Good review.... Have a few points from my experience... I too really struggle with poor circulation (I'm in my 60's) and to be fair having tried every winter cycling boot over the last 10 years (I've been cycling now for 45 years) I could get my hands on... including Fizik (which I didn't find them very warm at all and they're pretty expensive too and not that robust - for full winter use) from Specialized 'Defrosters' to Scott 'Heaters' and everything in between... The best by far (for me) are the NorthWave Celsius XC Artic GTC Goretex... Just brilliant. Into my second season with them now and still going great (Ive averaged just over 200 miles a week for 2023 so far) I purchased the Gore Wear Endura waterproof pants (on offer at £139 instead of the very expensive £199 until 17th Dec) a couple of weeks ago... At just under £200 I don't believe they're worth it... They're ok, fit is not great (for me - they tend to 'ride up' after a while) and they are very noisy, but at £139 they're pretty decent to have for great waterproof protection and they do fold up nice and small for easy storage.... Looking forward to your review for more affordable winter kit rather than the very expensive high end stuff. Cheers.
so you would highly recommend those Northwave ones you’ve mentioned? i’m really having a hard time deciding which winter boots i want to buy. i live in prague where we get fairly cold winters.
I have the Castelli Perfetto Ros 2 Convertible Jacket It has zip off sleeve. Managed to get it for £56 on sale from Wiggle. You dont realise how warm it is until you undo the zips and instantly feel the windchill. Love it. With trousers I dont like tights so wear Fox MTB waterproofs, they are excellent.
Love your content David.....I also have poor circulation and bought some Venture Heated glove liners that I wear under another pair of gloves.....game changer for winter riding and no more hours of pain :)
I have the Shimano MW7’s for mtb when running spd’s and fortunate enough to also have the Fizik Artica GTX Tempo for road, running Wahoo speedplays. Both are superb, right down to 0C on the road I have toasty feet with the Fizik’s (don’t ride road when it’s colder than that). The ‘koala’ fur is super toasty, like being cuddled by a recently fluffed up Koala, only lighter for the pedalling. I have medium width feet and find both at 44 fit similar to each other and is my normal sizing for cycling, walking and casual footwear.
I can only speak about the older, zippered Fizik Artica boots: very good, but please beware that their sizing runs small and narrow. You may want to order one full size up or, better yet, try some on if you can.
From your list I own the Castelli jacket. It’s so unbelievably good I bought a second one! I’ve never felt that comfortable and that dry and that protected before. It’s so well designed it could be opened during uphill of body temperature rises leaving the inner zipper up. Amazing.
Yes, I have pretty much the same one - the Alpha ROS 2. I think David's one the Dolphio? just looks like it has a thicker/warmer second layer than the Alpha ROS 2.
I have the last years model of that jacket, called Alpha ROS 2, bought directly from castelli for 139€ on sale. Seems very identical with a little different inner insulation. Nice jacket, but has some small downsides too: The armpits are quite tight and i am not wide at my breast at all. The neck is very wide, usually the neck is too narrow for me on other jackets. Good for a neck warmer, bad if you want to use it without. The sides of the jacket have no additional insulation like the front, back or the arms. So in cold temperatures around or below 0°, you can definitely feel the cold on the sides. I don't get why they designed it like this and am surprised that the new model still has the same design with only one layer of gore infium on the side.
I have the gravel version of that jacket and it´s a OVEN! I only wear it at home because unless you live in a sub zero place you will overheat and ride it unzipped all the way back home. Those gloves are magically good though (even in warm spring days).
Regarding the Castelli Perfetto gloves: those work ok at a few degrees above zero, but around and below zero, I've tried a number of gloves. The only ones that kept my hands warm for more than an hour then were the Castelli Estremo winter gloves. Those work well even at -5C.
Not sure if you can get it in the UK, but NanoTips liquid painted onto the finger tips of your gloves might help them work with iPhone. I've had surprisingly good luck with that product! The only downside is that with bulky gloves, it can be difficult to tap small areas of the screen accurately.
Still using my 6 year old Castelli Esspresso jacket, with a thermal base layer good down to -5. Think it looks better than the new ROS styling too. Have yet to find a glove which keeps my hands warm below 0 deg. Trying out some Decathlon waterproof & Windproof over gloves this winter over endura pro sl thermal gloves.
