Comments on: Pogies

By: baz

baz — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:41:48 +0000

really strange bit of equipment, but i would rather strange than be cold

By: Mike Flack

Mike Flack — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:05:12 +0000

Just an update on our Pogies. The Moose Mitts have been out since last winter 08. Were getting lots of god feedback on them as well.

We still make them by hand in our shop in Michigan (yes it gets cold in Michigan). The standard version (mountain bike AKA flat bar) are still the most popular.

Glad to see there are people posting this information for the hard core commuters.

Also here is a better link than what was posted above

http://trails-edge.com/retail/moosemitts/moosemitts.htm

Thanks again
Mike Flack
Trail’s Edge Cyclery

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:41:24 +0000

You guys making comments about looking stupid, or “haven’t you heard about gloves”, etc; you sound more ignorant than you realize. I commute by bike in sub-zero temps and the wind chill is absolutely vicious. I’ve worn all sorts of gloves, and even the big puffy winter lobster gloves don’t work well enough for me. I’m going to get a set of these things soon.

They won’t look too out of place on me anyway since I’ve already got a ton of lights, insulated helmet cover, balaclava, and ski goggles, while riding with boots on.

Really, try riding in the Vermont winter sometime. It will change your whole perspective.

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:41:49 +0000

Ward!

I met you last year at interbike. I won’t be in Vegas this year, but I’m glad to hear you’re going to do a mtb version. I’ll be in touch.

Ken, Fairbanks, AK.

By: Ward Graham

Ward Graham — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:11:21 +0000

I introduced Bar Mitts last year at Interbike. They are designed for drop bars.Made of neoprene and work really well.Check us out at http://www.barmitts.com We guarantee it.This fall 2009 we will introduce campy/sram specific and a mountain/commuter version.Hope you enjoy our product

By: PR

PR — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:52:20 +0000

Riding at -58F with the windchill is cold too. Hi from Calgary, AB [~2000 mi southeast of Ken].

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:11:38 +0000

Riding at 0*F isn’t cold. Really, it’s not.
Riding at -40*F is cold.

Greetings from Fairbanks, AK.

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:11:05 +0000

Just returned from Hangzhou, China, where they say you get frostbiten before recovering from sunstroke. We saw lots of bikes, scooters, electric bikes, bike commuters, and quite a few pogies. I’d never seen or heard of them! Ah-ha! A great gift for a bike commuter in occasional snow who gets Reynaud’s Syndrome–very cold hands indeed! Thanks for your comments in general and on specific products.

By: Paul in Minneapolis

Paul in Minneapolis — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:15:43 +0000

Last weekend, I got two milk jugs (gallon size) and cut them in half at the corners, so the mouth piece is cut in half, all the way to the bottom, then cut around the bottom so the handle side is free. You don’t need the handle part. The other side is the pogie. Up at the mouth piece, cut down the middle and then cut out a place for the cables. Next on the bottom, at the corner with no sides, cut out a hole for the end of your handlebar. Last open the slit for the cables and slide over the bars and put the cables in the hole. A hose clamp around the mouth piece and handlebar end in the hole will hold it in place. A milk jug is a good size; at it allow room for brakes and shifters. Then with something warm you can finish off the pogies. The milk jugs are not only wind and water proof they are free.

By: Paul in Minneapolis

Paul in Minneapolis — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:51:25 +0000

This will be my first winter with a longer commute. Even in cold temps, 3 miles and under is a cake walk. Now my ride is ~8 miles and in -15f I need every little something to keep me from sitting on a bus or owning a evil automobile. Pogies are at the top of my got to have list…. When other keep handing out hundred dollar bills to every fool they can find (car loan, insurance, repairs, tires, batteries, wiper blades, cup holders, speeding tickets, car washes, paint and body shops, coating the drive way, and funding terrorism-(GAS)!, on and on..) I’ll just keep smiling at them.