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Gloves for wet riding
Have much luck with your gloves/mittens when riding in the rain? Got
truly waterproof gloves? How do you dry your gloves when they get soaked inside? It was pouring last week when we were at Sierra-at-Tahoe. Snowing at the top. Anyway my daughter & I use our Gordini gloves that usually seem reasonably warm. Mine are Goretex/Primaloft, hers Drimax/Hollofil II. Anyway they both got soaked through. Less warm when soaked, and by the afternoon we avoided higher elevations to keep our hands warmer. Another problem is they won't dry. We used to use REI gloves, and we'd invert their liners when we were done. These gloves don't seem to want to do that, and it seemed to mess up the REI gloves after awhile. After several days of hanging up to dry, I turned most of my gloves inside out, and it was able to squeeze quite a bit more water out. Not enough for it to dry though. We tried using a hair dryer on "cool" to dry the gloves, but the hair dryer quit. Help! |
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Definetely a problem with all gloves, Gortex or whatever....
Some guys suggest dishwasher gloves under, and at least your hands only sweat. Me no like. Other's suggest neoprene gloves like surfers and divers wear. At least that works on rainy days. Wears out quickly. Still other smarter peeps say triple plastic bags taped or rubber banded at the wrists, which works but looks ragged. My only solution is to stay home, or hit MtRose. |
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Have much luck with your gloves/mittens when riding in the rain? Got
truly waterproof gloves? How do you dry your gloves when they get soaked inside? My Outdoor Research mitts seem to stay dry on the inside through anything, as long as I keep them cinched up. If you want fast-drying, an outer shell with no absorbeant material and an inner liner than can be thrown in the dryer is the key. Mike T ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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wrote in message oups.com... Have much luck with your gloves/mittens when riding in the rain? Got truly waterproof gloves? How do you dry your gloves when they get soaked inside? It was pouring last week when we were at Sierra-at-Tahoe. Snowing at the top. Anyway my daughter & I use our Gordini gloves that usually seem reasonably warm. Mine are Goretex/Primaloft, hers Drimax/Hollofil II. Anyway they both got soaked through. Less warm when soaked, and by the afternoon we avoided higher elevations to keep our hands warmer. Another problem is they won't dry. We used to use REI gloves, and we'd invert their liners when we were done. These gloves don't seem to want to do that, and it seemed to mess up the REI gloves after awhile. After several days of hanging up to dry, I turned most of my gloves inside out, and it was able to squeeze quite a bit more water out. Not enough for it to dry though. We tried using a hair dryer on "cool" to dry the gloves, but the hair dryer quit. Help! I've got some REI gloves as well. They have rubberized palms and a fleece inner liner. The rubberized part keeps the gloves dry for several hours as long as the snow isn't melting on the glove itself. Once I get tired of the water/squishi-ness of the wet liners, I take out the liners and shake them out. Fleece can hold a lot of water but against the "spin" cycle, the water readily comes out. Then you have just a barely damp glove and that lasts for another hour or so. It's not bad actually. I can definitely live with it, though I'm thinking I might get mitts this year. -Bruce |
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Go to Sierra Ski and Snowboard in Sacramento or Tri-City in Fremont and
get Burton AK mits on sale. They come with three layers. |
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I suspect some fish stories on this thread.
Year's '97-98, I spent lots of time hanging with SierraAtTahoes ski patrol and instructors. EVERY oldtimer swore nothing worked short of changing every 3 hours. Gortex, don't matter, none of that matters. Water leaks in thru the seams, no matter what company. Everyone miserable on 45 degree rainy days, they HAVE to be out there, and doing it for years. Remember, it's RAINY, not snowing. You can dream how great your gloves are, but short of pure rubber gloves, nothing keeps WATER out. |
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LeeD wrote:
I suspect some fish stories on this thread. Year's '97-98, I spent lots of time hanging with SierraAtTahoes ski patrol and instructors. EVERY oldtimer swore nothing worked short of changing every 3 hours. Gortex, don't matter, none of that matters. Water leaks in thru the seams, no matter what company. Everyone miserable on 45 degree rainy days, they HAVE to be out there, and doing it for years. Remember, it's RAINY, not snowing. You can dream how great your gloves are, but short of pure rubber gloves, nothing keeps WATER out. Gore-Tex IS waterproof, and it WILL keep the water out. Quality gloves made with Gore-Tex are either seamtaped or use a one piece Gore-Tex insert, so it can't leak in through the seams. As I mentioned above, a lot of people forget that on rainy days, if you have the gauntlet over your jacket sleeve like you normally would, your sleeve will funnel water right into the inside of your glove. Way too many people forget that and end up with wet hands. My Outdoor Research gloves are completely waterproof. How do I know that? I filled a bucket with ice water, put the gloves on, then held them in the water for 30+ minutes. No leaks and my hands stayed warm and dry. They haven't let my hands get wet on the slopes yet. |
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