45Nrth

This is review 3 of 3 I am submitting for 45NRTH gloves. Again, I have colder hands so gloves are important for me to ride in the cold weather. To recap other 45NRTH gloves that I have - The Risor is a 50�+ glove for me. The Nokken is 40�-55� and the Sturmfist 5 comes in the 30-35� up into the 40s range

This glove has a velcro closure at the wrist to secure it. I am not a fan of velcro, but it works for this glove. The Nokken has just an elastic cuff and the Sturmfist 4 has a drawstring. All have their plusses and minuses. Let me say that 45NRTH obviously tests their products because they do not make stuff that has obvious issues (I have a lot of their gloves and shoes)

This is a pretty warm glove but not quite as warm as the Sturmfist 4. The feel of the fit is awesome, it is a very well made glove. It is nice when you can just forget about your hands being the right temperature. All of the 45NRTH gloves fit together into a system but you can start with one like the Sturmfist 5 and see how far it will work for you in various temperatures

45NRTH products are well thought out and super well made. This glove is ago to for me on colder rides

These are the studs buy.

They grip like crazy. A must here in Alaska with our variable winters and long shoulder seasons.

I use them to make custom stud patterns on my 2.6 wrathchilds (full suspension trail) and my fat bike Dillinger 4 and 5.

Follow the companies instruction for install with isopropyl alcohol and they will not get pulled out.

I rarely have stud shed, and if i do loose a few in a season, it is better than a broken arm. Worth the money.

I bought these to do some winter riding through the city on my Specialized Turbo Vado. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, we didn't get the normal amount of expected snow so I wasn't able to give these tires a real good test on snowy and icy roads. I did catch a few spots on paved city trails with snow and they seem to do OK. Having never ridden on studded knobby tires on paved surfaces I didn't know what to expect but they do not inspire confidence through corners at speed but that's prob not any fault of this particular tire but just what you can expect of this style of tire on pavement. Still, I think they were a good value and am looking forward to give them more of a test in the future.

These studs are pretty much impossible to beat for their grip over others studs on the market and they make a huge difference over standard, non-concave studs, especially in fat bike tires that don't have studs on the outer edge of tires. I've had these grip well on dense hardpack ice where other studs just skidded around like they were an ice skate. Very well suited for the Wrathchild 27.5 tires. While a tad expensive for 300pk, at least I don't have to worry about buying any for awhile as my tires shed studs.