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Forum: Road Cycling

08-10-13, 08:43 PM

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What's the deal with no gloves?

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Posted By rpenmanparker

youngbeginner, BTW I just found this article...

youngbeginner, BTW I just found this article about extreme heat and humidity in the northeast US on 7/19/2013. Notice how moderate the RHs are compared to your claims:Hottest day: Humidity reaches...

Forum: Road Cycling

08-10-13, 08:35 PM

Replies: 105

What's the deal with no gloves?

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Posted By rpenmanparker

I understand your skepticism regarding my...

I understand your skepticism regarding my assertion that such combinations of temperature and humidity as "95-95" are essentially unknown (or at least extremely rare). In support of my contention...

Forum: Road Cycling

08-10-13, 07:57 AM

Replies: 105

What's the deal with no gloves?

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Posted By rpenmanparker

It's funny how much contradiction occurs among...

It's funny how much contradiction occurs among different posts (and among different topics) just due to cyclists' various environments. In a past thread some folks were saying that on the hottest...

Forum: Road Cycling

08-10-13, 07:52 AM

Replies: 105

What's the deal with no gloves?

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Posted By rpenmanparker

BS. You're talking to a lot of people who live in...

BS. You're talking to a lot of people who live in sub-tropical and tropical climates who know how this works. This doesn't happen even in Houston except under very unusual circumstances. In Iowa I...

Forum: Road Cycling

08-08-13, 11:10 AM

Replies: 105

What's the deal with no gloves?

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Posted By rpenmanparker

So why did gloves become so popular. Plenty of...

So why did gloves become so popular. Plenty of folks are posting here as if wearing gloves is the last thing they can imagine. Fair enough. But you have to admit there are lots of gloves being...

Forum: Road Cycling

08-08-13, 11:08 AM

Replies: 105

What's the deal with no gloves?

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Posted By rpenmanparker

I can't argue with this because I know the "no...

I can't argue with this because I know the "no hands" approach is well established. All I can say is I have fallen a lot over the many years and always broken the fall with my hands. Never hurt my...

Forum: Road Cycling

08-08-13, 10:28 AM

Replies: 105

What's the deal with no gloves?

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Posted By rpenmanparker

Hey, no criticism was intended. Really just an...

Hey, no criticism was intended. Really just an inquiry. When you think something is universal and then find out it's not, what's wrong with asking about it?

Forum: Road Cycling

08-08-13, 10:06 AM

Replies: 105

What's the deal with no gloves?

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Posted By rpenmanparker

And I'm stretching? Seriously I just come upon...

And I'm stretching? Seriously I just come upon things that are new to me and the post is like wondering out loud. After all it is dark under my rock. I can't remember seeing anyone riding a road...

Forum: Road Cycling

08-08-13, 09:50 AM

Replies: 105

What's the deal with no gloves?

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Posted By rpenmanparker

What's the deal with no gloves?

For the first time I am noticing multiple references (in posts about bar tape) to folks road riding without gloves. Since forever (30+ years) I have been indoctrinated that gloves are a necessary...

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