As a Winter commuter I concur in respect of mittens. I wear pound shop wool style gloves under my trusty waxed cotton motorcycle over mittens that I bought a long time ago and are still incredibly water proof and warm. They are starting to wear out now and don't seem to be made any more which is a shame.

As a Winter commuter I concur in respect of mittens. I wear pound shop wool style gloves under my trusty waxed cotton motorcycle over mittens that I bought a long time ago and are still incredibly water proof and warm. They are starting to wear out now and don't seem to be made any more which is a shame.

 

 

Yes, but all things need replacing eventually. The new style gloves are warm, cheap and showerproof. I've used them down to minus 5C so far. They're also touchscreen friendly.

 

I doubt if they'd be as waterproof as waxed mittens are. I carry a pair of large, black, thin rubber nitrile gloves in my rackbag. Just in case of a heavy downpour. Although, I've been considering getting a bike cape for that eventuality.

 

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As a person with a severe immune disorder I wear powderless vinyl gloves all the time (i go through at least 20 pairs a day)

 

In the summer it's awful. But I love it in winter. No matter what gloves I used before my immune system went mental I'd get cold wet hands .....eventually

 

Put a pair of vinyl (or nitrile if you aren't me) single use gloves on underneath a set of crab hand gloves (on special at planet x right now btw) and you'll be warm and dry no matter what

 

The bike, the battery, themotor, and every other bit of you will be cold and wet before your hands are !

 

Edit - unless you have raynauds syndrome like at least one member I'm aware of

Edited January 19, 20179 yr by KirstinS

This is my first winter commuting on my ebike. It's a 7 mile round trip on cycle paths and quiet residential roads. So far so good. As someone else said earlier in this thread the cold crisp mornings are nice it's the wet and windy ones that aren't quite so inviting. I have an Ezee Forza running Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres at relatively low pressure (to soak up the bumps) and I haven't as yet found the need for specialist winter tyres. Keeping warm hasn't been a problem, I wear a warm parka jacket and on top of that a fluorescent rain jacket, a cheap pair of padded over trousers and a fleece lined balaclava. Cold hands were becoming an issue but I recently treated myself to a pair of blazewear electric gloves https://www.blazewear.com/heated-gloves/gt6-performance-gloves.html which keep my hands nice and warm. With all my cold weather gear on it's fair to say it's not the most elegant look (something akin to the Michelin man!) but it's kept me toasty warm through the most wet and cold weather we've had so far this winter.

Edited January 21, 20179 yr by 2Lazy

Also my first winter on an e-bike and it's been between zero and -4 all this week, and I'm still enjoying it:). I'm wearing a big padded rainproof coat with cuffs inside the sleeves (great invention!) and was really pleased to find gloves that fit me (big puddies) in Halfords a few weeks ago. Or rather glove as my right hand doesn't work so it's in a pocket instead.

As others have said, cold and crisp is nice. Wet and windy not so. I won't be repeating Thursday before last when not one bit of me was dry and my bike light drowned itself on the way home.

I've had one slip on icy frost, but nothing to write home about.

My commute is only about 15 minutes, and the only thing that really suffers from the cold is my chin. I don't really like having anything around my face though, so it's a case of put up and shut up.

Definitely looking forward to warmer weather though.

 

Gaz