Gotta agree with that. Those are work gloves, not intended to see the type of wear sliding down a road would cause. The pricing says a lot.I don't know if I happen to have them lying around any more for a photo op, but I had a pair of riding gloves with ground down carbon fiber knuckles that make me think the gloves in the picture aren't what I'd go with for riding gloves. The polyester finger sides aren't the greatest either, concrete saws through them like a belt sander.
understood. There are cheaper alternatives that will hold up well in a crash, and some that won't. The $13 work gloves aren't the right tool for the job.I'm not debating the value of good gloves, but the price here in Canada starts to get stupid for a pair of gloves. I mean really four, five and six hundred dollars??
Just seems like highway robbery. Someone's making money "hand over fist."
That's what leads folks to find less expensive alternatives.
I have to agree with that, dwalby.The $13 work gloves aren't the right tool for the job.
In any crash you won't know what piece of equipment gets put to the test until it happens, and it will be different every time. Those gloves you selected won't even survive a small crash if you fall a certain way, but I can tell you're sold on them.In a big crash I’d be more worried about having great boots to hold your foot onto your ancle/leg.
my thoughts exactly45 years+ on a bike. I've been down more often than a $10.00 hooker. ANY glove is better than none. Carbon knuckles are all well and good, but unless I'm riding someplace I might bite some bark with them, my knuckles are the farthest thing from my mind; I've worried more about my palms in damn near every low side I've had...
Last time/only time I was down was July 1969. I've either learned to be more cautious/observant or on a long term streak of dumb luck. Lately, last few years 'lately', I find gloves do not grip on the throttle side the way they used to, and have become a chore....another distraction, so I dispense with them except on uncomfortable days. New, broken in...doesn't seem to matter. I may try a pair of tough work gloves.45 years+ on a bike. I've been down more often than a $10.00 hooker. ANY glove is better than none. Carbon knuckles are all well and good, but unless I'm riding someplace I might bite some bark with them, my knuckles are the farthest thing from my mind; I've worried more about my palms in damn near every low side I've had...