Originally Posted by
jack002
I always ride with gloves, I don't know why everyone doesn't. Never thought about it much. Insurance against lost skin in a crash at the very least
Just about to mention this.
Originally Posted by
jefnvk
I can understand gloves helping road rash, just not so sure something that's going to cut through an inch of flesh is going to be stopped by a bit of fabric!
You never heard that saying, "a degree more and it would have cut, severed, punctured, etc.? Having taken many stumbles I say without equivocation that something is always better than raw flesh.