Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site mako.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!tektronix!orca!mako!jans From: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Cold Hands Message-ID: <526@mako.UUCP> Date: Sun, 20-Jan-85 23:24:53 EST Article-I.D.: mako.526 Posted: Sun Jan 20 23:24:53 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 23-Jan-85 07:25:45 EST References: <611@uofm-cv.UUCP> Reply-To: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman) Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 21 In article <611@uofm-cv.UUCP> fpm@uofm-cv.UUCP (Frank P. Miles) writes: > OK, now that we've heard the ?definitive? cold feet treatment... >what about hands... For years I've used what the surplus store called "Canadian Army Mittens". These are gauntlet-style, extending clean up to my elbows. The inner-mit is wool, the outer mit is leather. Several warmed-in coats of "Sno-Seal" made them water and wind proof, and >... to actuate brakes with reasonable control... both layers have a seperate trigger finger, just perfect for reaching out for that lever. (When it got really cold, I'd pull that finger in so the rest of my hand would keep it toasty.) (While we're on the subject, I also shoved the morning newspaper down the front of my windbreaker, giving extra warmth as well as something to read as I thawed out!) -- :::::: Jan Steinman Box 1000, MS 61-161 (w)503/685-2843 :::::: :::::: tektronix!tekecs!jans Wilsonville, OR 97070 (h)503/657-7703 ::::::