I have a $25 gift card for REI and need a good pair of cycling gloves for temps down to 30-50 degree weather. Any suggestions on gloves that REI offers that will keep my hands warm. I don’t bike in the rain so it’s just wind and temps that I’m worried about.
Thanks!
30-50 is a pretty big range. I use completely different gloves for those extremes. 40-50 doesn’t take much but full finger gloves. Once you get to 30 however, it can get pretty cold. It partly will depend on how fast you will be riding and how is the circulation in your hands. My brother’s hands are fine at 30 degrees, but I need lobster claws. I would suggested starting with a lighter pair of full fingered gloves and trying it out first. Then potentially buying a second pair of thicker (and maybe lobster claws) if your hands start getting pretty cold.
I would start with these if REI is your only choice. I’ve had good luck with Pearl Izumi for commuting gear.
http://www.rei.com/product/803534/pearl-izumi-cyclone-bike-gloves-mens
okay, 30-40 degrees and it’s in the midwest where it’s windy in the spring and fall. thanks for the suggestion.
I always go warmer rather than colder for gloves. Hot hands wont ruin your training, but getting frostbite might! And it saves you looking dorky by having Clif bar wrappers over your fingers to get home, not that I’m speaking from…ahem…experience. 
These any good? Louis Garneau Ergo Vulcano Gloves?
I’m in the market for some new gloves as well.
I am a big fan of Giro’s glove lines. I have the Giro Blaze for 50ish and the Ambient for the 40s. Both warmer than they look and not bulky at all.
I to wear very different gloves at 50 and 30. My hands get cold easily after some minor frostbite. Wind is often what gets me so windproof is key.
I have PI Gavia gloves that are good for 45+ maybe 40if little wind or sunny.
I would recommend what are commonly referred to as pogies or moose mitts. They are basically a big overglove that go over your handlebars and you stick your hands in them. They allow you to use no gloves when you would use a thin glove and a thin glove when you would normally need a winter glove.
I live in the UP of Michigan and tried a bunch of different gloves, including ski gloves but my hands kept getting really cold. I finally settled on pogies (mtb ones that I got to work with my cross bike). I am happy with them.
-Nick