Ranger63

I posted this over on Road Bikes.
Figured it was worth asking here as well (being I'm ..well over 50)
What gloves work for you folks?
It's a subject I've never broached. I happened to be paging thru Cycling Plus (the Brit.equiv. of Bicycling Mag.)and saw their reviews and it sparked the idea.
I've usually gone with the house brand (from either nashbar or performance) Some have ben good finds while others really 'sucked'. Problem is: House brands are never carried over to the next season as it's usually a different manufacturer each time.
I road cycle 85% of the time. Flat Bar the other 15%. Everything is on pavement or crushed stone.
Main rides are: Tange #1 Steel and Monocoque CF

az_cyclist

I usually buy Performance gloves. I prefer the cotton gloves.

Allegheny Jet

I don't like a lot of padding on the palms because it causes my hands to fall asleep. Becuase the models change, from year to year, I usually will go to the LBS and try on a verity of gloves and purchase the one's that have the least padding. I did purchase a pr. of Louis Garneau Wind Tex Eco Flex gloves from Preformance this year that were not padded and I really felt they were comfortable and warm even though they were not bulky. Right now they are on sale for 24.99.

BengeBoy 

I wear Pearl Izumi's in the summer.

This winter, I treated myself to some Specialized BG full-finger riding gloves. For temperatures below 45 degrees, they're terrific. Still thin enough to provide good feel; I can take helmets off an on, turn lights off and on, etc. without taking off my gloves.

Down around 28 degrees and lower I wear some thick Performance winter riding gloves. Very toasty, but too thick to do anything else but ride (e.g., I have to take them off to turn my lights off or on).

maddmaxx 

There are some new padding designs available from Spenco on the iron man series of gloves. The design is also available from Pearl Izumi on some and from Specalized on certain models. The idea is to have a patch of no padding at the heel of the palm between two outer pads. The marketing is that this area contains the "medial" nerve and that pressing there contributes to hand numbness.

I now end up wearing different gloves for the MTB from the ones I wear on the Road Bike because my hands are in different places, doing different things.

Louis

I suppose this is my retro-grouchiness showing, but I like the old style cotton crochet gloves best - especially in hot weather.

maddmaxx 

That's crotchety not grouchy

stapfam

MTB's and anything worked- even No gloves occasionally. But on the road bike- the first thing I noticed was pain. Those hands hurt. Just went to the LBS and got a decent pair of gloves and all they did was put the pain into a different place.

Now out on a ride and called into a different shop as my hands were hurting too much. While the hands were hurting- tried various gloves on the hands and the bars. Found a pair that worked with the padding in the right place. Still get pain after about 4 hours on the bike but by that time- I am normally near home.

Beverly

I've worn the Spenco Ironman gloves for two years and love them. I was having a terrible time with numbness and these solved the problem for me.

Billy Bones

Depends:

Home Depot (USA) "Grips", $20+/- for the mountains and they do multiple duty around the villa, web and leather, cold as a witches nose under 40 degrees F;

Cheap fingerless padded cycling gloves for warm weather on the road and "easy" mountain cycling,

"Binary" gloves (inner layer neoprene, outer insulated nylon) for the cold weather, worth every drachma you spend* and

Nothing for those short after-dinner spins.

* - Same goes for neporene booties. Good gloves and booties extend my intense cycling season by two months or more.

Jet Travis

Lots of times I don't wear any gloves at all. I'm a minimalist. Or maybe I can't remember where I left them.

John E

I wear full finger mountain bike gloves year-round when doing any type of cycling other than a quick test ride.

rodrigaj

Which ones?

I may begin doing this with my PI Cyclones. I love those gloves. I've only owned PI's and all of their half fingered gloves have been dissapointments for various reasons.

robtown

+1000 Those gloves made a huge difference when I had issues with my hands going numb

I have a collection of several short finger gloves and even more of heavy winter gloves. I have issues below 50F and have Black Diamond Glissalade ice gloves, and several other ski type heavy gloves. I also have sealskinz and several poly, and silk liners. The thin lobster gloves ($15 on sale) at Nashbar proved incredibly comfortable to 40F and 28F w/liner.

Torque1st

Works for me...

conurejade

I wear the Specialized BG Comp and really like them - just enough padding in the right places.

https://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCEqP...jsp?spid=33348

I hear good things about all the Specialized gloves.

doctor j

I shopped around and finally got a pair of Specialized BG gloves. Not sure what model, but they do have some thick gel pads that seem to work fairly well.

Mojo Slim

I've been wearing a pair of Iron Man's for over a year. Very padded. I think I like them. Before that I Pearl Gel Lites, which I loved, but they changed the design. I like those old school crochet-backed ones, too.

n4zou

+1

I have arthritis and mechanics gloves for use with nematic or electric impact tools are better and less expensive than cycling gloves.

The Smokester

I use Descent Competition Gloves. Just the right amount of padding. Too much and it cuts off the circulation.

JanMM

since I got 'bent two years ago this month, I wear just about any cycling glove (or other gloves) and it's all good.
On the other hand (ha ha) I wish I could find The Perfect Gel Glove for riding tandem with my stoker/wife. The Ergo grips on the flat bars are much better than previous conventional grips.

JanMM

Sounds worth a try. For my upright cycling.

Torque1st

I suffer severely from pressure palsy or hereditary neuropathy. I have to change my hand positions every couple minutes on an upright or I will loose the use of my hands for months. No amount of padding will help so I just use comfortable gloves with great flexibility.

I also have to change positions while doing anything, not just riding. I lost the use of my lower left leg after driving from Vegas into LA a couple years ago. I got out of my car and fell flat. It took a month before my leg quit flopping around and 3 months before the feeling returned. Even then the return of feeling or use wasn't 100%, it never is...

big john

Louis Garneau Air Gel. Best gloves I've ever used. Not too much padding, and durable as can be. I wash my gloves in the machine after every ride, and these things just last forever, at least compared to others.
I use polypropylene liners down into the 30s, got em from Nashbar.

DougG

Same here. Nashbar has this type of glove in a house brand on sale occasionally for about $4.99, so I stocked up a few pairs last year.