Gloves for warm weather?
 

Any recommendations for gloves for summer?

Go to the nearest Home Depot (or other hw store), and look through their selection of mechanics and/or gardening gloves. I bought a pack of 3 for $10 a year ago. I've destroyed one pair in a crash since then, but didn't get so much as a scratch on my hands. The other two pairs are still like new, even though I throw them in the laundry after every ride.

Honestly, my reco is whatever you can find thats on sale. I don't use gloves for commuting in warm weather I don't see the point. But I do for long road rides and mountain biking for better grip with sweaty hands and protection in a fall.

I used to go to REI in the fall every year and grab a pair of summer gloves from their clearance bin for the following year. Typically they wore out in a year, but I was OK with that. A couple of years ago I splurged on a pair of Speciailized BG Comp short finger gloves. To my surprise, I'm about to start using them for their third summer. Among their current offerings, the Body Geometry Gel looks the most similar.

I've also got a pair of short finger gloves from Fox that I picked up on the cheap somewhere along the line. I think they're Fox Reflex. They have a bit more padding than I would like for commuting, but they're good for mountain biking and they have also been pretty durable. They also have a really nice terrycloth patch for wiping up sweat.

I like fingerless cloves with some kind of light, absorbent back to them, and leather palms. The point is that if you do go down, one of the parts of your body that almost always hits the ground is the heel of your hand. Very painful place for road rash.

I use the old mesh bike gloves during summer - Leaves a nice oval brown patch on the back of my hands...

I would not use gloves at all if were not for a childhood incident on a Honda 160 that resulted in a months worth of road rash - Now I wear gloves every ride...

Me too--I wear the same type of gloves, they work fine. I also learned my lesson about gloves on a motorcycle.

Thank you all so much. I'll take the suggestions to get the cheap/on-sale gloves. It really doesn't have to be special cycling gloves (which cost more). The other day I rode at high noon under bright sun for a little more than half hour, and the back of my hands got two "natural gloves" in the evening, in sharp contrast to my wrists.:( May make a visit to Home Depot first...

Another vote for mechanic's gloves.

I'm using Nashbar crochet short finger gloves:
http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product...50_-1___202609

mechanics gloves if I feel I need full finger, anything inexpensive for fingerless as long as it has something for me to wipe sweat with and I think it would protect my palms if I went down.

most bikes shops have a box of cheap $10-$15 fingerless gloves kicking around somewhere. I've been using some from Walmart but I must admit I would prefer a higher quality and slightly longer (less tight) finger. for cold or drizzly mornings you'll want some basic fingered gloves. Walmart carries those too. I think the brand is Bell.

I use an old pair of summer weight leather motorcycle gloves. I know it's overkill, but I need my hands for work and I want to keep them protected.

I like the Fox Dirtpaw gloves. They're about $25 and I just retired my first pair after 4 years. They're full-finger and they have a little bit of back-of-the-hand protection as well, plus they're machine-washable. The only reason my old pair is dead is that I used them for stonework while I was landscaping. :D

I pick up half finger gloves from eBay (china). They're about $6 or $7 a pair. They last as long as any of the PIs or others I've gotten

Need gloves at all?

Palm padding of cycling gloves maybe better on your hands , assuming you ride more
over the summer than the winter..

I use Ergon HC1 for temps up to 80 °F.

I don't ride without gloves. Of the injuries that I've had related to a bike, the hand injuries after falls have been the most painful and irritating. Spending 2 or 3 weeks having to keep a hand slathered in aloe gel and wrapped in gauze while trying to make a living at a keyboard is no fun. I'd ALMOST rather ride without a helmet than without gloves.

I've had very good luck with Pearl Izumi gloves - not cheap, but I've had a couple pairs for a few years now and been happy. Seem to wear very well, and are comfortable. One pair is a short-fingered "MTB" with padding in the palm, the other is a full-finger glove with reflective strips and vinyl near shift points. Makes it a lot easier to shift if your hands are wet.

+1 to work gloves from hardware stores. I likely bought the same three pair for $10 you did. Mine came in three colors: red, yellow and grey. I chose to wear the yellow ones randomly; after a few people commented on how visible the gloves made me, especially when signalling, I stuck with them. I've been wearing the same pair for over two years. I wash them regularly; they show no visible signs of wear. Best $10 I've ever spent for cycling.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Firm-Grip...3#.UZ0Lmdj4Z-Q

http://shop.mashsf.com/products/giro-mash-dnd-gloves

They're not hot and visibility and hand protection are covered.

I also have a secondary pair of the RHC version, which I wear when I'm not commuting.

Giro DNDs are all I will probably every wear again because they're dependable and last forever.

That was the same pack I bought. I destroyed the gray ones in a crash. The yellow and red ones are still like new, and I wash them after every use.

+1 on these. I buy them on sale and use my coupon codes they sometimes send me. What I like is the terry cloth patch on the back of the thumbs that helps wipe that stinging sweat over the eye brow off before it drops into the eye and burns. And a pair seems to last over a year.