Heated Rear Screen issues! - Xantia

[CitroJim]

Have you tried the sealskins gloves jim?

Yes I have... No good I'm sad to say but I do have a Sealskins skullcap and that is just wonderful... Keeps my head really toasty warm on the coldest of days and slips under my helmet a treat

[Rhothgar]

Have you tried the sealskins gloves jim? I have a pair of silk liners too for the chilly days on my normal l full finger gloves, the sealskins are a bit thick and cumbersome for off road riding! That and my hands get hellish hot in them!

Second Timmo on that. I use Sealskinz but don't have any silk liners (which apparently make a huge difference and probably stop your hands sweating!)

[CitroJim]

I must try some silk liners... Thanks for that tip both

[Timmo]

We layer up our bodies but never think of the same for hands!

[Hell Razor5543]

I bought (for my Mum, for Christmas) two pairs of heated gloves (battery operated, 3 AA batteries each), that will heat the fingers (most just heat the back of the hands), as cold weather causes her fingers pain.

[CitroJim]

We layer up our bodies but never think of the same for hands!

True! Now I think of it, I've had the best results of all when wearing my thin running gloves under my normal winter bike gloves but even then it's not perfect as like your mum James, I suffer terrible finger pain in the cold...

Thing is with cycling gloves is the need to retain a lot of digital dexterity for braking, gear changing and not least being able to grip the bars...

That rules out anything bulky and/or stiff; this effectively rules out any artificially heated ones...

Oddly, I have no problem with cold feet...

[Stickyfinger]

Re; your feet. That is because the muscles in your working calf muscles are effectively a pump for the return flow.....or leak back ....so increasing the low pressure in the veins (which have non-return valves btw) and thus allowing for increased blood flow.

[Timmo]

Which is odd as my feet often get cold when riding with either merino liners or thick woolys under my sealskins yet my hands are Generally toasty!

[CitroJim]

Re; your feet. That is because the muscles in your working calf muscles are effectively a pump for the return flow.....or leak back ....so increasing the low pressure in the veins (which have non-return valves btw) and thus allowing for increased blood flow.

Thanks for the explanation Alasdair Makes sense!

Which is odd as my feet often get cold when riding with either merino liners or thick woolys under my sealskins yet my hands are Generally toasty!

We are total opposites! maybe we ought to swap hands and feet

[Timmo]

Haha! Sadly then, one of us would be toasty and the other frozen!