As others have suggested, Spenco is a good choice. My favorite is the
Elite series. Not too much padding. And the leather palms are the
best of the bunch, in my opinion. A bike shop in Grand Marais, MN
clued me into the Elite. Although will use the Touring model if
nothing else is available.
Another thing to consider is stretching your hand to open up the
carpal tunnel since it's the nerve that passes through there that gets
constricted and goes numb. Simply open your hand in a starfish shape
stretching the thumb especially as far as it will go back and down.
It's important to do
Eric, et. al.
There's another consideration for me when choosing gloves: how they
smell after days of riding.
The Spenco crochet back and the Riv summer gloves both have passed
that test for me. They also provide ample padding - almost to much
padding for use with mountain grips or other large
Nice Bike Guv'nor! (I assume that it's a Pashley?)
I notice your bars on your path racer are at a rather rakish angle,
as others have mentioned what about leveling the bars out? Puts you
more upright which increases the wind resistence but may releive some
of the weight on your hands. I have
I just went to full fingered Pearl Izumi gloves. while the padding is
pretty minimal,
together with the aforementioned bar tape I haven't had any problems
with my hands in quite a while. I thought they'd be too warm in the
summertime,
but they've been fine.
best
ts
On May 26, 9:42 am,
Good thread. I've been having problems with sore palms during
distance rides. I've been using the Spenco gel gloves but I find that
they cause my hands to get hot/sweaty during longer rides (causing
some abrasion on skin of palms). I've also used the Fizik gel padding
under bar tape but
Hi Eric,
I recently bought a pair of Spenco Classic gloves (crochet back). Most of the
padding is across the palm. It helped a lot for me. I was getting numbness from
my Specialized BG gloves.
I also picked up some Fizik bar gel. It's awesome! Not overly squishy, but it
take a lot of the
I bought some Pearl Izumi gloves last fall for about $25 that are well
padded in the palms. I don't recall the style. I was using a mustache
bar then, but have switched to a Gary bar.
Eric Norris wrote:
I'm looking for gloves that offer a lot of padding in the palm. This
July, I'll be
Eric,
I have had good luck with Blue Gel gloves:
http://www.bluegelgloves.com/index.htm . They're a small operation
with great customer service. I've had models both with the mesh and
terry backs, but I prefer the mesh. I'm also curious to see what
other gloves are recommended by list members.
I know they are not very Riv-esque but I've always been fond of
Specialized Body Geometry gloves.
They usually don't last more than a season or two but they always seem
to be the most comfortable and definitely last longer than some no-
name mesh back with leather palms gloves I had recently.
, but as long as you're careful, it comes
out nice and even-no lumps. Onc wrapped, it appears to stay in place as mine
hasn't moved. I also tried the Specialized version but it's softer, squishier
and seems to move under the tape a bit.
Joe
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 11:49:54 -0600
Subject: [RBW] Re
On May 25, 2:53 pm, d2mini d2creat...@gmail.com wrote:
I know they are not very Riv-esque but I've always been fond of
Specialized Body Geometry gloves.
They usually don't last more than a season or two but they always seem
to be the most comfortable and definitely last longer than some no-
Gloves are basically to protect your palms and hand nerves from damage
if you fall and wind up skidding on the asphalt.
I sometimes wonder why people want/need extra padding and cushioning in
their gloves. If you have too much weight on your hands while riding I
would not think the solution
I use them to help soak up vibration from the bars (especially my riv
which just has cloth tape which is not very cushiony) and to soak up
sweat. My entire body gets completely soaked here in houston so I need
something to keep my hands on the bars (grip) and having something to
wipe my upper lip
Unfortunately, that's not an option with the bike I'm riding. Hence,
the search for gloves to keep me as comfy as possible in a non-optimum
riding position.
--Eric
www.wheelsnorth.org
www.campyonly.com
On May 25, 2009, at 5:07 PM, Lisa -S.H. wrote:
Gloves are basically to protect your
Brave? I prefer foolhardy.
--Eric
www.wheelsnorth.org
www.campyonly.com
On May 25, 2009, at 5:57 PM, Jim Cloud wrote:
Eric,
I assume the bike you'll be riding is the one shown on your
wheelsnorth site. You're a brave man...
I'd suggest that you use something like the Spenco gloves, or
I agree with Lisa that if feel you need extra padding in your gloves
you might want to evaluate bike fit. But once bike fit is optimized,
some of us still seek to maximize comfort. Thus, we add pads in our
shorts, insoles in our shoes, in our gloves, etc. It's reasonable.
And beyond weight
--
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 11:49:54 -0600
Subject: [RBW] Re: Glove Recommendations?
From: bertin...@gmail.com
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Joe Bartoe jbar...@hotmail.com wrote:
I also picked up some Fizik bar gel. It's awesome! Not overly squishy
Lisa,
It's nice that you've never needed padded gloves. Some of us do, no
matter the bar height or weight distribution. I've had numbness in my
hands when riding a recumbent - NO weight on the hands at all. And
when riding bolt upright with Albatross bars. A good pair of gloves
(and a
Is that bike a vintage restoration or a reproduction? It seems you
have clip in pedals mounted...why not flip the bars over so the bend
goes up instead of down and get a higher bar? Or use a taller stem and
keep em upside down! I may be mounting some albatross bars upside
down on my main ride to
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