Hand Mitts
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:18 am
A local scooter acquaintance told me the two most important pieces of gear that keep him riding into the colder months are a good windshield, and good hand mitts. He recommended the obscenely ugly, but highly affordable ScootR Logic hand mitts. On his recommendation I ordered and quickly received the mitts.
They are remarkably easy to slip on and off the bike, which is why I pulled them off the other day since there was chance of rain. They are advertised as “waterproof”, but I didn’t want to chance them getting soggy, so off they came.
This evening I had to dash out on an errand. For the very first time, my hands got cold. Freezing cold! Only a half mile down the road I spun a U turn, and headed home to put the mitts back on the bike. Momentarily I was on my way again, but my hands didn’t warm before I reached my destination. On my return, I didn’t notice any chill on my hands at all.
I’m a real wimp when it comes to cold, so I always wear heavy gloves. Truly it took some getting used to for me to be able to ride confidently with my gloved hands inside the mitts. Once the skill is learned, it is far better to ride with gloves and mitts than it is with fingers numbed from frostbite.
So if you want to ride without freezing your knuckles off (in 22 F degrees, like it was here this evening), and you don't care if the neighbors laugh at your ugly mitts, get a set of ScootR Logic hand mitts, and get used to riding with them. They are well worth the money and the scorn.
They are remarkably easy to slip on and off the bike, which is why I pulled them off the other day since there was chance of rain. They are advertised as “waterproof”, but I didn’t want to chance them getting soggy, so off they came.
This evening I had to dash out on an errand. For the very first time, my hands got cold. Freezing cold! Only a half mile down the road I spun a U turn, and headed home to put the mitts back on the bike. Momentarily I was on my way again, but my hands didn’t warm before I reached my destination. On my return, I didn’t notice any chill on my hands at all.
I’m a real wimp when it comes to cold, so I always wear heavy gloves. Truly it took some getting used to for me to be able to ride confidently with my gloved hands inside the mitts. Once the skill is learned, it is far better to ride with gloves and mitts than it is with fingers numbed from frostbite.
So if you want to ride without freezing your knuckles off (in 22 F degrees, like it was here this evening), and you don't care if the neighbors laugh at your ugly mitts, get a set of ScootR Logic hand mitts, and get used to riding with them. They are well worth the money and the scorn.