Originally Posted by
JakiChan
I've always had padded gloves, but the ones I like (Pearl Izumi Pro Pittards Gel) seem to be gone. I was noticing that many of the higher end gloves *don't* have padding. I'm willing to give it a try, but I'm curious as to why? Is padding supposed to be good or bad?
Not sure why unpadded make sense. People reference more feel as a benefit, but the padding isn't throughout the whole glove.. you still maintain plenty of non-padded-area hand contact even with with a "padded" glove.