on the Gardiner, and about a quarter of the bikes normally parked on Albert St. Sad.
It's not raining or snowing today so I rode in. My winter weight leather gloves kept my hands warm. Feet were good as well in RoadKrome boots with heavy work socks. However my jeans did not keep my knees warm. Gotta do something about that... I'm really reluctant to put the bike away just yet.
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