Who Wears Gauntlet Gloves Full Time

[Zach929rr]

Not a problem if you don't crash.

[Bueller]

You won't crash if you don't ride

[Zach929rr]

But in all seriousness, I could hardly turn the throttle with my A* whatevers. I just need to go out an peep some of the new stuff.

[vort3xr6]

Knox biomechs FTW. Although the icon 3/4 gloves are pretty nice. Gonna have to peep me some of those for summer.

[usmcab35]

i wear shorty astars gloves now but only cause im a broke married man that cant afford a new set of gauntlets.. but soon i will get a new pair.. like said above sweat wipes off rash doesnt..

[OUTLAWD]

no glove, no love

[CaneZach]

I'll differ a bit from the consensus. If I'm putting around town, I'll wear shorties. If I'm doing any riding above city speeds, I'm in gauntlets.

[jbnwc]

I only wear gauntlets; my hands are too important to risk. I did, however, think that my Icon Timax's were too hot on some days, so I bought one of these and put some holes between the fingers. Then I went to town on my jacket and pants, too.

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[jbnwc]

I wear MX gloves with leather palms and leather on the knuckles. Comfortable as shit.

I would probably wear gauntlets if I could find a pair that weren't bulky, uncomfortable, crampy, and either too tight or too loose (giggity).

HELD FTW.

I like my GP Tech's and my Timax's, but my brother has a pair of HELD's and there is no denying that they are the shiznit as far as comfort goes.

[CYCLE_MONKEY]

Gauntlets always. Always have, always will. I'm on my second pair of A-Stars GP-Pro, and love 'em.

[rforsythe]

Always. My Joe Rocket race gloves have air scoops that keep my hands quite cool, and I generally use them for street riding in summertime as well (I have goretex insulated gauntlet gloves for winter).

[kbahus]

HELD FTW.

I like my GP Tech's and my Timax's, but my brother has a pair of HELD's and there is no denying that they are the shiznit as far as comfort goes.

I ordered some sweet Held Slide Comps that are a 3/4' length version of their high end ti race glove thinking their sizing would be spot on since they had half sizes but when I got them they fit terrible. The palm and back of the hand was pretty snug and reasonable but the fingers were all too long and the thumb had a good extra inch of material. When I tried riding with them the Titanium knuckle protector dug into my knuckles too. I was pretty bummed about the whole thing.

[fiveninerzero]

After wrecking and not being able to lift weights or do anything meaningful with my upper body due to wrist injuries for two months afterwards, I now regularly wear gauntlet gloves with wrist protection, and I recommend that you do too, because wrist injuries suck.

[Matt]

Losing the use of your hands due to injury would be terrible. I always wear gauntlet gloves because you never know when something is going to go wrong.

[kbahus]

Well I finally found some gloves that fit "like a glove". I am up in Seattle visiting a friend and hit up a small leather shop called Insurrection Racing. They do racing suites, jackets, and have a line of gloves. I went with the street gloves that have a 3/4 cuff. They have a lot of perforation, external stitching, and look like they will provide decent protection. Their race gauntlet gloves looked really nice but they were double the price of the street gloves and couldn't justify spending the extra at this point. I think these will do for now and I am pleased I finally found something that fits.

[Bueller]

I see you followed the solicited advise.

[kbahus]

I feel a little guilty about not getting a full on race glove, but I think these will do the trick for now. I really appreciate everyone chiming in, I was ready to buy some shorties prior.

[BHeth]

Yeah, dude. Another one here for Held gauntlets. Mine are a couple years old and they keep getting better. 'Roo palms are nice, too.

[OUTLAWD]

I see you followed the solicited advise.

look perfectly adequate for commuting to me...but then again, I'm a

[jbnwc]

I know you just bought a pair, but you should still consider dropping $100 on a decent pair of gloves. The gloves below retail around $60 I think. How much would you pay not to have this happen to you?

[Rabbie303]

^^^ OUCH!!!

I wear full gauntlet gloves all the time. To the store, work, twisties always. It may be warm at first but you get used to them and they are not really that bad. Better for a little discomfort than hamburger hands.

[kbahus]

Damn that looks painful. Did those have kevlar palms by chance? They look like Astar SMX gloves? The first pair I purchased were the SMX Air' and were made very similar to my mountain bike gloves which kind of sketched me out.

[MetaLord 9]

^^They are. I went down with my EX500 4 years ago wearing those gloves and the palms blew out at exactly the same spots as JBNWC's. Those gloves last about as jeans down when skittering down the pavement sans bike.

[Bueller]

I wear MX gloves with leather palms and leather on the knuckles. Comfortable as shit.

I would probably wear gauntlets if I could find a pair that weren't bulky, uncomfortable, crampy, and either too tight or too loose (giggity).

dear Zach, see below. Thx

look perfectly adequate for commuting to me...but then again, I'm a

dear Dave, see below. Thx

Cotton gloves are good for commuting, just not so good for crashing.

I have several pairs of used up, cheap as in <$100 gauntlets that I have slid across the pavement with and have yet to seriously or even slightly hurt a hand, but this is not the first time I have seen this.