20-11-13, 12:04 PM
This morning doing the 50 mile round trip from home to dropping my step daughter off at wymonham college then back I made the dreaded mistake of thinking the rain was going to be reasonably light so leaving my glove cuffs on the outside of my jacket as they are an arse to tuck inside...25 miles later water was getting in and despite heated grips my hands were freezing. Stupid mistake, once any part of your set up is breached things get worse very quickly don't they 
I noticed yesterday that for the first time this year it was so cold I couldn't ride with my flip up helmet open, that same cold this morning on top of water getting in made my hands feel like weird freezing/burning balloons, and that's when it becomes difficult to use them properly and safely with throttle brake clutch etc...like I said a stupid mistake given all the years I've been riding. It's made my mind up to splash ou on some new winter gloves with smaller cuffs, just been reading a visor down post on ten best winter gloves for under a hundred quid...makes interesting reading how absolutely crap some are!
I noticed yesterday that for the first time this year it was so cold I couldn't ride with my flip up helmet open, that same cold this morning on top of water getting in made my hands feel like weird freezing/burning balloons, and that's when it becomes difficult to use them properly and safely with throttle brake clutch etc...like I said a stupid mistake given all the years I've been riding. It's made my mind up to splash ou on some new winter gloves with smaller cuffs, just been reading a visor down post on ten best winter gloves for under a hundred quid...makes interesting reading how absolutely crap some are!