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Great thread Bear. Just bought some muffs for the handlebars and have been considering these oxford grips. I may go for the fitted set though to be honest,Ive heard some great things about these and if you add the muffs and heated grips together it = toasty warm hands !
Im getting a bit worried about my feet more nowadays. Came home in the rain the other day and me feet were ice bloody cold! Got any ideas?

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Originally Posted by Powerfreak (Post 113416)

You need decent thermal socks not the bike specific ones i find. Ive got loads of the bike ones but ones for walking are much warmer. I find the bike ones great for summer use

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Originally Posted by Mike Wright (Post 113419)

You need decent thermal socks not the bike specific ones i find. Ive got loads of the bike ones but ones for walking are much warmer. I find the bike ones great for summer use

Ahhh ..would you have any links to these thermol socks?

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Originally Posted by Powerfreak (Post 113416)

Ride reviewed a number of thermal socks a while back. Not a score rating but comments from a number of testers. The ones I use they commented on that they were almost TOO warm, which must mean they wern't wearing them in cold enough weather :)

EDZ Thermal socks. Cost a Tenner. I wear them over my normal thin work socks and bought my TCX Infinity boots sized to fit like that while still being acceptable without the extra layer. I've worn them at -4 celcuis doing a 50 mile motorway commute and they certainly do the trick at making it bearable. They certainly get my full recommendation.

http://www.edz.biz/outdoor/Product_pages/socks

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Originally Posted by Powerfreak (Post 113416)

The over grips are ok I got those cos I could,nt be doing with striping the bike down to do the fitted type. I would say if you are a hard cor winter rider go with a thermostate set as I find the over grips get a bit too hot as they have no control of the heat! But for wimps like me that dont do a lot of riding in the winter they serve their perpose.
Cheers BEAR.

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Originally Posted by stumpydave (Post 111132)

I've used oxford over grips in the past and found only haveing short fat hands they make the grips too large. Also as somebody else said they are either on or off. I've just bought and fitted the symtec under grip heaters from windyroads (ebay �41) and they are much better for me as ive re-used the original grips, and they have a high and low setting for different temps / riding speeds.

+1 for the symtec grips but i found that a dual later of insulation tape on the left hand bar under the element improved the out put as the bars suck up too much heat otherwise. Like this the heat from both was pretty equal.

On the thermal sock side of things i use my Salomon snowboarding socks. Nice and warm and and long (just below the knee) and have extra padding at the shin which is nice. they're about a tenner too.

Gory