Gloves - Recommendations Please

carl_p

Hi all.

I'm looking for some short fingered gloves for the spring/summer. Emphasis has to be on comfort and soaking up vibration as the roads around my way can be a bit rough to say the least.

Specialized BG Gel seem to fit the bill otherthan I can see them being a bit warm with no velcro strap allow ventilation. Also at about £25, it's bordering on the excessive when I can get weight training gloves for under a fiver.

nferrar

Can't say I'd recommend anything oher than Spesh ones, not sure about the 2009 model but the 2 different types I have all have velcro at the cuff (not that I ever undo it for ventilation...). They are a bit of a rip off but they're still not really a lot of money, last a fair while and are one of your main contact points so it's generally well worth spending more there (as opposed to say £45 for assos arm warmers ).

Andrew_J

Assos ones are good and for once not much more than the other brands.

Shezzer

Just posted this on another thread ...

My training bike has steel forks (yeah, I know I'm a Luddite) and I was finding the vibration through the bars was getting a pain on longer rides. I ended up getting some of this stuff and it's done a great job >>> http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Cinel ... 360015173/

Bit cheaper than the gel packs but as I've never used them I don't know how they'd compare.

I also got these cycling gloves with gel inserts that have helped a lot >>> http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/SixSi ... 360035096/ and they have the advantage you can take 'em on whatever bike you're using at the time.

I think these gloves are meant for MTBs but I've been more than happy with them for the last year.