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Originally Posted by
livedarklions
I found a lot of things that happened when I wore gloves were completely counter-intuitive. I actually got much bigger calluses wearing gloves than bare handed, and with padding, that was even worse. On a reasonably warm day, I find the only disadvantage to going bare-handed is I can't use white bar tape without it turning patchy grey after the first couple hundred miles.
That's why I bought a pair of my favorite gloves (Giro ZeroCS) in white, for riding the ONE bike in my collection with white bar tape.
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