My gripe with more recent iterations of the PI lobster gloves ( and PI products in general) is that I feel the quality of the construction of the products has gone down hill over the years. I say this both as a customer and as a bike shop employee. A pair of lobster gloves simple doesn't last as long as they used to - and I don't put them through nearly as much abuse as I have in previous years.
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Aaron Crandall <[email protected]> wrote: > The newer Pearl Izumi lobster gloves are OK w/liners. My hands usually stay > pretty comfy, as long as I use my glove liners. -Aaron > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Steve Drake <[email protected]> > *To:* John Martin <[email protected]>; bikies < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, December 22, 2008 1:17:57 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Bikies] -6F mitt suggestions? > > I would suggest hunting down an old pair of Pearl Izumi lobster gloves, but > don't make the mistake of getting a new pair. The company had a great design > around 15 years ago when I bought mine. I used them all winter for the past > 10-years. A couple of years ago the gloves were showing their age, so I > bought a new pair of Pearl Izumi's- now called amphib's. Comparatively > speaking, those gloves were garbage. They were much too thin to keep my > hands warm below 25 deg. F Besides that they had defective stitching and no > longer had adequate wrist gauntlets. I cut my losses by selling the new > gloves on EBay and stitched up the worn spots on the old gloves. > > By the beginning of this season the insulation in the old gloves had > collapsed to the point where they weren't very warm anymore. Luckily, I was > able to find a nice clean pair of old-style Pearl Izumi's on EBay for 35 > bucks. These gloves with a light liner kept my fingers toasty at -10 deg. F > on my 25 - minute ride this morning. > > If you go looking for a pair of these, EBay has been the only place I've > found them. Look for blue and purple coloring and nice wrist gauntlets > which are held in place by an elastic band. > -- > ~|~ _ > | | > |____|/__ > (o) / (o) > Good Luck, > > Steve > > ---- John Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > This morning the 30 minute ride in was cold (-6F). I had 40g > > thinsulate mittens with fleece finger-lining inside -- any thicker and > > I'll barely be able to grip the handlebars. For the most part, my > > hands stayed warm, but my fingertips (mostly thumbtips) suffered. > > > > Does anyone here have ideas on extremely cold finger protection? I've > > read that battery-heated gloves work on palms, but not fingers. I > > can't imagine any non-heated gloves would keep my fingers warm, and > > thicker mitts are too thick. What (specifically) have you long-time > > winter bikers found works on days like today (besides the bus ;-). > > > > only now thawed enough to type, > > John > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bikies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > -- ......... __ o .........-\<, ......(O) (O)........... ...........................
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