Being on the cheap side   im debating whether to buy new winter gloves...doesnt need to be waterproof as i live in So Cal, just needs to be warm for the cold nights and mornings...or just buy liners for my current gloves...what you guys think?

Quote from: homeyjosey on November 05, 2009, 01:30:55 PM
Being on the cheap side  im debating whether to buy new winter gloves...doesnt need to be waterproof as i live in So Cal, just needs to be warm for the cold nights and mornings...or just buy liners for my current gloves...what you guys think?

I'm guessing if your summar gloves fit well, adding glove liners would make them very bulky and uncomfortable. I looked for and tried to find the thinnest glove liners last winter. Ended up not using the glove liners much; didn't feel good (made the whole thing too tight). I'm in San Jose, CA, so the coldest it gets is like high 40s. I think you're better off with a different pair of gloves for the cold days.

I use silk liners and they are not bulky. Not good  below 45 or so. They are cortech brand  and about 10 dollars.
Mary

If you have sloppy fitting gloves (you're cheap, right?) you might be able to fit polypropylene glove liners under them - with all due respect to the bugs that chew mulberry leaves, polypro wins over silk in the cold weather gear department.

$3.50... http://www.vtarmynavy.com/polypro-glove-liners.htm

If your present gloves fit properly, you won't have room for liners - so winter gloves would be the only option. Then again, you could get a set of hand guards and take the breeze off your hands, which might remove your need for warmer gloves in a mild climate.

psh just get some oversized snowgloves and put em over your bike gloves...if you crash you just need new snow gloves...

This is gonna sound ghetto but I love my $2 chinese single ply undyed white cotton construction gloves, they are exactly as good/bad as what you would expect, but they have thin stiff single ply gauntlets that go about a foot up my arm and keep the wind out of sleeves.  I think they wont take dye.

Now I want a $75 version in leather and will be googling that tonight.

check the clearance section at target and see if you can find some of those thin silky feeling garden gloves. Not the grippy thorn protecting ones, just the thin as can be green ones, they make great glove liners for already normal fitting gloves.

Other than that, it sounds like you're in the ideal situation to buy some heated grips and forget worrying about fancy warm gloves.

I spent $25 bucks on some Kombi ski gloves and they worked great. Being in Oregon, it gets pretty cold. But because of ice issues, I don't leave the house if its 38 degrees on lower...

I found some wind and water proof overgloves are fantastic.

Mine were made by Rain-Off
http://www.rain-off.com/

Quote from: Roguesuzuki on November 07, 2009, 10:41:56 AM
Being in Oregon, it gets pretty cold. But because of ice issues, I don't leave the house if its 38 degrees on lower...

Does your water in Oregon freeze at 38 degrees?? 

ya know, i bought glove liners a while back 'cause they were cheap, but honestly they don't work too great (well, for cold winter days). honestly, my winter gloves (the fitted ones, not the bulky ones) go under my gauntlet gloves nicely and keep me nice and warm.

cheers,
~drin