🚀 go-pugleaf

Our first winter in lovely BC is fast approaching, and it looks like
it'll be our first winter on bikes.  We're thinking of dropping
something like $37 each for MEC's nice, thick,
precurled-fingers-with-neoprene-dots-on-the-palm gloves... and some
additional cash for cycling pants.

1) Has anyone used the gloves?  Are they worth the $?

2) MEC has cycling tights with Gore-Tex facing on the front.  Anyone
know if that's enough to keep you dry in the rain, or do we need to
spring for the Bernoulli pants?

Yer advice appreciated,
--R.