Oh wise and educated lot....
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Depends if you are talking about the Altura Bear Suit, or the Assos Bear Suit. The Altura one leaks.0
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lost_in_thought wrote:Hmmmmm... I suppose they'd stop you cutting your hands. Be the least of my worries falling off though! By the same token I guess you ought to ensure your entire body is clad in fabric of some kind... each time I've had an unscheduled dismount it's been arms and legs that have suffered.
Also, being too hot makes me grumpy. So there.
They also stop your bartape from getting gunked up with sweat, provide better grip on tape and hoods and cushion your hands. I never ride without a pair.- 2023 Vielo V+1
- 2022 Canyon Aeroad CFR
- 2020 Canyon Ultimate CF SLX
- Strava
- On the Strand
- Crown Stables
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If I didn't wear gloves my hands would be the same texture as some very cheap very tough leather. I'd also have dry (perhaps peeling) skin on the uderside of the knuckles at the base of the fingers. Otherwise known as crocodile hands...
I wear mits or gloves so my hands are fairy liquid-baby's bottom soft.... :shock:Food Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game0 -
DonDaddyD wrote:If I didn't wear gloves my hands would be the same texture as some very cheap very tough leather. I'd also have dry (perhaps peeling) skin on the uderside of the knuckles at the base of the fingers. Otherwise known as crocodile hands...
I wear mits or gloves so my hands are fairy liquid-baby's bottom soft.... :shock:0 -
Always Tyred wrote:DonDaddyD wrote:If I didn't wear gloves my hands would be the same texture as some very cheap very tough leather. I'd also have dry (perhaps peeling) skin on the uderside of the knuckles at the base of the fingers. Otherwise known as crocodile hands...
I wear mits or gloves so my hands are fairy liquid-baby's bottom soft.... :shock:
Or canoeing (I still have a lump on the top of my thumb from where the paddle used to go)Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
Vitus Sentier VRS - 20170 -
prawny wrote:Always Tyred wrote:DonDaddyD wrote:If I didn't wear gloves my hands would be the same texture as some very cheap very tough leather. I'd also have dry (perhaps peeling) skin on the uderside of the knuckles at the base of the fingers. Otherwise known as crocodile hands...
I wear mits or gloves so my hands are fairy liquid-baby's bottom soft.... :shock:
Or canoeing (I still have a lump on the top of my thumb from where the paddle used to go)
Or sailing (off on the tallships again next week as a deckie - thick wet ropes and not allowed gloves as you can end up being dragged into the rigging if they get caught in the lay of the rope)0 -
So, to some up waterports badSaracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
Vitus Sentier VRS - 20170 -
Well there are some advantages. You can save money on oven gloves, for example.0
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:? Thanks, I am still no wiser I think, I assume no one has the Aerogel's, but Endura are OKish, Spesh seems to be the popular one with the odd other one thrown in, think I will stick a pin in my monitor Ok off have a browse on the sites, thanks everyone.www.justgiving.com/aidyneal Cycling Manchester to Blackpool. Look out for number 16910