novice_101
06-24-04, 01:40 PM
how many of u guys wear gloves once and a while i wear some fingerless leather ones but they get in the was alot so i usually dont
next was wondering if there are any other ppls that ride treks out there besides street racers?
I almost always ride with gloves.....I have sweaty hands.....so that complicates things...but I recently got back into bmx and rode without gloves for a while and ended up with blisters.....so back to the gloves I went...lol
btw I wear full fingered mechanix wear gloves when I ride
BiKe_GuY666
06-25-04, 03:40 AM
I usually use gloves. I do lots of wheelies and it hurts my hands with out them, So I guess it depends on what you are riding. ( BMX, Racing ). Its really up to you if you think you need gloves. Good point ^^^
Bruskys
06-25-04, 09:23 AM
i sometimes wear gloves but i find that wearing a arm band like the kinds basketball players wear stops the aweat and is alot more comfortable
dk_dude
06-26-04, 04:44 AM
i wear gloves everytime i ride im used to them now and deyr good
poverty_rider69
07-13-04, 01:39 PM
i ride w/ gloves everytime i ride nomatter what im ridin....i use fox dirt paw gloves... they keep me from gettin blisters....they dont feel real comfortable when u first buy a pair but once u wear them in their great....gloves are always more comfortable worn in....
BMXTRIX
07-13-04, 03:15 PM
I'm in the gloved crowd. Every time I ride I have gloves on.
During the Summer I sweat and will slip off the grips.
During the Winter it's just to darn cold to ride without hang protection.
I think most gloves are pretty similar in quality as long as you are in the $20.00+ price range (unless they are on sale). I've seen gloves marked down from 30 bucks to 15 or 10 bucks and usually buy a couple of pairs. I do not notice much, if any, difference in quality on the 'sale' products. I think they are just old stock that is trying to get moved out the door.
Bruskys
07-13-04, 06:54 PM
yea my gloves were like 15 marked down from 35 there really good quality and they get comfortable after about a week or so
Gloves are just part of the equipment, at least in mountain biking.
Mine came in extremely helpful just last week when i flew right across
the handle bars and slid like 4 feet palms down in the gravel, i got up
and scraped the gravel which would have been stuck in my hand off
the gloves, then as any mountain biker would tell you, you look for
blood...which i was able to find on my knee....just enuff to brag about!
Sounds crazy....but thats the sport! Wear gloves!