11 Useful Hacks & Tips for WARM HANDS while cycling + fat biking in ALL conditions.
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- Опубліковано 22 жов 2024
- Don't let cold hands and fingers ruin your ride! Here are some tips and hacks to help you stay warm and toasty while mountain biking and fat biking in the worst weather. Have some tips or tricks to add? Please leave them in the comments! Ride on :) #coldhandsnomore #warmisthenewcold
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I’ve been using Dogwood Designs for 6 years. Not even a liner with the heavier ones. Just seal up the front end when it’s windy. People look at me like I’m crazy, but that just means they work! Good luck!!
I have the poagies regular and plus- love em both… also have her overboots- Joan makes great stuff 🤙 ride on!
you speak with so much passion and details! i just wanted to know about cold hands in general but i stayed because i liked ur vibe
Thanks so much, Lewis - that means a lot :) Ride on!
Hand warmers sitting in your pogies work reasonably well: even better is to have them covering your wrist; warms up blood circulating through the radial artery into your hands. If I recall there is one guy in Atlantic Canada who makes ‘wrist bands’ for the purpose of securing the warmer against your wrist. DIYer’s could easily fabricate something similar.
David, thanks for chiming in :) ... and reiterating what I demo'd at 11:40 in the video (a warmer on my wrist) and mentioned at 11:50 - I'll often opt to slide hand warmers under my purple arm warmers and place them on my wrists or forearms. I also do this on my ankles, and go into more detail in my cold feet video: ua-cam.com/video/ppNWd3eAmb4/v-deo.html -- I've never needed wristbands to secure them, but thanks for throwing it out there :) Ride on!!
another great tips video, cheers Joe.
Thanks for watching, Joe's Bikes :) Ride on!
@@DirtyTeethMTB Cheers Boss
Wow, pretty sure you covered it all and then some!!
Thanks for watching, Hoser7- ride on!
I have put my wp over inside my insulating mitt. Light liner glove / liner / insulating mitt . This acts a a vapor barrier keeping my insulation free of moisture. Inside pogies in temps below -40 and all good . As well never be afraid of using chemical warmers a great tool .
I have removed front brakes a la JP and your video.
Thanks for sharing, Scott 🙏
Great tips! Also, toe warmers stuck to the back of your liner gloves (inside your over-mitts) are awesome. Additionally. I've used lightweight kayaking pogies attached to the ends of my aerobars with great success. That, or while bikepacking, hiding my hands behind my front bar-roll bag to get them out of the wind helps in a pinch. Keep up the good work!!
Thanks for watching and commenting, David - ride on :)
Great deep dive. Awesome compilation of tips. +1 on fat silicone grips!
I also consider cream style antiperspirant (Carpe lotion) for hands and feet to prevent sweating which keeps hands/feet dry and keep my gloves and socks from getting wet and cold as fast. Gives me a level up in the time before i need to swap out my liner gloves.
Thanks for watching and the note about Carpe lotion, Ben - ride on!!
Lots of Great tips/hacks in another terrific video.
Thanks for the kind words, Richard - ride on!!
Some good tips there Alan. I'm a Reynauds sufferer and found wrapping my brake levers with insulation tape works really well. I tried the lobster claw mitts but didn't get on with them. The best I've found so far are the Galibier Deep Winter gloves. I also carry the charcoal sachets just in case.
Great notes, Dave - thanks for chiming in!! Hope all is well :)
My mother also had the Reynauds disease and now uses heated gloves of BERTSCHAT to keep her warm on the mountainbike! If you're interested I can give you the link :)
@@SomeOne-fx2ql thanks for sharing :) feel free to share the link, if you'd like - ride on!
Great video ! I commute and ride down to -15C in canada. I simply use my Fall cycling kit, and throw on top my rain pants, my ultralight puffy synthetic jacket, ski gloves, tuque, face mask, goggle, and switch my Merrel boots with flat pedals. Work great for trips up to 2h but no more. I'm considering buying those ski helmet with integrated sun visor and some pogies. Cheers
Sounds like your dialed, Sylv'ain... ski helmets rock, I use mine sometimes... once you go pogies, I doubt you'll go back to ski gloves :)! Ride on!
Thanks, for the tips! I'm going to put them to use tomorrow.
Have a great ride 🤙
Super useful tips now that I’m riding in Norway, cheers!
Thanks for watching and commenting, Omare ;) Ride on!
