Why Do you Choose to Not Wear Gloves?
05-14-13, 05:10 PM
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Why Do you Choose to Not Wear Gloves?
I've noticed many road cyclists, recreational and professional, who ride without gloves. What is the thought behind this? I can think of no negative to gloves, other than expense and need to wash them. Ben King is out of the TofC, for not wearing his.
05-14-13, 05:31 PM
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Comfort.
05-14-13, 05:32 PM
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Because if I'm not wearing gloves I'm prolly just riding to the corner store...
05-14-13, 05:33 PM
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You mean right now?
Because it makes it hard to type.
Because it makes it hard to type.
05-14-13, 05:38 PM
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I've always found padded half-finger gloves uncomfortable and they often make my fingers go numb. I sometimes ride with unpadded full finger gloves, especially if it's cold out, but have generally not used gloves for 20+ years, including quite a bit of racing.
05-14-13, 06:54 PM
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User error.
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I am comfortable with our without gloves, but I always wear them because it allows me to wipe off glass particles after riding through a patch of broken glass. I always wear the full-fingered versions.
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Usually any ride over 20 miles or so, I tend to wear my padded gloves.
05-14-13, 07:28 PM
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Comfort, and i don't plan on crashing. I lost all the skin on my fingers once from a 100mph motorcycle accident, but it grew back.
I do always wear them when i mountain bike. My hands will get raw mountain biking and dirty if i don't.
I do always wear them when i mountain bike. My hands will get raw mountain biking and dirty if i don't.
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My hands are totally comfortable without them. Unless it's cold, I'm not wearing any.
05-14-13, 07:58 PM
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Same here. I wore them years ago. Old ones wore out and i never replaced them.
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I sweat a lot, so I am more comfortable with gloves because my bars don't get slick.
I much prefer a thin glove (fingerless pitards in summer) to a padded glove.
I much prefer a thin glove (fingerless pitards in summer) to a padded glove.
05-14-13, 08:42 PM
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Gloves give me tan lines.
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I don't wear gloves racing because it takes time in transition to get them on and off. And they're less aero.
I also don't wear them on the trainer.
I do wear them when actually riding.
I also don't wear them on the trainer.
I do wear them when actually riding.
05-14-13, 10:03 PM
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Because they're not comfortable, not needed for padding on bikes with rubber brake hoods and cork tape with proper seat position (which limits the weight on your hands), and I rarely crash especially now that I've moved somewhere almost (I've seen it once in five years) without ice on the roads.
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I wear full finger gloves all the time.
I also work medical at our local races.
Correlation?
I also work medical at our local races.
Correlation?
05-14-13, 11:36 PM
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Hey, gloves are like...20-30 extra grams to carry while pedaling uphill...I just ditched mine and increased my power output exponentially
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My fingers get numb, but even with only the outsides of my bars wrapped, I don't experience discomfort on long rides without gloves.
