Winter is coming and although I don’t use the ‘bike much over winter when I do use it, I go old-school and use lobster-claw gloves inside modified handlebar muffs.
I’m sure other oldies like me will have developed their own winter protection but some of the newbies might find this useful.
Years back I found muffs to be cumbersome and restrictive and so modified them to be soft hand-guards. If you open up the in-board seams of the muffs you still get the protection from the wind but there is no restriction in getting to the various buttons and switches.
The strap in-board of the brake reservoirs still holds the muffs in place and a low-force bungee (shock-cord) stops the lower edge from flapping about. A carbon-fibre rod runs from inside one muff to the other and that holds the muffs off the brake levers even at top speeds.
The photo shows all that more clearly than the words.
I’m sure other oldies like me will have developed their own winter protection but some of the newbies might find this useful.
Years back I found muffs to be cumbersome and restrictive and so modified them to be soft hand-guards. If you open up the in-board seams of the muffs you still get the protection from the wind but there is no restriction in getting to the various buttons and switches.
The strap in-board of the brake reservoirs still holds the muffs in place and a low-force bungee (shock-cord) stops the lower edge from flapping about. A carbon-fibre rod runs from inside one muff to the other and that holds the muffs off the brake levers even at top speeds.
The photo shows all that more clearly than the words.
