Glove recommendations?

[Patrick Lamb]

I've been using crocheted back gloves with lightly padded leather
palms, the inexpensive sort, but my luck has been running out lately.
The last pair of Trek gloves I bought are worthless when wet, even a
heavy sweat. Last Performance gloves (the black ones that are on sale
right now), the bias tape at the base of the gloves are
disintegrating. And the leather on the last pair of Nashbar gloves
can't handle being washed, apparently.

So, can anybody recommend a decent glove at a decent price?

Or are some of the more expensive gloves worth the extra money?

Pat

Email address works as is.

 

[landotter]

I've been using the cheaper lycra/synthetic leather house brand gloves
from both REI and Performance for years. I love the crochet/leather
gloves look, but I like being able to just throw it all in the wash.
This last pair is two years old and just developing a little hole.
Probably from scuffing on a cable guide when I carry the singlespeed
down to the street--not a statement of the glove's quality.

I don't find expensive gloves to be worth it, but I just wear them for
the grip, the crash protection, and the little terry cloth to wipe your
leaky nose--not the padding. $15 house brand gloves do all that just
fine. The synthetic leather is good stuff. My medium weight long
fingered Performance gloves gave me over five years of very hard use.

 

[::dom::]

......So, can anybody recommend a decent glove at a decent price?

Or are some of the more expensive gloves worth the extra money?

Pat

I swear by Specialized's gloves. Splash out on their top-of-the-line Pro and you wont regret it. Sport and Comp are good as well.

 

[John Everett]

On Wed, 24 May 2006 21:11:34 -0500, Patrick Lamb
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I've been using crocheted back gloves with lightly padded leather
>palms, the inexpensive sort, but my luck has been running out lately.
>The last pair of Trek gloves I bought are worthless when wet, even a
>heavy sweat. Last Performance gloves (the black ones that are on sale
>right now), the bias tape at the base of the gloves are
>disintegrating. And the leather on the last pair of Nashbar gloves
>can't handle being washed, apparently.
>
>So, can anybody recommend a decent glove at a decent price?

http://www.bluegel.net/

If you like mesh back gloves, check out their TL-600s.


jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3

 

[gds]

This is another case where first cost and average cost may not yield
the same result. I have five pair of PI gloves - fairly expensive- that
I rotate. The oldest are ~10 years old. All get washed regularly and
all useable if you don't mind faded color on the backs. My estimate is
that the gloves have between 10,000 and 15,000 miles per pair. So, the
cost per mile is pretty low regardless of the first cost.

 

[Peter Cole]

gds wrote:
> This is another case where first cost and average cost may not yield
> the same result. I have five pair of PI gloves - fairly expensive- that
> I rotate. The oldest are ~10 years old. All get washed regularly and
> all useable if you don't mind faded color on the backs. My estimate is
> that the gloves have between 10,000 and 15,000 miles per pair. So, the
> cost per mile is pretty low regardless of the first cost.
>

Yeah, my favorites have long been PI "White Line", although the days of
finding them discounted below $10 are long gone.

I like clean gloves, so I was mine after every long ride, real leather
won't take that, but the synthetic stuff goes forever. Some fake leather
is much better than other, the PI stuff doesn't crack or wear, so the
gloves last a long time.

 

[Diablo Scott]

::dom:: wrote:


>
> I swear by Specialized's gloves. Splash out on their top-of-the-line
> Pro and you wont regret it. Sport and Comp are good as well.
>
>

I like the Specialized Body Geometry gloves better than PI also - except
they put that S logo on the index finger right on the place a booger
would be after a nose wipe - that fakes me out a lot.

 

[::dom::]

::dom:: wrote:


>
> I swear by Specialized's gloves. Splash out on their top-of-the-line
> Pro and you wont regret it. Sport and Comp are good as well.
>
>

I like the Specialized Body Geometry gloves better than PI also - except
they put that S logo on the index finger right on the place a booger
would be after a nose wipe - that fakes me out a lot.

LOL... Specialized Snot - fortunately that's the only thing that wears off quicky.

 

[Booker C. Bense]

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In article <[email protected]>,
Patrick Lamb <[email protected]> wrote:
>I've been using crocheted back gloves with lightly padded leather
>palms, the inexpensive sort, but my luck has been running out lately.
>The last pair of Trek gloves I bought are worthless when wet, even a
>heavy sweat. Last Performance gloves (the black ones that are on sale
>right now), the bias tape at the base of the gloves are
>disintegrating. And the leather on the last pair of Nashbar gloves
>can't handle being washed, apparently.
>
>So, can anybody recommend a decent glove at a decent price?
>

_ If you can find them Push makes a very nice classic crotchet
glove at about $12 or less a pair.

_ Booker C. Bense

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