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Bar Mitts/Bike Pogies!

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/products/smitten-with-mittens-...

I will look into them, thanks! I couldn't actually read the article, it said "Thanks for reading 20 articles this month, please sign up" and blocked the rest of it, even though I've never been there before. Will try on my less ancient PC!

I'm wondering how they accommodate shifters and brakes but I'm sure they do since I saw them all over NYC last time I was there.

There are several versions that fits different bike handles. I still haven't found anything that fits mine though so have to survive with double gloves.

There are also lobster gloves where you pair two fingers next to each other to keep warm and still be able to use the breaks and shifters.

I have something like the lobster gloves. They are REI three-finger gloves where the index and middle finger are separate, and the ring and pinky are together in a shell pocket and each in their own liner pockets. They are my best ones so far and fingers don't get quite as nippy that way. But the shells are bulky and have extra long cuffs. Tradeoffs!

I have Dogwood Designs pogies on a flat bar with SRAM NX shifters and SRAM Level brakes and they work well. I saw a guy's blog post [0] that shows them on cruiser bars, just to give you an idea of the variety of setups they can accommodate.

They make them in two warmth ratings, down to -15°F [1] and below -15°F [2]

[0]: https://jnyyz.wordpress.com/2022/01/11/dogwood-designs-pogie...

[1]: https://www.907bikes.com/product-page/dogwood-designs-winter...

[2]: https://www.907bikes.com/product-page/dogwood-designs-winter...

Thanks, will have a look! It's hard to find alternatives here, everyone seems to be using gloves.

I vastly prefer them over thick gloves. You can wear a thin glove and work the shifter/brakes more easily.

Thanks! Those look exactly what I need! I struggle to keep my hands warm below -3C.

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