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Submitted by
fridrix
a Weekend Warrior
from Salt Lake City
Date Reviewed: February 18, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | Wasatch Touring | | Strengths: | styling | | Weaknesses: | temp rating is a lie | | Similar Products Used: | snowboarder gloves with Smartwool liner | | Bike Setup: | '99 Specialized Hardrock | | Bottom Line: | First off the package has a horrendous typo: "rating down to -5'C or -20'F." Actually, -5'C is +23'F, not -20'F; this is only a few degrees below freezing---hardly what most Americans would call "sub zero."
Like another reviewer, I found they let your fingers get cold at the mid-20's F. Windchill was in the teens, though. On the plus side, they seem to be very well made.
I am finding out Specialized is good for making stuff that looks great but is somewhat underengineered or overhyped. I probably won't go through the hassle of taking these back since they are useful down to around freezing, and I like the heel pad. I dunno.
I should have known better. These gloves have a removeable liner but not much loft. And I paid full retail. Ouch, in more ways than one.
Summary: great gloves down to +30'F. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jim
a Cross Country Rider
from Louisville, KY
Date Reviewed: February 10, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Warm if its not beolw 25 degrees F. Comfortable, water resistant. Wrist cuff | | Weaknesses: | Hands got painfully cold when riding in about 20-25 degree F | | Similar Products Used: | Pearl Izumi lobster, Ski gloves | | Bike Setup: | n/a | | Bottom Line: | I think the "sub-zero" refers to Celsius. Anything thing below 32 F (0 Celsius) is a gamble. Other than that, they are excellent gloves. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Seb Wiers
a Weekend Warrior
from Minneapolis, MN, USA
Date Reviewed: October 29, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Theodore Worth | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS (Eric's) | | Strengths: | Ecellent fit and shaping, quality construction and materials, should last a long time. | | Weaknesses: | Probably not warm enough for "sub zero" Farenhiet, though maybe OK just below zero Celcius. Interior thinsulate lining not bonded to exterior shell, so they shift, resulting in less than ideal grip and difficulty when removing the glove, especially with frigid hands. I also had some trouble with cold wrists- the cuff is to short and narrow to easily and securely overlap jacket sleves, but it to fat to ge well inside a sleve. | | Similar Products Used: | Answer team 2, pricey XC ski gloves, cheap K-mart ski gloves, insulated leather driving gloves | | Bike Setup: | Race Face Good-N-Evil grips (fat, soft, grippy solid rubber) on DH bar (25" wide, 2" rise) | | Bottom Line: | Although I didn't use these long or in very cold weather, I feal I have to warn people away from them before really cold weather hits. For $40, I expected more, and for comfort and safety, I need more.
I'm gonna try and return these and get something more windproof, with a long tight cuff. I bought them because they were the best fitting and seemed the warmest, but they are not quite windproof enough- the faster I ride, the colder my hands get, which is the reverese of how I like it. Plus the cuff design just doesn't seem to work for me, although I have very long arms. To bad, because Specialized did everything (and then some) right as far as fit and manufacture goes, it just seems they didn't actually try using them on a bike in cold weather. The resulting warmth and grip isn't a whole lot better than a cheap ski glove from K-Mart, though these will last a lot longer. I'd give them a higher rating If my primary concern was how they look and how long they will last, but those a pretty minor, since I'll mostly be commuting in them, so comfort is key over looks, and chances are they will get misplaced come spring. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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