Do you wear gloves?

teazer said:
Light thin race gloves all the time. Seriously guys have you tried picking your nose without fingers?

OK to be more polite I should ask if you fondled your honey without fingers or tried typing with the ends of your hands all ragged. Riding a bike is risky and we manage that risk in different ways. If you ride a bike, you will fall off. It's only a question of when....

ATGATT
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Teazer, although I agree with your assessment of the risks involved, I have to wonder who your post is directed towards. My post was obviously meant for entertainment only, as I will wear "protection" when I get my next bike. Likewise, there aren't too many people arguing that their palms are strong enough to withstand asphalt and gravel, lol. I would assume that most of the guys who ride sans gloves are avoiding this thread anyway.

I've already had a doctor using a steel brush to briskly scrub my split-wide-open-palm before stitches--I know what you mean, and that was just from mountain biking.
 
I wear a "more affordable" pair of A-stars with armor. They breathe well, which means they're not warm enough in the winter. I need a better solution than the gloves I wore last winter. That's for sure.
 
I read a review on then new race gloves many years ago. One statement has never left me, that one of the added benefits of snug fitting leather race gloves is that they keep the skin on your hands intact and all the bones together! That makes a surgeon's job that much easier. If that ain't an eye opener for the riders who are casual about wearing even the most minimal protection, then I don't know what more can be said. Wearing work gloves??? Yikes, guys!

Tommy Hayden lost his pinky finger a year or two ago. I wondered if it was ground off? Yuck!
 
Isn't this thread really just an attempt by RRAL for free advertising, call me crazy, and I guess I just helped.
CD
 
ATGATT.

Didnt someone recently post the story of the girl who fell off a bike and had her breast ripped off, had to get skin grafts all over her body, etc? Some of you should read that. at least wear gauntlets, a jacket, and helmet.
 
CafeDawg... This thread is about a company asking US the public what we prefer so he can carry it. Sure, its helping him but whens the last time AplineStar or Icon asked anyone here what they wanted to see? Its helping us too. Nobody complains when DCC or anyone else (and they shouldnt complain) starts threads about new products...
 
Tim said:
I wear ICON Pursuit gloves. Mega comfy, and they've been through a good crash where the knuckle padding saved me from broken bones. $60 well spent.

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same here.. i think they were $50
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Platkeyboy, I was trying to stay with the same line of humor but adding a touch of reality. It doesn't always translate well to the screen though. Play safe ;-)
 
Ventilation and protection. They have to be hard and they have to breathe. The right combo is what I look for the most. What I have yet to find is a good palm/thumb stitch. For whatever reason, every pair of gloves I have ever owned seperate there and I'm left with a big hole on my palm...
 
I lowsided at 60 mph and slid about 50 ft into the woods a few years back. I didn't have a scratch on me because I had full gear on. The gear is three years old and still in good shape. For those complaining about the money, the hospital bills cost way more.

You can get good stuff cheap on closeout. I got my two piece Technic suit for $240 a while back. I was wearing A* SP-1 gloves. they held up great. I now have Revit gloves which are really nice. The good gloves will stretch after a while so they might be uncomfortable in the beginning.
 
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I've already had a doctor using a steel brush to briskly scrub my split-wide-open-palm before stitches--I know what you mean, and that was just from mountain biking.[/quote]


Anyone who can hear the words, "Debridement Procedure" and not have their sphincter pucker, has not gone down at any speed over 20mph. Or been burned for that matter. ::)
 
CafeDawg said:
Isn't this thread really just an attempt by RRAL for free advertising, call me crazy, and I guess I just helped.
CD
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Not so much... more of an attempt to see what others like for when I want to start producing gloves or which gloves to carry in the store until then.
 
i have a habit of not wearing gloves... got that way from riding BMX for years without gloves. When it comes to moto. world, I try and wear gloves but its hard to convince myself for the shorter rides when i barely get up past 20mph. I've gone down at that speed and have many scars on my hands to prove it.

though reality of the matter is that my smarter side is saying to wear them, I just haven't gone out and gotten a pair I like yet. soon I will though.

as for while working on the bike, I can't wear gloves for the life of me. I dont care if i get shit and grease under my nails, or tetnous from a rusty nail, its better then wearing gloves. now, if theres spinning wheels, hot metal, welders, etc, I'll wear heavy leather welding gloves. and for painting i'll wear gloves. but for general wrenching, no thank you.
 
OK I stand corrected, got it now. I wear mechanic gloves on shorter, warmer rides and cheap Ebay kevlar ones for longer runs like my commute.
CD
 
thanks to noobzooki, I will soon have gloves I like... haha...

cortech scarab...

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I'm currently wearing holes in a set of Joe Rocket leather gloves. I usually pick up stuff on sale because I am rough on gear.
 
Between my pillion and I, I think we have five pairs. She has a pair of sexy Ducati summer gloves and a pair of thinsulite gauntlet gloves for cooler times. I have a pair of BMW summer gloves, insulated Olympia cold weather gloves and a goofy pair of heavily insulated riding mittens that have gauntlets that go half way to my elbows that I have worn twice. They are very bulky.
 
I always wear them, can't imagine what I would do if my hands got damaged. Spannering would get hard, working out, writing etc.

I go for something subtle, thin, waterproof and and and they NEED to be easy to get on with sweaty hands, essential for those long hot days.
 
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