Submitted 1 year ago

By Busterbird

From Bloomington, MN

Reviewed at

I have 45NRTH pogies on my fat bike and I love them. I was happy to discover these at my LBS to use for both my road bike (SRAM Red eTap) and my cross/gravel bike (SRAM 1x). They work great - though I have to place them exactly right and they are a bit tight. Still, they are effective and I love not worrying about cold, numb hands - something that inevitably happened every ride in the cold, despite great gloves. I love how easily they go on and off the bike - no tools necessary. I have aero bars on my road bike, so they fit a bit differently than on my gravel bike, but both work well with these. I'll sometimes start a ride with thin gloves on under the pogies, but I'll usually take them off after 10-15 minutes. They block the wind and cold great! I can imagine if you have larger hands that they might not work for you, though. I do not ride in the drops when I use these, but being able to ride comfortably in the dry winter is a good tradeoff. These are one of my best all-time winter purchases and I highly recommend them if you have smaller hands (most female hands will likely work great).

Submitted 2 years ago

By jon

From calgary

Reviewed at

I have SRAM rival 11 speed. These are too small/snug as everyone else noted but they still save my tail riding in well-below freezing temperatures up in Canada. They block the wind on the fingers and hands which is the main thing. Being tight makes them as aero as possible in the dense, cold air (lol). I considered returning them but what I might do is modify them over the summer instead. Otherwise they get an A+.

Submitted 2 years ago

By Steve50660

From Iowa

Reviewed at

Reiterating the other comments, these fall off hands, slide down, even with thin gloves the fit is way to tight. Got ok w/pulling pogie over my hands w/teeth...until you move to brake or shift then they're out of position again. The straight bar version is awesome and makes rides on my Pugsly a pleasure. The drop bar version just suck. Only 45nrth product that hasn't been everything I expected.

Submitted 2 years ago

By Shizilla

From Minneapolis MN

Reviewed at

I have a large hand and tried these pogies on a deep drop handlebar. I think they would be barely large enough for a small gloved hand on a shallow drop bar. They're so small they actually depressed the brake lever slightly when fitted. Shimano Dura ace levers with hidden cable mechanical. Swinging the lever for up shifts was also interfered with the tightness of the pogie. In summary, they were unusable.

Submitted 2 years ago

By spokedog

From Banff Canada.

Reviewed at

These look great…. I have used them 2 seasons now. They keep my hands warm I to -10 rides but they fit very poorly and are not sewn the same left and right. I use them on both full mechanical Shimano rim brake and disc bikes. The fit is WAY too small on both. And I have small hands…. It's almost torture cramming my hands in them even with summer gloves on. Soooo disappointing as if they were designed a bit roomier they woukd be amazing….

Submitted 2 years ago

By Super commuter

From Alaska

Reviewed at

They don't work; too small. Might be able to fit over compact levers and work for someone with small hands and super light gloves. These need to be pulled from the shelf and re-engineered.

Submitted 3 years ago

By Lars

From Oslo, Norway

Reviewed at

I was so hopeful. I even read the reviews on my local retailers website saying they were too small for GRX levers, but I thought no, it's probably just a user error, 45 wouldn't release something without checking relevant fit? Oh how wrong I were :-(( I got the pogies on, and yes, with my delicate pink office worker hands, managed to fit my hands in as well, even managed to change gears, but no, this was not a practically working solution. I wanted them to work so badly! Finally a set of pogies that looked good, were light, and seemed to strike the perfect balance between insulation and heft. Basically just writing this review to hopefully be kept in the loop if there is a new size pogie coming, as I'll be first in line to pick those up!

Submitted 3 years ago

By Burly Bob

From South Otselic NY

Reviewed at

I have to agree with everyone who has bought these Drop-Bar Pogie's. They are too small. I have to push the pogie on the left side down so that I can shift and can't wear gloves either.

Submitted 3 years ago

By Kurt

From Omaha

Reviewed at

I have Di2 and hydraulic on one bike and regular rim brakes on the other. I love the fit on the mechanical bike. They go on easily, and although shifting is a little constrained, it's fine for my needs. If you were racing, I'd say no. On the bike with hydraulic levers, they go on a bit tight. They are usable if you have Di2 and don't need to swing the lever, but I still wish they offered more room. 45NRTH really needs to make a larger option for these. I love the construction, but I can't recommend them for hydraulic, just cable-actuated brakes. Fortunately, I really just need these for the older bike, so I'm happy. I'd buy another larger set if I could.

Submitted 3 years ago

By See Well

From Calgary, Canada

Reviewed at

Hopefully they make a new product to fit newer gravel shifters/hoods and then I could recommend them. Luckily I could return mine since they are useless as is with the Shimano GRX hoods/shifters. Having said that, I sure hope they do because I love my Cobrafist on my fatbike and am willing to wait to buy pogies if 45nrth has something in the works.