I don't understand the wahoo thing if you're outside in all weathers & I can't see the point in gloves if they are not water proof .I use Endura MT 500 top & trousers ( really easy to get on & off with long zip ) 5 ten tail gortex boots .I'm still trying out waterproof gloves .
I bought the Castelli Doppio off the back of this video. Have only worn it once with just a good quality synthetic winter base layer which was absolutely soaked at the end of the ride and felt very uncomfortable - 35KM, moderate pace and temperature c.5C. Jury is out so far and think I prefer the flexibility of layering but would welcome any advice or reassurances on the jacket.
That sounds very different to my experience- how thick is the base layer? I’ve been quite thick base layers and been riding in temps down to a 2-4 degrees and not getting soaked
Thanks for the reply and good to know. It was a Rapha Pro Team winter base layer. - perhaps it was too much for the temperature and I needed a thinner layer. Will experiment!
One thing to note about the Silca waterless wash is to not get it on your disc brakes. From Silca th-cam.com/video/A5C0JWhVB-Q/w-d-xo.html, it'll leave a hard coating.
It's worth noting that the Fizik shoes are rather narrow and if you have slightly wider / flat / splay feet, they will inhibit blood circulation and lead to cold feet. I tried them last year and they didn't work well on my feet, so this year I'll try other manufacturers.
I recommend Northwave wintershoes, I have very wide feet (I use Lake CX201 normally) and their wintershoes fit me fairly well, would recommend to go half a size up though, also smart if you need to use thicker socks.
@@KoenMiseurThanks! I'll order a couple sizes from NW and will see if they fit. I have Lake and SDI here for trying on. The Lakes are wide but a bit bulky and too short (already one size up). The SDIs are similarly narrow to the Fizik, so not a good idea.
Is there a setting on the your iPhone to increase touch sensitivity like they have on Galaxy phones? I wear two pairs of gloves when it gets really cold and the touchscreen works fine on my Samsung
0:47 That's seems like a silly low gaiter, if you ride in deep puddle and deep snow, walk in deep snow, this is way too low. Also as I don't use clipless I would need a flat shoes. I see they have Terra Nanuq GTX Flat now. Gaiter and BOA, but they have a zipper on the side, I'm not a fan of coil zippers as they are fragile. I rather have adjustable gaiter with Velcro strap. Toe box looks wider on those than most shoes.
I’ve just bought a pair of gripgrab lobster gloves, been out for a 2 1/2 hour ride today in 2 degrees, these gloves are amazing, at last I can keep my hands warm.
The description was "GripGrab Windproof Deep Winter Lobster 3 finger cycling gloves, Thermal Fleece lined Padded Cold Weather Bike Glove" cost me £46.15 I got the XXL I have big hands fit me perfect, used them on the past 3 frosty days, I very happy with them, taken me a long time to find something that works for me, mine are the yellow hi-vis, hope this helps you
Hi David, great video very informative. I'd like your opinion on the sizi g of the Fizik winter boots. I usually wear a size 42 in standard cycling shoes but I've heard that Fizik come up small and are particularly narrow, plus I'd usually wear slightly thicker winter socks. I'd really appreciate your thoughts on this please.
I am considering getting these. But I am not sure how to clean and maintain them. I know for sure it is not good to wash the goretex fabric. Any suggestions anyone?
My Castelli Perfetto Max also doesn't work well with the iphone, the index finger is almost useless. I started tapping on the phone with my thumb, which works much better
I tend to not use my iPhone during the ride, if it’s very wet I have dry pouch for it anyway which isn’t compatible clearly! Only touch screen is generally the Garmin and even then it’s only if it’s wet and I’ve not locked the screen that I have issues. Though I generally use fingerless gloves unless it’s well below zero as well I run hot.
I have these very same boots, and to be honest they're not the warmest. So I always (even when dry) were overshoes over the boots during cold weather 👍
How is walking in those Fizik shoes? I have a pair of winter shoes that I find absolutely terrifying whenever I need to get off the bike. The grip on ice is absolutely non-existent! Even my summer shoes have better ice grip. And yes, it's not uncommon for me to hop off the bike, only to realize that I have been riding on smooth ice.
