Your fingers can really suffer when there’s a little chill – they’re not moving like your legs, which are busy pumping the pedals, but it’s absolutely necessary to your comfort and safety that they maintain movement and feeling.

Mitts are great for the summer months, and there are lots of heavy duty long fingured gloves available for the winter  – but what you want from September until the end of October (and March through May) is really a light long figured pair.

Cool bar tape designs for your road bike

Admittedly, an extra pair of gloves to fill the gap might seem extravagant – but they make a big difference to your comfort, and you can always use them as liner gloves (underneath a second pair) come proper winter, and they can be good for day-to-day wear (for that time you spend, you know, not riding, if such a time exists..).

We love these from Specialized – and they even work with phone screens – so you can snap those awesome autumn riding photos.