I used some snowboarding gloves by LL Bean that had a small zippered pocket that I put Handwarmers in, and they worked fantastic down to single digits. I coupled those with older Lake winter boots that also worked fantastic. Now I live in Phoenix, which also works fantastic! Thanks!
Phoenix, that’s a good one! thanks for adding it to the list 😜 ride on :)
Great video! It was 78 out here in West Texas today lol.
Haha 😂 I’m shivering just thinking about that 🥶
Great tips! I tend to go with the thin Bar Mitts, that way I'm still forced to wear some type of glove underneath for when I pull my hand out. The big monster pogies make my hands warm enough that I want to take off the gloves, but then I suffer every time I need to take them out to do something.
Thanks for chiming in with your insight, Jamison :) Ride on!!
Pretty good video. I loved that you explained the effects of vasa constriction. Not enough people know about that. Extra points for you 👍
I use layers on the hands just like on the body. I cycle in Norway all season so I have an array of gloves. Today (-4C) I just put on my Hestra Wakayama’s. They are leather on the outside and wool liner on the inside. Above freezing I would use my Hestra cross country gloves with a Gore wind stopper membrane. At temperatures below-10C I would use those with a merino wool liner glove. Below that I use neoprene pogies (spelling?) and liner or cross country gloves. I ride a gravel bike. So fingers are important for me. I tried lobster gloves but had problems shifting.
I think covering the leavers with something sounds like a good idea. I will try to find solution and test it out. Thanks!
Thanks for watching and commenting, Martin :) Ride on!
Not my kind of video but I watched the whole thing you are good at sharing info my friend
Thanks for watching :)
i like thin merino gloves, light mits and overmits. i can only keep my fingers warm with mittens. bad circulation i guess. the merino gloves breathe, theyre great
Thanks for watching and commenting, Cypriano :) Ride on!
i regularly ride in -20C and use goretex ski gloves with its liner and a thin merino baselayer
Thanks for chiming in with your thoughts, JogBird - ride on!!
I bought the silicon grips last year, because you recommended them. They are awesome.
Right on, Joe - glad you're enjoying them :)
@@DirtyTeethMTB My buddy got a pair too.
I recommend the 45nrth sturmfist 4 gloves. They keep my hands toasty down to single digits F.
Thanks for chiming in with your glove recommendation - ride on!
Have you ever used heated gloves that you liked/disliked? I am looking for information because I have been wanting to invest in them for a while now. Looking forward to your reply.
Too expensive for me, so sorry I have not tried :( best of luck!
Cool
Thank you!!
That is a lot of gear to carry, combined with all your other gear you must be pulling a toboggan along.
Haha, thanks for watching and commenting, Ellery... sorry for the confusion. For some people watching this video, 50F is cold... others are prepping for the Iditarod Trail Race w/ -20F to -40F, bikepacking/camping for multiple days, etc - cold is relative and I wanted to cover everything as best I could... that said, I have everything available to me, but I only take what is appropriate depending on the ride/adventure at hand. You're right, if I carried every piece of gear I own and use, I'd need to hire a porter :). Ride on!
What's the bike in the background of this video?
I believe it is a why Cycles Big Iron. He talks about in another video.
Yep, John's right - it's a Why Big Iron v2. If you're curious, here's the video: ua-cam.com/video/aKhFiucp--M/v-deo.html
It’s a nice looking rig!
If your hands are cold it means your core is too cold wear a vest then
Wholly Mary - Thanks for chiming in and reiterating what I mention at the beginning of the video... 0:38 - cozy core is extremely important... ride on!
Those are super amazing but lets be real, out of my budget.
Thanks for watching :)
I can't deal with pogies so just accept the pain in my fingers!
Depending on how long your rides are, battery heated gloves or gloves w/pouch for chem hand warmers could help? Anyhoo, thanks so much for watching and commenting/ ride on!
@@DirtyTeethMTB thankfully it doesn't get too cold in the UK. I bought some larger gloves to wear liners underneath but most of the time I don't need liners as the extra gaps in the larger gloves trap air anyway. If it gets really cold I'll try the hand warmers.
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@@DirtyTeethMTB The thing I noticed is that when I am gripping the handlebars or stretching the fingers to operate the brake levers the fingers push against the inside of glove thus making it feel colder. When I stop I pull on the end of the fingers to increase the gap and it helps to get away from the cold.
@DirtyTeethMTB Could you please make a silent video episode? You're talking too much ...
Lorenzo, all my videos can be silent. Hit the mute button, smart guy :)