Do you wear Gloves when you ride ?

[Ypedal]

I've made a habit of always wearing gloves during my commute to work and back.. nothing worse than hitting the ground with bare hands.. been there .. done that... NOT FUN....

Even during summer with shorts and a T-shirt.. 8)

Do you ?

 

[knightmb]

I always wear gloves, not for safety, but for comfort. When you ride a long time, your poor ole' carpo tunnel nerve takes a hit. With some gel padded gloves, it makes the pain in your arms go away on long rides.

 

[Lowell]

I ride with Teknic kevlar motorcycle gloves. Besides the obvious protection, they keep your hands warm.

http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/item.aspx?style=15888&department=106&division=1

The carbon knuckles would probably be good for punching out errant motorists on their cellphones.

 

[Mathurin]

Gloves are for winter.

 

[Lessss]

Blood thinners mean cold hands even in summer.

 

[dermot]

Always: the padding takes some of the sting out of the vibration from crappily-maintained roads, and as insurance from hitting the road surface with my hands.

When i was 'doored' by a microcephalic motorist a couple of years back, the torn skin on my palms was more painful than the fractured triquetral and badly-mangled knee.

 

[xyster]

I usually use gloves only when it's colder than 60F or so. But after reading this thread, I think I'll rethink that and maybe don the gauntlets before every ride.

 

[gwsaltspring]

I have three pairs one for winter, fall/spring and a fingerless pair for summer.

Greg

 

[Lowell]

I usually use gloves only when it's colder than 60F or so. But after reading this thread, I think I'll rethink that and maybe don the gauntlets before every ride.

Good plan. Even in the summer time, if I'm on a pedal bike I use fingerless cycling gloves.

 

[Johnbear]

I see someone uses gel gloves, My wrists get sore after riding 20-30 km for a few days. It is fairly intense. I now have all my bikes with front suspension and suspension posts. I also grip tape my throttle. I must find these gel gloves.

 

[xyster]

I've noticed that riding my Currie with the straight handlebars makes my hands, wrists and arms buzzy after half-an-hour. This doesn't happen on my X5 comfort bike with its half-moon style handlebars. The effect doesn't seem to have anything to do with suspension or road terrain. Gloves help a little, but I think I'll look around for half-moon or drop handlebars for my Currie too.
Anybody else have this problem? Other solutions?

 

[Johnbear]

It must have something to do with the angle of your arm and the throttle combination.

 

[Lowell]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jySOgpoaCng

Scroll ahead to 1:25. (caution, contains road rash)

 

[knightmb]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jySOgpoaCng

Scroll ahead to 1:25. (caution, contains road rash)

No helmets or safety gear of course, ouch!

 

[Instant Karma]

There's a reason why ER doctors call motorcyclists 'organ donors'. I'm amazed at seeing so many wearing tennis shoes, tee shirts and no helmets riding around esp. on the weekend. These idiots must never have heard of road rash, or head bouncing off pavement even at slow speed can be bad news. They should learn from biker outlaws who always wear biker boots, leather pants and long sleeve jacket even on hot days.
Yesterday I went down on my e bike on a gravel trail at about 18mph and I have cuts and sore ribs, sore wrists, shoulder, etc. I carry AFLAC accident coverage just in case but don't think I'll need it this time, just feel like an elephant kicked the hell out of me though. This shit happens quick, my back wheel started going squirrely and an instant later I'm picking gravel off me, don't even know if I went over the handlebars or what, just a warning for those who load down bicycle frames with tons of batteries and go at too fast speeds, I don't even want to think about if I went down like that at 30+ on a paved road with cars all around me.

 

[Ypedal]

Pushing the limits of the sound barrier is ok for testing, but i find myself slowing down lately, 40 km/h is my prefered ideal speed. With dual-disk brakes i can come to a stop in seconds, and wind resistance eats up batteries above this speed anyways.

I pulled a maneuver this morning, i was following traffic flow thru the work parking lot and some idiot was going the WAY too fast across the parking not following the lanes.. on his cell phone.. adjusting his radio..

He was getting too close for comfort and was going to wedge me between his tin can and the sidewalk so i did a Hop-Up directly onto the sidewalk ! BARELY made it but damit.. i made it !

Hop-Up.. load the suspension, hug the bike with your legs and jump up pulling both wheels off the ground ! I can do this on a regular bike fairly easily but doing this on an 80 lbs bike is no easy task !

 

[blackstangt]

Definately should wear gloves when going riding, and more importantly a helmet, even for a short ride...

 

[swbluto]

I usually wear gloves when it's cold outside. But... gloves would be reasonable for those little "falls"(All my falls, within the last 5 years, seem to occur when I'm going less than 10 mph but they're still painful.).