It gets pretty chilly in Shanghai which translates into freezing hands when scooting about town. (I can’t express quite how much I miss the heated handlebars of my BMW). My solution to the problem is to wear my skiing mittens but the locals have a much better solution. They have mittens pre-wrapped around the handlebars. Some are pretty fancy like the ones in the picture. These even look like this was what they are designed to do. Many others are distinctly DIY. Think bits of cardboard and miles of gaffer tape. For that matter, there are thousands of scooters out there that are entirely held together by gaffer tape. Reassuring…NOT.
