Originally Posted by
razorjack
you shouldn't squeeze handlebar hard on a bike (road or mtb), unless you have some bumps ahead, you will just get arm-pump pretty fast. you should feel relaxed and under control.
D-uh.
Relaxed and under control is how I ride with my gloves off. You're missing my point, gloves interfere with my ability to feel relaxed and under control. That can both be true for me and not true for you, we may be relying on different feedback mechanisms, and I can ride with gloves in cold weather. It's just that it doesn't come as naturally to me as bare-handed and I sometimes forget to relax my hands during a long ride. Since I routinely ride solo centuries, anything I need to focus on to that degree is an annoying distraction over time. YMMV.
I also get fewer, smaller calluses riding without gloves, so I really don't see the point in them for me. YMMV.