Comments on: Numb Hands

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:57:30 +0000

Fuzzy: Thanks for the kind words about the pictures.

I definitely have been looking at the various kinds of scooter muffs. Just haven't pulled the trigger. Maybe it's because they look so ugly.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:56:34 +0000

Mr Riepe: Gerbing sells a line of CORE gear that runs on lithium batteries. 135F for 2 hours or 85F for 8 and everything in between. Sounds impressive and no wires to tinker with.

I've wondered what we would see if you had one of those cameras hanging around your neck...

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:54:46 +0000

Dar: Gordon told me his wife got the camera at Petco. Kim and I talked about it and maybe we’ll get one for Junior to see what he does when we let him out in the garden.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:53:45 +0000

Circle Blue (Keith): Usually I have backup gloves under the seat but had removed them to look for something and failed to return them.

Some good news though-- my electric gloves that were returned to Gerbing arrived home last night as a brand new pair. Excited to try them out!

By: Fuzzy

Fuzzy — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:36:39 +0000

The light in the top photo is just gorgeous. Makes it feel like I'm looking in to a dream.

How about handlebar muffs like scooter couriers use? They help keep the wind at bay.

By: Jack Riepe

Jack Riepe — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:41:07 +0000

Dear Mr. Williams:

It has been my experience to jam a second pair of warmer gloves into one of the bags on my bike, in the unhappy event that I could get caught short. This did happen one day, when the beginnings of hypothermia set it. (Shooting along US-202 at 70mph in 27º temperatures can make you feel dambned uncomfortable, even when you only have 12 miles to go.)

And I swear I rad of one electric glove manufacturer that has a pair that run off a lithium battery you could charge at home or the office.

I like the camera for the dog's collar. If my last Labrador retriever had one, it would show great detail of the ass on the poodle across the street.

Fondest regards,
Jack/reep
Twisted Roads

By: Dar

Dar — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:37:52 +0000

I hate freezing hands & have gone through this more than a few times this winter. Next year I am going to look at a better pair of gloves and/or heated grips. The collar camera is cool, any idea where you get one? Wishing you warmer weather for riding.

By: Circle Blue

Circle Blue — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:26:09 +0000

Oy vay! Gloves.

This is my first winter with heated grips on the Symba. It has been mild here, but what a difference.

I've taken to wearing a backpack. I usually have a couple or three different glove choices available to me. The temperatures can swing so much here.

No numb hands this year, yet. We both know winter likes to sneak up on us if we get cocky...or forgetful.

Thanks for the share.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:17:29 +0000

Charlie6 (dom): The generator on the Vespa doesn't put out a lot of power so I would have to pick between gloves or grips. Or having the battery go dead all the time.

It would be really nice though to have some nice hot grips like the ones on the BMWs I have ridden. Woo hoo!

By: Charlie6

Charlie6 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:03:47 +0000

no heated grips option for Vespas?

or is it a power output issue?

dom

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