Cycling Gloves

I do not ride without gloves, one crash without them may lead to a lack of riding for a good amount of time...Due to the fact that I am on and off of my computer all day, I check a website called chainlove.com which has cycling related items for sale that are really cheap...sometimes they have gloves for 12 dollars plus 5 for shipping or so...but it cycles through different items every few hours...not a traditional online vender.

I always wear a pair of gloves, whether they are half or full. Your hands are full of nerves and one crash is all it takes to really do some serious damage to perhaps one of the more sensitive parts of the human body. Personally, I like riding with my Nalini Pros and Craft. They both offer great insulation and padding in all the right places for protection and comfort.

mcgr said:

I am starting out and joining a club, do I need cycling gloves or not?

kdelong said:

I thought that was what the sleeve of the jersey was for, and that those who ride sleeveless were just messy.

I just let it drip, making a game out of how many times I can hit my top tube.

A guy I rode with once said that gloves made him too hot. I tried it this last weekend and it turned into a disaster. My hands sweat quite a bit and I couldn't keep a good grip on my bars, especially the drops. Back to gloves.

dbackmtg said:

A guy I rode with once said that gloves made him too hot. I tried it this last weekend and it turned into a disaster. My hands sweat quite a bit and I couldn't keep a good grip on my bars, especially the drops. Back to gloves.

OK, how does wearing a pair of fingerless gloves with mesh backs make your you too hot😕? When you are riding in 87 degree heat, the gloves are the last thing that is making you hot!

Always do!

I use the cheap Performance gloves:
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Besides, I get a "FUNKY COOL" mesh style sun tan on my hands :p

Peter@vecchios said:

The BIGGEST reason to have gloves. When you crash, and you will, you stick your hands out and torn up palms makes it hard to ride at all.

After a 40 mph crash last September with extensive road rash just about everywhere I was grateful that I was wearing gloves. I still had abrasions on my both my palms and backs of my hands, but I can't imagine what it would have been like had I not been wearing gloves. :eek:

My favorite pair of gloves are:

3 different types of Specialized gloves (2 half finger, 1 full finger, all three have descent cloth on thumb to clear sweat, descent padding on the palms for sensitive nerves )

1 Sugoi half finger gloves (lightweight material on the backs, descent cloth on thumb to clear sweat, descent padding on the palms for sensitive nerves)

I just got some Hincapie gloves that came with my club kit, but I am not quite sure about them yet. The material on the back feels lightweight, but the padding is a little flimsy if you have sensitive nerves in your palms.

Powerful Pete said:

When I do wear gloves (I prefer not to this year... don't know why, they bother me), I prefer a thin racing glove. I currently have two pairs of 2007 Campagnolo racing gloves in my cycling clothes drawer that I use for longer rides.

I strongly dislike thickly padded gloves...

I have four pair of fingeless gloves and a couple pair of full finger gloves.

I have definitely decided that I like minimal padding. The only pair of gloves I actually don't like are some very thickly padded "gel" gloves. This is unfortunate because my kids gave them to me for father's day last year, and they weren't cheap. Plus, other than the oversized pads, they are actually very comfortable gloves. But the thick padding makes the feel of handlebars far to "squishy" and also puts bad pressure on my palms.

My favorites are some very old, very thinly padded old school crocheted gloves. I think I will actually buy a new pair, although it will have to be mail order because none of the local shops carry them.

I have discovered that I like very thin and even padding that more or less goes all the way across the palms, as opposed to the highly segmented pads found on a lot of gloves. I recently found a pair Salsa gloves that I think I like in the "close out" bin at a local LBS for $8 or so: they have very thin padding on the palms, and a little bit thicker portion right on the heel of the palm - I tend to rest on that part a lot so I think they will work out well for me.

Camilo said:

My favorites are some very old, very thinly padded old school crocheted gloves. I think I will actually buy a new pair, although it will have to be mail order because none of the local shops carry them.

The last few years all that I have worn are Nashbar gloves. They are exactly what you have described and they are cheap!
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