How Important Are Gloves?

[sportrider]

as I recommend with all gear, get the best gear you can afford. GLOVES INCLUDED!!! I've ridden for years with shorty gloves, but I finally bought a pair of full gauntlet gloves. I paid $80.00 for them. they are worth it.




EDIT: what I find interesting is the people that think they're optional or not really important

 

[Wildcard]

as I recommend with all gear, get the best gear you can afford. GLOVES INCLUDED!!! I've ridden for years with shorty gloves, but I finally bought a pair of full gauntlet gloves. I paid $80.00 for them. they are worth it.




EDIT: what I find interesting is the people that think they're optional or not really important

I just bought a $50 pair of Firstgear Explorer gauntlet gloves. They have 40 gram thinsulate and are waterproof. Make a HUGE difference in this 30 degree weather.

 

[Jedi]

I think that the fact that three people think gloves are optional or worst shows that no matter where you are in life, you're never far away from the nearest idiot.

Interesting that they haven't posted an opinion to back up their vote?

 

[DecepticonDon]

...If you like the skin "on" your hands and not ground into the pavement.

 

[Hellgate]

Dude I take it you never fell over as a kid on to gravel at running pace then had to pick the crap out of the palms of you hands for the following week.Man does that sting.

Gloves every time for me :thumbup:

When I was 5 I fell off my bike and the palm of my hand fell directly onto a cactus! I cried and cried and cried. It took my Dad hours with tweezers to get all of the needles out of my palm, some were big, but most were very fine, like fuzz. 39 years later I can still feel that one! OUCH! :surrender:

 

[luckyirishboy209]

IT DEPENDS HOE IMPORTANT ARE YOUR HANDS??? THEIRS YOUR ANSWER RIGHT THEIR:thumbup:

 

[bcutter]

Let me modify my reply of Essential. they are only essential if you do ANYTHING with your hands,... like brush your teeth, drive, write, open doors. put on your own clothes. :spank:If you don't do any of these things, you really don't need to use gloves. Seriously, Just this month a group of us were riding Bicycles when one of us went down doing ~20mph. He wasn't wearing gloves. Where do you think I got the above list of life activitiies---from him.

 

[DefyInertia]

I think that the fact that three people think gloves are optional or worst shows that no matter where you are in life, you're never far away from the nearest idiot.

Interesting that they haven't posted an opinion to back up their vote?

idiot? perhaps. uninformed? more likely.

 

[Scorphonic]

I guess its an easy reply required here:

How important are your hands?

 

[FZSex]

I have not purchased gloves yet. Never had them in the past. Call me dumb, I never paid that much attention to gloves.

In your opinion how do you rate gloves as safety equipment?

1. Find belt sander
2. Turn on belt sander
3. Put palms on belt sander
4. Apologize for starting this thread

:thumbup:

 

[jody.adams]

Not just gloves but gloves with big ass knuckle armor to deflect June bugs and rocks. Dont screw around, get the good stuff.

 

[Boneman]

"How Important Are Gloves?" = How Important Are Your Hands......

nuff said.

 

[Pakow]

part of the motorcycle license test should include jumping off a bicycle onto the asphalt at 15 mph with no protective gear. it would be kind of like vaccine...

 

[Andz]

Not just gloves but gloves with big ass knuckle armor to deflect June bugs and rocks. Dont screw around, get the good stuff.

These are mine, I never EVER ride without them!

Back in the early 80s when I had a Honda CB400N I took a spill at about 70 km/h wearing jeans, a denim jacket, sneakers, helmet and a pair of Bates gloves. I slid on my ass and my right palm to a stop. I had a roastie on my right butt cheek the size of a Whopper but my hand was fine. In fact, the glove was worn to the point that you could almost see through it but not a mark on my hand.