Nobody uses electric gloves? - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

11-11-2004, 06:21 AM

I'm having a bit of glove trouble. My hands very get cold, certainly
for the first few miles. Cold enough that I really don't like it. I
can try for warmer gloves, and scanned this newgroup going back over a
year and read the glove threads. Lots of suggestions but I can't
figure out why nobody mentioned battery powered gloves. Is there no
one using them?

My problem with gloves so far is that they aren't warm enough at the
start but are too warm later on. I suppose I can wear heavy ones at
the start and switch to lighter ones but I'm starting to carry a lot
of stuff and it isn't easy to stop and switch around, especially since
the pack is bungie corded to the carrier.

It seems that battery powered gloves could be thin enough to use the
current when you start out but turn off when you get warm enough not
not need it anymore.

Seems reasonable but since no one is doing it, there are clearly
objections. And these are...