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06-14-06, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by caligurl
UGH!!!! well.... my intelligent side says GLOVES! i have fallen! both with and without gloves... and they DO protect that soft skin on your palms!!!!!
however..... i'm anal about tanlines... and i HATE HATE HATE white hand syndrome in the summer.... so for the majority of my rides.... i don't wear gloves in the summer! (or when i have on sleeveless or racerback style jerseys!)
i always take a pair... don't know why.... maybe if i crash or fall.... and hurt my hands.. i'll put the danged things on**********
however..... i'm anal about tanlines... and i HATE HATE HATE white hand syndrome in the summer.... so for the majority of my rides.... i don't wear gloves in the summer! (or when i have on sleeveless or racerback style jerseys!)
i always take a pair... don't know why.... maybe if i crash or fall.... and hurt my hands.. i'll put the danged things on**********
06-14-06, 11:17 AM
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I wear unpadded gloves, and it's 99% of the same "feel" on the bars as gloveless, but with the added protection on my hands in the event I crash.
06-14-06, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Hambone
You should consider the traditional, crocheted (?) back road gloves. You won't get the tan line on the back of your hand and they still have the leather palm.
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06-14-06, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by caligurl
however..... i'm anal about tanlines... and i HATE HATE HATE white hand syndrome in the summer.... so for the majority of my rides.... i don't wear gloves in the summer! (or when i have on sleeveless or racerback style jerseys!)
I really don't like to ride without gloves. I've crashed with and without them, and crashing with them is definitely much better. Besides, they absorb vibration which is good on longer rides or bad roads.
To deal with the tanline issue, maybe you could apply shoe polish.....
06-14-06, 12:33 PM
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During the summer I rarely wear gloves unless I'm racing. And even then sometimes I won't. I guess it's a tri-geek thing.
06-14-06, 12:49 PM
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Hands hurt like heck with glasses and gravel embedded in my palms (after going over the bars on my MTB many years ago), especially when I pour on the disinfectant to clean up the area. Gloves, like helmets, can be helpful in a crash.
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Originally Posted by cydewaze
I use gloves. After all, I need something to wipe my runny nose on. Snot rockets only handle so many forms of phlegm. After that, the nose needs a good wipe. 
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Originally Posted by caligurl
i've contemplated it... momentarily..... but even the crocheted ones will leave funny little checkerboard marks!!!!!
06-14-06, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by banerjek
Besides, they absorb vibration which is good on longer rides or bad roads.
as for absorbing vibration.... i have barphat... and i'm gonna change that to the 4.5 nice and CUSHY barphat as soon as i get to the LBS!
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06-14-06, 01:48 PM
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about 70 % of the time and it also depends on the length of the ride.
after about 40 miles no matter how much I move my hands around they eventually go numb when wearing gloves so I take them off for the remaining miles.
after about 40 miles no matter how much I move my hands around they eventually go numb when wearing gloves so I take them off for the remaining miles.
06-14-06, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Hambone
Gloves don't actually protect you in an accident. It is a plot. There have been no fewer deaths due to bicycling since the increased use of bike gloves in the 1970's.
I always wear gloves. I am actually been wearing the same Fox 3/4 finger MTB gloves for three years. They are still in pretty decent shape. I even wear them on the trainer, I like the grip.
06-14-06, 02:45 PM
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I posted this earlier today on the "gloves no gloves" with the poll:
Always gloves...... I like being able to hold things after a crash........ I used to not wear gloves for training...... I fell once at a low speed due to some wet pine needles....... hand was wrapped for a week. I don't want to know what my hand would have looked like had it been at 30 mph
For me always gloves..... the only down side is the stupid glove tan.
By the way OP, if you need another reasoon to wear gloves take a look at this guys palms......(posted from another glove thread)
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Also a reason to wear a helmet!
