Maap Apex Deep Winter Gloves

I have real­ly got­ten to love rid­ing in the winter—but that is entire­ly due to advances in cold-weath­er kit. It’s easy to lay­er up with the tights and jer­seys, but there are three parts of your body that real­ly con­trol com­fort on the bike: your head, your feet, and your hands. Hav­ing dif­fer­ent weight gloves, shoe cov­ers, and head cov­er­ings lets you fine for just about any con­di­tions. I’ve had good shoe cov­ers, and have learned to lay­er hats and head/neck warmers—but great cold weath­er gloves are hard to come by. Every­one seems to have a dif­fer­ent def­i­n­i­tion of ‘deep win­ter’ but here in New Eng­land we real­ly mean it. I need­ed gloves that would work when the temps sank below freezing.

When Maap start­ed teas­ing their new Deep Win­ter col­lec­tion, I was intrigued. Good insu­la­tion, works with touch screens, nice cuff design. I ordered them as soon as they came out, and have not been dis­ap­point­ed. So far they’ve been per­fect even at ‑3 to ‑5C and windy. I may update this lat­er on in the win­ter, but so far they are by far the nicest win­ter gloves I’ve found.