This bike gear has an easy attachment to your bike enabling quick and quiet slip-in and slip-out access. However, if I wasn’t using electronic shifting, I don’t think the smalls would have enough space for a full shift lever movement. Inside the Bar Mitts, I had started out with mid-level gloves — ones I usually wear in 40- to 55-degree weather. And you might even make fun of your ski-glove-wearing friends for standing around with their hands in their armpits. But I take back any side-eyeing I’ve ever done because they are indeed incredibly effective and I have now become a "pogie" user.

The roads were icy but rideable on gravel tires, and I knew we’d soon be warming up as the roads turned up. In fact I used to not have heated grips (this was back in the day when you'd stop at a traffic light, knock it into neutral and reach down and warm your frozen fingers on the engine until the light changed) and just wear summer gloves, and I never felt like I had cold hands.

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The openings of the Bar Mitts don’t extend far enough forward that I can comfortably ride on the top of the hoods. Installing the Bar Mitts was straightforward and quick, and armed with my new cold weather shield, I set out to test them during another winter gravel adventure in sub-freezing temperatures. The Mitts opening was large enough to quickly move my hands in and out for the various hike-a-bike and slide-down-on-your-butt sections we encountered.been using them during this cold and wet snap at temp as low as -2 and every winter I ride until the snow and ice days make it too risky . I tried the larger mitts and they do indeed offer more freedom of movement but also take up more space, let in a bit more air and are all around bulkier.