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I also remeber reading in another glove thread about how someone's riding partner went to wipe glass off his wheel w/o gloves and cut through his palm to his tendon..... he now has a screwed up hand... if anyone can remeber which thread that was post it. thanks
Always gloves...... I like being able to hold things after a crash........ I used to not wear gloves for training...... I fell once at a low speed due to some wet pine needles....... hand was wrapped for a week. I don't want to know what my hand would have looked like had it been at 30 mph
For me always gloves..... the only down side is the stupid glove tan.
By the way OP, if you need another reasoon to wear gloves take a look at this guys palms......(posted from another glove thread)
EDIT: Removed for graphic purposes and at request of bike froum member... sorry for those offended.... if you wish to view pic.... click here.
https://grahamwatson.com/dublin/misc/image65.html
Also a reason to wear a helmet!
EDIT: Removed for graphic purposes and at request of bike froum memeber.... sorry for those offended.... if you wish to view pic.... click here.
https://grahamwatson.com/dublin/misc/image29.html
I also remeber reading in another glove thread about how someone's riding partner went to wipe glass off his wheel w/o gloves and cut through his palm to his tendon..... he now has a screwed up hand... if anyone can remeber which thread that was post it. thanks
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Originally Posted by caligurl
UGH!!!! well.... my intelligent side says GLOVES! i have fallen! both with and without gloves... and they DO protect that soft skin on your palms!!!!!
however..... i'm anal about tanlines... and i HATE HATE HATE white hand syndrome in the summer.... so for the majority of my rides.... i don't wear gloves in the summer! (or when i have on sleeveless or racerback style jerseys!)
i always take a pair... don't know why.... maybe if i crash or fall.... and hurt my hands.. i'll put the danged things on**********
however..... i'm anal about tanlines... and i HATE HATE HATE white hand syndrome in the summer.... so for the majority of my rides.... i don't wear gloves in the summer! (or when i have on sleeveless or racerback style jerseys!)
i always take a pair... don't know why.... maybe if i crash or fall.... and hurt my hands.. i'll put the danged things on**********
Wait, what?
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Oh yeah! Always. I mean ALWAYS wear gloves when you take a ride on the running boad of a '60s - '70s VW beetle!!!! Go ahead, ask my dumb a$$ how I know!!!
06-14-06, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Cypress
Wait, what?
uhmmmmm..... errrrrrr is that YOUR hand? didn't mean to call you fugly!
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Originally Posted by Cypress
Wait, what?
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Originally Posted by caligurl
oh good GAWD! that's EXACTLY why i don't wear gloves (or short sleeved jerseys... and roll my short WAY up... and don't wear high ankle cycling socks! the lines are FUGLY!)
uhmmmmm..... errrrrrr is that YOUR hand? didn't mean to call you fugly!
uhmmmmm..... errrrrrr is that YOUR hand? didn't mean to call you fugly!
Fugly is probably the nicest comment I've gotten on my tan lines. It's even worse where my jersey sleeve ends. Even the line where my shorts end is worse.
I look silly at the beach.
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Originally Posted by Hambone
dude, please tell me you photo shopped that.
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Originally Posted by Cypress
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Ya know what... we live in a country where nobody seems ashamed of wearing a belly shirt when what they have is a gut.
Hell, you have every right to be proud of those tan lines. You earned them.
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SEE! THAT IS WHY I DON'T WEAR GLOVES!
or short sleeved jerseys!!!!! i refuse to look like that!
or short sleeved jerseys!!!!! i refuse to look like that!
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Originally Posted by caligurl
SEE! THAT IS WHY I DON'T WEAR GLOVES!
or short sleeved jerseys!!!!! i refuse to look like that!
or short sleeved jerseys!!!!! i refuse to look like that!
That's absurd.
I wear my tan lines with pride, along with my shaved legs. Your vanity is hindering your safety.
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I was about to make a comment about my sexy arm tan...but damn, I have been beaten.
I wear gloves 99% of the time, unless the trip is under 5 minutes. If I put on cycling shorts, the gloves come to...
I wear gloves 99% of the time, unless the trip is under 5 minutes. If I put on cycling shorts, the gloves come to...