It started raining here last week and the temp dropped to 30-40 degrees. My practice track is very wet and by the first lap I am soaked head to toe. My hands were going numb from the cold and then I had a great idea. I took a pair of rubber medical exam gloves and put them on under my racing gloves. I was amazed at the difference. My hands stayed dry and warm, and the gloves are so thin, I didn't even notice them. Just thought I'd pass the idea along.
keeping hands warm and dry
- Thread starter dkortje
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Do they hold the moisture from sweat?
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get a set of handguards...My hands are spared the windchill factor while my friends fingers are turning purple and numb
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I see a lot of mx'rs using handguards, I mostly ride tracks, but I leary of using them in motocross. I have this fear of launcking over the bars and getting my hands caught between the bars & guards snapping the wrists.
Do I have a valid point?
High Lord Gomer
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Yes, but I bet it's hard to find a hat to fit it. :p
I've heard of the possibility of breaking an arm in bark busters, but I've been hurt more by "normal" bars than ones with BBs. Last year the end of a handlebar stripped off the last third of one of my fingers in a crash and I still have a scar from a handlebar I got in the chest 10 or 15 years ago. I usually run BBs for MX and I can't remember ever being injured by them.
I primarily run them because they tend to save the levers, perches, and grips in a crash. I still do the occasional run through the woods and they are essential in that kind of riding.
I've heard of guys breaking wrists because of bark busters, but I've never seen it happen, I've never had it happen to me, and I don't know of anyone who has done so. I have got my hand caught in mine once, but I was able to pull it out before I took a jar to the bars. But if it wouldn't have gotten hung in the BB's I would have went over the bars, but since my hand was stuck, I didn't. ;) Anyway, I wouldn't ride without them.
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if you just want to keep your hands warm, just get the cheap plastic hand guards like pastrana and windham use. they will keep the cold air off and you don't have to worry about your hand getting caught. i have a set of ufo's that i use about three times a year-when it is really muddy or when i get conned into riding woods.
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I can see your concern with barkbusters but IMHO the chances are small. I've got the Emgo ones and, like Gomer mentioned, they've saved me a few levers and ripped grips.
On my old bike I had a set of UFO cheap plastic guards...they were toast after one ride. I laid the bike down in the mud and the plastic ripped where the mounting bolts went through. The one piece, no seperate mounts, plastics guards are better.
I've also seen a few guys use those mitt things that are meant for snowmobilers. They are giant L-shaped mittens that velcro around the handlebars with insulation on the inside. You don't even need to wear gloves. I'm buying a set before I venture onto the ice this year.
On my old bike I had a set of UFO cheap plastic guards...they were toast after one ride. I laid the bike down in the mud and the plastic ripped where the mounting bolts went through. The one piece, no seperate mounts, plastics guards are better.
I've also seen a few guys use those mitt things that are meant for snowmobilers. They are giant L-shaped mittens that velcro around the handlebars with insulation on the inside. You don't even need to wear gloves. I'm buying a set before I venture onto the ice this year.
Try a pair of latex gloves (medical gloves, just buy a box) underneath your gloves. They work REALLY well at keeping your hands warm, its just they keep the sweat in, but its not to noticable. And get a size to big for your hand, if you buy tight ones they cut off circultaion a bit in your hand and your arms get pumped up alot easier, faster.
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I found this while browsing,
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Uhhh...
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MSR Elephant Ears...you'll love them
Ive got the acerbis flag hand guards they are a little pricey but they are really stiff. They are the toughest ones Ive seen that dont wrap all the way back to your bars. I dont like to cut my grips and Im scared of the arm breakage so these are what I ended up with.