Those fizik shoes are terrible. Not warm enough, not dry enough in 4 hour downpours. And the collar is sooo stiff! I always get blisters where the velcrostrap is attached to the shoe! The fizik arctica X2 with event membrane is much much better.
@@davidarthurnah, just say it’s 44k ;)). Shooting star video. Edit: seems to be a bug at my side; all video’s i watch are 44k thumbs up… somehow. Going to check my own video’s now, lol.
Your so WRONG about the normal ass savers, I even have them on my summerbikes, you never know if you come by a street that is a bit wet and at least your ass and back stay dry and it doesn't look like you shat yourself, and they really do that, heck I've seen the difference between me and my friends who don't use ass savers. Are full mudguards better, yes of course, I have them on my winterbike, but ass savers do help. This ass saver wing 2 is dumb though, it doesn't give much more protection (I have tried one) than normal ass savers and it's also a lot worse than mudguards, so what's even the point?
Good review.... Have a few points from my experience... I too really struggle with poor circulation (I'm in my 60's) and to be fair having tried every winter cycling boot over the last 10 years (I've been cycling now for 45 years) I could get my hands on... including Fizik (which I didn't find them very warm at all and they're pretty expensive too and not that robust - for full winter use) from Specialized 'Defrosters' to Scott 'Heaters' and everything in between... The best by far (for me) are the NorthWave Celsius XC Artic GTC Goretex... Just brilliant. Into my second season with them now and still going great (Ive averaged just over 200 miles a week for 2023 so far) I purchased the Gore Wear Endura waterproof pants (on offer at £139 instead of the very expensive £199 until 17th Dec) a couple of weeks ago... At just under £200 I don't believe they're worth it... They're ok, fit is not great (for me - they tend to 'ride up' after a while) and they are very noisy, but at £139 they're pretty decent to have for great waterproof protection and they do fold up nice and small for easy storage....
Looking forward to your review for more affordable winter kit rather than the very expensive high end stuff. Cheers.
Thanks for sharing 👍
so you would highly recommend those Northwave ones you’ve mentioned? i’m really having a hard time deciding which winter boots i want to buy. i live in prague where we get fairly cold winters.
I bought the same Castelli winter jacket and I can confirm is phenomenal
I have the Castelli Perfetto Ros 2 Convertible Jacket It has zip off sleeve. Managed to get it for £56 on sale from Wiggle. You dont realise how warm it is until you undo the zips and instantly feel the windchill. Love it.
With trousers I dont like tights so wear Fox MTB waterproofs, they are excellent.
Great content David. I am looking for a new jacket and will give the Alpha Doppio a try. The whole video was very informative. Thank you.
Love your content David.....I also have poor circulation and bought some Venture Heated glove liners that I wear under another pair of gloves.....game changer for winter riding and no more hours of pain :)
I have some disposable foot warmers - just stick them to the underside of your socks and you are good to go for about 8 hours !
I have the Shimano MW7’s for mtb when running spd’s and fortunate enough to also have the Fizik Artica GTX Tempo for road, running Wahoo speedplays. Both are superb, right down to 0C on the road I have toasty feet with the Fizik’s (don’t ride road when it’s colder than that). The ‘koala’ fur is super toasty, like being cuddled by a recently fluffed up Koala, only lighter for the pedalling. I have medium width feet and find both at 44 fit similar to each other and is my normal sizing for cycling, walking and casual footwear.
I can only speak about the older, zippered Fizik Artica boots: very good, but please beware that their sizing runs small and narrow. You may want to order one full size up or, better yet, try some on if you can.
From your list I own the Castelli jacket. It’s so unbelievably good I bought a second one! I’ve never felt that comfortable and that dry and that protected before. It’s so well designed it could be opened during uphill of body temperature rises leaving the inner zipper up. Amazing.
Great to hear!
Yes, I have pretty much the same one - the Alpha ROS 2. I think David's one the Dolphio? just looks like it has a thicker/warmer second layer than the Alpha ROS 2.
