The little brother of the Black Meta muffs (reviewed below), the Black Digit are a compact design – easy to fit under your seat or in a pocket. The mittens remain upright and open so you can slide your hands in and out of them, and have space to shift and brake. It’s a hybrid mitten-glove, essentially, and may keep your digits warmer than a glove since your fingers are together.

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My old, Apocalpyse Design pogies from Fairbanks, AK only go on the bike when the temperatures go subzero because at temps above that they make my hands sweat no matter how thin the liner glove worn inside. The design keeps your hands and bars completely protected from the elements and gives you better circulation.

Or do you think there all the same not so good in the end just different companies using the same factories? While visually the pogies may look bulky and awkward, in reality putting the wind barrier over the grips, shifters, and brake levers in their entirety means that you have a more natural feel for the controls, equivalent to normal summer riding. That’s right, sometimes it just gets cold enough that your hands need a little extra help staying warm, and for that, we turn to gloves that provide their own heat.

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The Bar Mitts keep my grips dry and snow-free at all times, which in turn makes for happy hands throughout the entirety of my ride. As she competed at the elite level, her journalism career followed, and soon she became a full-time cycling journalist.

The Bar Mitts, however, are more like neoprene pockets that fold over and enclose your brake levers and hoods, close around the bar using velcro yet keep an opening for easy hand insertion and removal. We also like that the cuff has a Velcro closure so you can tighten it up over your jacket once you have it in the right spot, ensuring you keep all the cold air out.

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The fleecy interior provides decent warmth above freezing; Choose between Cold and ColdER versions depending on your penchant for frozen fingers, one simply adds more insulation. It might sound silly, but as you try your gloves on, before taking the tags off, try using them on your bike inside. These windproof, waterproof polyamide covers use a flexible section with an elasticated cuff to fit a variety of mirror configurations and a transparent area over the switches so you can see what you’re doing. Simply put, either descending at speed or riding into a headwind, I felt no wind on my hands–the Bar Mitts blocked 100% of the wind.Fatbike Planet is the ultimate resource for learning everything about your new fat bike, or information when trying to find the right one. Mountain bikers need a snug-fitting glove with great grip, and arguably even more dexterity than roadies thanks to all the extra controls (dropper posts, suspension lockouts, etc.