CastelliEstremo Glove(Return to Product Page)

Bought on recent sale @$60, usually $100 - not cheapo. My hands are perennially COLD, with little provocation, easily numbed and miserable, so factor that into your read of my thoughts. I bought these LARGE so I can wear thin REI wool-blend liner gloves underneath. (Also bought a MED size elsewhere for sans-liner riding - I love these gloves, generally). With that combination, I can be reasonably comfortable down to a wind-chill of 28-30 degrees for a 2-3 hour ride at moderate exertion. Exceeding that time frame last Saturday in NYC, my hands began to suffer and a friend swapped her $35 non-cycling mittens with me and within moments my hands (still with liners on) miraculously warmed up. I went off and bought a pair of those! 'Nuff said. DURABILITY: Had my first pair of these for @6 years of riding, and then lost them, so upsetting: they STILL had life in them! And I wipe my tires all the time with them (anti-glass measure). These are TOUGH gloves. Far beyond normal toughness. Superb. Hope these second and third pairs are as good.

I bought these to replace a previous pair of cold-weather gloves (different brand) that were similar in appearance, but not nearly as warm as advertised. These are significantly warmer, and I like the long cuffs and beefy Velcro straps on the wrists. One quibble: I learned quickly that they aren't as grippy as I thought, when I nearly dropped a water bottle after removing it from its cage. Weirdly slippery! Overall, though, very nice gloves.

These are great quality gloves and work well. My problem is I have Raynaud's Syndrome and there is not a pair of gloves that keep my hands warm. They work well for me when the temperature gets to the high 40's or 50's. In the high 30's and low 40's my hands are cold. These gloves have been the best for me based on the condition I have.

They work pretty well for me in the high 20s, keeping my hands warm enough, but not too warm and sweaty when I ride harder. They block wind really well. Not sure what's the point of calling them "men's". They fit fine for me as a woman.

I find the glove to be very warm and dry with a very grippy palm and fingers. I use them for cross country skiing too. The one thing I can't stand about them is that the Velcro is on the inside of the wrist instead of the outside. That makes it awkward and hard to close completely.

The warmest pair of Catelli gloves I own down to 35 degrees.

Had these gloves about a year or even 2. Seldom needed to use until this winter. Mostly don't ride when it's below 32 degrees, but this winter it stayed dry and cold with no icy spots on the roads, so I broke out these gloves and my hands got extremely cold after riding about 15 miles! After the temperature got above 32 they seemed to work as advertised (for me anyway). I reviewed them before just after purchasing them, but hadn't really tested in colder weather.

Seem to be not up to usual Castelli standards sorry to say.

I commute daily to work and do training rides on the weekends. I have used these from the high 30's to -10 degrees and they are awesome! These are the best winter cycling gloves that I have owned. I don't know how they did it, but these gloves are able to pass the moisture from sweating without losing too much warmth. If they are still kind of wet from a ride, they are dry in about 4 hours.

Gloves are warm. I've ridden in the low 30s with wind and fingers stayed warm. They run small, so size up. In my case exchanged an L for XL. BTD as usual made it very easy for me. Issues I have with glove are the gauntlet is not big enough to get Jersey, etc. inside with gloved hand, Velcro is on the inside of wrist instead of outside and isn't wide enough to tuck in jersey or fasten the second glove properly after having the first one on.

These are now my go to gloves for temps below about 40 F. Good with cold and wind. They do a pretty good job on wet as well, but a real soaking rain will definitely soak into them. That being said, I totally did NOT want to spend this much on biking gloves because it seemed really pricey, but I have no regrets after. I also felt they looked bulky and I would have issues with shifting/bell/brakes and that has NOT been the case. They fit well enough to allow for dexterity even on my road bike with di2 shifters. The ONLY gripes I could come up with - I wish the velcro attachment was a little larger so you could have a better tight seal on the wrists, and I wish that they were more touch screen capable, but you just can't get that on thick/warm gloves it seems. If I lost these, I would absolutely rebuy again.

These are great gloves for cold weather riding. Did a 2.5 hour mountain bike ride where the temp was 22-25F. My hands were never cold. I've used them on the road also but never at those temps, so I can't say how they would perform there.

We all own a like 10 pairs of gloves that aren't the right ones - ever. Basically I end up hating every glove I buy. Except these.

After many years of buying the wrong gloves, these finally seem to work for me in most of the temperatures I ride in so far this winter. 32-42, above that, they are too warm for me but even when hot, they don't get that weird sticky thing that lobster gloves get. Hands start to chill around 32 after about an hour but so is everything else.

Minus points for not working with touchscreens

Plus points for working most of the time anyway

The more modern long zipper would be better too

True to size - use the size chart on these

These are great when it's too cold for my medium-weight gloves. Still feel like I have plenty of control on the Di2 shifters and my hands stay plenty warm into the 40's (and probably 30's)? I got them at the tail end of winter so haven't used them yet during super cold rides. But have no doubt these will keep my hands much warmer than double up on medium gloves. Good wind blocking for sure since that's the thing that seems to cause the most discomfort over the course of a cold ride.

I've been biking in the high-30s to low-40s with the gloves and my fingers are cold. Temperatures above mid-40s provide adequate warmth. As advertised, they are water resistant but not waterproof.

These gloves work as well as advertised and maybe better. I went on a fairly long ride with temps around freezing, I began the ride wearing lighter gloves until my hands started to get pretty cold and then put these on. Within a few minutes my hands were no longer stinging and after about 10 or 15 they were starting to sweat, very impressive indeed. These gloves are fairly bulky but not bad considering the warmth they provide, the silicone grip is really secure on the bars as well. Sure I wouldn't mind having touchscreen compatibility but it's something I can live without, if that's a dealbreaker for you I would suggest the warmest PI gloves.

Picked these up to be my coldest weather gloves. They've been a massive upgrade. Can handle down to freezing temps. Sometimes I'll add a glove liner for coldest days and for flexibility. I don't think you could get warmer without going Lobster-style.

Still able to feel the bars and lever okay. Grippy surface on palms is very tacky. I'm not sure if I like this or not yet but suppose it's better than the alternative. For an all-black glove, the styling is still a little loud, but nobody is judging because very few others on the road due to the cold. Got them on minor sale at BTD and very worth it.

I bought these gloves in hopes of using them at temps down to say 15 F. They are very warm in temps ranging from 40's F down to 28 F, but I can't recommend them at temps any lower than that. I rode today at a consistent temp of 20 F for 3.5 hours and they lost all warmth capabilities after 1 hour. I will wear my snowmobile gloves next time at those temps. The gloves are very well made and comfortable and wind proof, they just lack insulation for the cold here in the Colorado winter season, and it's only Dec. 3rd.

For cold weather, none better

I guess to protect from cold temperatures, you need thickness. These gloves will keep your hands warm, but they are a little bulky for shifting and braking. Maybe they will get more flexible with use over time. Seem to be well-made and up to the usually excellent Castelli quality.

I bought these for mountain biking without a lot of expectations and was quite pleasantly surprised overall. Fit is excellent and these are considerably warmer than I thought they'd be, figuring they'd be warm enough for the 30's at best. These have kept my fingers warm down below 20 degrees, which is saying something, because my fingers run cold after getting frostbite while mountaineering some 20 years ago.

About the only thing these could be said to suffer from is a lack of padding for mountain biking, so you'll feel your bars and vibration after a long ride, since the one palm pad isn't sufficient for shock damping.