I have the last years model of that jacket, called Alpha ROS 2, bought directly from castelli for 139€ on sale. Seems very identical with a little different inner insulation. Nice jacket, but has some small downsides too: The armpits are quite tight and i am not wide at my breast at all. The neck is very wide, usually the neck is too narrow for me on other jackets. Good for a neck warmer, bad if you want to use it without. The sides of the jacket have no additional insulation like the front, back or the arms. So in cold temperatures around or below 0°, you can definitely feel the cold on the sides. I don't get why they designed it like this and am surprised that the new model still has the same design with only one layer of gore infium on the side.
I have the gravel version of that jacket and it´s a OVEN! I only wear it at home because unless you live in a sub zero place you will overheat and ride it unzipped all the way back home. Those gloves are magically good though (even in warm spring days).
Regarding the Castelli Perfetto gloves: those work ok at a few degrees above zero, but around and below zero, I've tried a number of gloves. The only ones that kept my hands warm for more than an hour then were the Castelli Estremo winter gloves. Those work well even at -5C.
And that's with inner liner gloves.
Not sure if you can get it in the UK, but NanoTips liquid painted onto the finger tips of your gloves might help them work with iPhone. I've had surprisingly good luck with that product! The only downside is that with bulky gloves, it can be difficult to tap small areas of the screen accurately.
Still using my 6 year old Castelli Esspresso jacket, with a thermal base layer good down to -5. Think it looks better than the new ROS styling too. Have yet to find a glove which keeps my hands warm below 0 deg. Trying out some Decathlon waterproof & Windproof over gloves this winter over endura pro sl thermal gloves.
Thanks for sharing!
I don't understand the wahoo thing if you're outside in all weathers & I can't see the point in gloves if they are not water proof .I use Endura MT 500 top & trousers ( really easy to get on & off with long zip ) 5 ten tail gortex boots .I'm still trying out waterproof gloves .
I feel you with the hands and feet😂
I bought the Castelli Doppio off the back of this video. Have only worn it once with just a good quality synthetic winter base layer which was absolutely soaked at the end of the ride and felt very uncomfortable - 35KM, moderate pace and temperature c.5C. Jury is out so far and think I prefer the flexibility of layering but would welcome any advice or reassurances on the jacket.
That sounds very different to my experience- how thick is the base layer? I’ve been quite thick base layers and been riding in temps down to a 2-4 degrees and not getting soaked
Thanks for the reply and good to know. It was a Rapha Pro Team winter base layer. - perhaps it was too much for the temperature and I needed a thinner layer. Will experiment!
One thing to note about the Silca waterless wash is to not get it on your disc brakes. From Silca th-cam.com/video/A5C0JWhVB-Q/w-d-xo.html, it'll leave a hard coating.
It's worth noting that the Fizik shoes are rather narrow and if you have slightly wider / flat / splay feet, they will inhibit blood circulation and lead to cold feet. I tried them last year and they didn't work well on my feet, so this year I'll try other manufacturers.
I recommend Northwave wintershoes, I have very wide feet (I use Lake CX201 normally) and their wintershoes fit me fairly well, would recommend to go half a size up though, also smart if you need to use thicker socks.
@@KoenMiseurThanks! I'll order a couple sizes from NW and will see if they fit. I have Lake and SDI here for trying on. The Lakes are wide but a bit bulky and too short (already one size up). The SDIs are similarly narrow to the Fizik, so not a good idea.
Same for me, mavic winter shoes are even narrower!
Is there a setting on the your iPhone to increase touch sensitivity like they have on Galaxy phones? I wear two pairs of gloves when it gets really cold and the touchscreen works fine on my Samsung
0:47 That's seems like a silly low gaiter, if you ride in deep puddle and deep snow, walk in deep snow, this is way too low.
Also as I don't use clipless I would need a flat shoes. I see they have Terra Nanuq GTX Flat now. Gaiter and BOA, but they have a zipper on the side, I'm not a fan of coil zippers as they are fragile. I rather have adjustable gaiter with Velcro strap.
Toe box looks wider on those than most shoes.
I’ve just bought a pair of gripgrab lobster gloves, been out for a 2 1/2 hour ride today in 2 degrees, these gloves are amazing, at last I can keep my hands warm.
