Summer Glovin’

[TwoWheelsDC]

I’m fairly certain you started this thread for the pun, and then crafted your question around that.

Anyway, gloves are my next purchase. I’ve got a pair of PI’s that I don’t particularly care for, and a pair of LG Airzones that are alright. I think whatever gloves I get will need to have less padding…I like wearing gloves for grip/fall protection, but the padding isn’t really necessary…the thumb padding is what tends to bug me most. As with just about everything else, I think part of my problem is choosing cheaper stuff. When I was first starting to ride, that was fine, but given the amount I ride now, the extra expense is warranted, I think.

For cooler rides, I have the Castelli CW 5.0, which are awesome. Very comfortable and warm, but without overheating my hands when the weather is a bit nicer.

[jabberwocky]

I personally run full finger carpenter gloves from home depot year round.

[hozn]

I recommend Specialized BG gloves Well, honestly, that was where I ended up. I have bought several pair of POW gloves from jensonusa.com because they were really cheap. They (POW) make some really thin summer full finger gloves, but durability is not great. I only wear full-finger gloves after losing my wedding ring on the ADA century a few years ago.

[DaveK]

I have a cheap pair from Performance that’s at least two seasons old because it was the thinnest thing I could find that was still a glove. I don’t want gel, I don’t want thick material on the back of my hand, just some material on my palm and a thin mesh on the back of my hand. Turns out that’s hard to find, hence why I have crusty old gloves.

[JimF22003]

I have a pair of Specialized BG gloves from a few years ago that I like, but are disintegrating. They had a velcro closure and were fairly easy to remove. I bought a newer pair last fall, and they don’t have the velcro. They’re difficult to remove without tearing the finger pieces. Also they hurt my hands worse when coming to a hard stop with my hands on the hoods. It’s getting better as they’ve broken in however. I still prefer the old style.

[Dirt]

Don’t do what I do. I don’t wear gloves in the summer. I haven’t for quite a few years. The only gloves that I found that were comfortable after 15 hours on the bike were the $160+ Rapha grand tour gloves. The leather dye they use gave me permanent stains on my hands. I thought it was kind of cool, but when I’d go to shake hands with someone in a business environment, I had people want to look at my hand to see if they wanted to shake it before doing so. It wasn’t a positive thing.

I double-tape my bars or use Fizik gel inserts under the handlebar tape instead of using gloves.

The end result of this is that I have a serious set of callouses on my hands by the time the season ramps up… They’re actually there all year, but they get a lot thicker. When I shake hands I still get questions, but the questions are positive, rather than “ewwwww”.

[vvill]

My favourite summer gloves are cheap “KHS” brand that I bought at a LBS in Taiwan in the early 2000s – I wish I had many more pairs. They’re fingerless, have light padding (not gel), a terry/cotton wiping zone, and a very light synthetic for the back of the hand. They also say “Adventure for life.” on them. 😎

[DaveK]

If I remember I’ll always wear gloves, just because I know my first instinct if I go down is to put my hand out.

[jrenaut]

@hozn 49050 wrote:

I only wear full-finger gloves after losing my wedding ring on the ADA century a few years ago.

This is a big reason why I wear gloves. Even the fingerless ones help in keeping the wedding band safe. I actually wouldn’t mind fingerless-except-for-my-ring-finger gloves. On long rides I usually leave it at home.

[mstone]

@jrenaut 49110 wrote:

This is a big reason why I wear gloves. Even the fingerless ones help in keeping the wedding band safe. I actually wouldn’t mind fingerless-except-for-my-ring-finger gloves. On long rides I usually leave it at home.

My strategy was just to make my finger fatter–that ring is going nowhere.

[Rootchopper]

I bought some of those old fashioned gloves with the knitted webbing on the back. They have lots of air flow and they leave a cool looking tan on the back of my hands. I bought them at Bikes at Vienna. They were very inexpensive.

[FFX_Hinterlands]

@Rootchopper 49131 wrote:

I bought some of those old fashioned gloves with the knitted webbing on the back. They have lots of air flow and they leave a cool looking tan on the back of my hands. I bought them at Bikes at Vienna. They were very inexpensive.

I saw them there last month and gave an audible “Ooooh! Nice!”

[rcannon100]

@Rootchopper 49131 wrote:

I bought some of those old fashioned gloves with the knitted webbing on the back. They have lots of air flow and they leave a cool looking tan on the back of my hands. I bought them at Bikes at Vienna. They were very inexpensive.

They have these at Revolution Bikes as well. Mine have ‘Rasta coloring. I’m not ‘Rasta but – deviating from societal norms – I like cotton. I dont like synthetic materials. Cotton knit bicycle gloves -> 😮

[hozn]

@jrenaut 49110 wrote:

This is a big reason why I wear gloves. Even the fingerless ones help in keeping the wedding band safe. I actually wouldn’t mind fingerless-except-for-my-ring-finger gloves. On long rides I usually leave it at home.

Yeah, I guess the fingerless ones I had/was wearing didn’t cut it — but fingerless except ring finger would be awesome. I experimented with some plastic spacer/insert pieces to make the fit more snug but that was just really uncomfortable (my knuckles are just disproportionately large). Full-finger gloves work fine, though, so I have settled on that as the solution.

I am just glad I hadn’t selected the platinum ring …

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