Mountain Hardwear Men's Epic Glove

These are the only lightweight, non-insulated, waterproof but breathable, non-bulky gloves I have been able to find for cycling. I live in Colorado where it doesn't rain much but rare fall rains and mountain thunderstorms in the summer left my hands so cold I could barely shift gears. Now I can put these in my back pocket when riding over a pass and know my hands will stay warm and dry. It seems all the other waterproof gloves on the market and all the cycling-specific waterproof gloves are insulated for winter use and too hot, heavy and bulky to carry them with you when you are cycling. Or they aren't breathable. I even tried sticking a pair of medical exam gloves in my pocket but my hands would get clammy from sweat and then cold so it was no better than going bare-handed. Now I can actually have dry hands! They also have other advantages: the curved fit works well holding the handlebars, they have excellent dexterity and the fingers aren't too stiff so you can shift and brake easily. I also like the long cuffs although I can see other people might like the gloves to be shorter to save weight and bulkiness. One word of advice though: if you want to get these for cycling buy a size smaller than you normally would. I would normally be a size medium or large in a man's glove but went with a small for a closer fit with more dexterity. Luckily the fingers were still long enough but the palm fits better than when I tried my regular size. My husband also has a pair and he also had to go down a size.

I love these gloves.They're not your typical ski gloves, far from it in fact. First off they are completely waterproof, which is surprisingly hard to find in gloves. Secondly they provide excellent warmth without heavy bulk. And finally they allow you to have great feel and dexterity, which was a must for me. Slightly more than I wanted to pay for gloves but it was money well spent. Only small drawback is the extended wrist cuff can cause some bulk under multiple layers, but once they're on I hardly notice it.

I wanted to use these for spring touring, but the wrist was too narrow (even though the fingers were the right size. They are very thin and don't have insulation, so I think they would have worked well for skinning and skiing if the wrist weren't too tight. Maybe I have big wrists? That said, the tighter wrist probably would keep snow out.

Looking at the picture for these, you might think they are ski or snowboard gloves. You could certainly use them for that if you wore a separate liner glove underneath, but these have no insulation built into them whatsoever. They're basically like a rain shell glove...the glove counterpart to MHW's rain jacket of the same name in fact.