That's good, which version do you have? I'm about to pick up the Nordic winter version but can barely find any reviews.
The description was "GripGrab Windproof Deep Winter Lobster 3 finger cycling gloves, Thermal Fleece lined Padded Cold Weather Bike Glove" cost me £46.15 I got the XXL I have big hands fit me perfect, used them on the past 3 frosty days, I very happy with them, taken me a long time to find something that works for me, mine are the yellow hi-vis, hope this helps you
Hi David, great video very informative. I'd like your opinion on the sizi g of the Fizik winter boots. I usually wear a size 42 in standard cycling shoes but I've heard that Fizik come up small and are particularly narrow, plus I'd usually wear slightly thicker winter socks. I'd really appreciate your thoughts on this please.
I’ve found the 45 suits my feet well compared to other 45 shoes I regularly wear and don’t have issue with the width but that may just be me 🤷♂️
David, how do you find the fit of the Fizik winter boots? True to size? Narrow fit or wide? Thank you.
-5 :D, that's autumn
I am considering getting these. But I am not sure how to clean and maintain them. I know for sure it is not good to wash the goretex fabric. Any suggestions anyone?
My Castelli Perfetto Max also doesn't work well with the iphone, the index finger is almost useless. I started tapping on the phone with my thumb, which works much better
Annoying isn't it! I had to use my nose the other day
I tend to not use my iPhone during the ride, if it’s very wet I have dry pouch for it anyway which isn’t compatible clearly! Only touch screen is generally the Garmin and even then it’s only if it’s wet and I’ve not locked the screen that I have issues. Though I generally use fingerless gloves unless it’s well below zero as well I run hot.
Overshoes and winter shoes. Would you use both at the same time or overshoes on normal shoes if winter ones got wet/not that cold/any other reason?
I guess if the weather was really bad you could, but I've never tried overshoes over winter boots - maybe someone here has tried that?
I have these very same boots, and to be honest they're not the warmest. So I always (even when dry) were overshoes over the boots during cold weather 👍
I glued old overshoes on old wintershoes for the extreme days. Makes sure the snow doesn't crawl up! Very efficient!@@davidarthur
How is walking in those Fizik shoes? I have a pair of winter shoes that I find absolutely terrifying whenever I need to get off the bike. The grip on ice is absolutely non-existent! Even my summer shoes have better ice grip. And yes, it's not uncommon for me to hop off the bike, only to realize that I have been riding on smooth ice.
Found them to be pretty good but haven't tried walking on sheet ice I must admit!
Buy winter mtb boots, switch pedals .
Please can you add links to the products
I think I'll wait until spring🥶
Might join you!
An entire winter is 3 month's i should hope they still look good.
I can't be bothered to fit full coverage fenders on my road bike. The win wing is just too easy and very effective for keeping the backside dry.
Where the hell r u in all the snow
This was exactly a year ago!
Those fizik shoes are terrible. Not warm enough, not dry enough in 4 hour downpours. And the collar is sooo stiff! I always get blisters where the velcrostrap is attached to the shoe! The fizik arctica X2 with event membrane is much much better.
44k thumbs up, with 16+k views? Thats amazing. Happy for you David, but that doesn’t seem right.
think it's 445 thumbs up ;)
@@davidarthurnah, just say it’s 44k ;)). Shooting star video.
Edit: seems to be a bug at my side; all video’s i watch are 44k thumbs up… somehow. Going to check my own video’s now, lol.
Thanks for the review.. i m going to get this ass saver .. i have the one that don't work😅
There is no such thing as cold weather, only cold clothing.
Do RRTY and get back to us!
Your so WRONG about the normal ass savers, I even have them on my summerbikes, you never know if you come by a street that is a bit wet and at least your ass and back stay dry and it doesn't look like you shat yourself, and they really do that, heck I've seen the difference between me and my friends who don't use ass savers.
Are full mudguards better, yes of course, I have them on my winterbike, but ass savers do help. This ass saver wing 2 is dumb though, it doesn't give much more protection (I have tried one) than normal ass savers and it's also a lot worse than mudguards, so what's even the point?
No product paid for this? hehehehe
Nope they did not
Don't do MTB or gravel
You’re missing out!