Hora just because i am not poor like you and can buy frames and forks 🙂
Someone told me you had a boot full of forks once. I LOL'd when I heard that 🙂
Why ask a question and constantly discount all the replies, guess you know better 😀
hora - Member
Even if you KNOW you are going to go over the bars? That IS like slow-mo.
My last one was "oh shit!" and by the time that thought went through my brain, I was on the deck already. Given OTB into a drop, and having had a very nasty accident landing on my head before, I guess instinct put my hands out. I didn't decide to do that, it just happened. Fractured two fingers.
But back to the original point, regardless of landing on the things and potential of stripping layers of skin off, like others it's the combination of sweaty palms and what becomes sticky rubber on the grips. It's just less comfortable. Plus my gloves have a small amount of padding in the palms.
I generally won't even go fingerless in the summer, as a) it's roadie-gay 😛 , and b) Back when I used to wear them I often managed to catch my fingers on brambles and stuff and end up with cuts on the exposed fingers.
cultsdave - Member
Why wear clothes, in summer?Just seems daft. Have clothes ever saved you? Thorns would just go straight through and they seem more faff than what benefit they can give you in warm weather. Why clad yourself/take yourself away from the lovely breeze running past your genitals?
someone came up with the perfect answer for Hora early on and now its all just bickering
Hora, I wrote this especially for people like you: http://magazine.bikeradar.com/2013/01/15/glove-is-the-answer/
In case I fall off or smash my hand into a tree. Both of these things I have done in the summer and have been glad of gloves.
As for clothes of course they too reduce injury in the event of a crash.
I find I get longer out of my grips with gloves on too.
I.E: When the grip is worn down fairly smoothly, gloves still grip it fine whereas my sweaty hand does not.
Sorry if I'm missing something here I'm a relative newbie on here(few years) is Hora genuine and all you guys are friends ? Or is he the new Dylan type(remember this guy getting flamed regularly) ?
This-
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really puts a downer on quite a lot of things.
That's why I'm quite happy to keep a pair of gloves on to wipe away sweat, gravel, snot, blood etc...
I have vitiligo, skin condition so wear long gloves all year round, especially in the summer.
Hora - i did and how was that funny? They were all the same and they are the forks that i have had for 8 months 🙂 They are good and appropriate for my bike/weight/riding etc oh and my bike FITS me 🙂
[i] is Hora genuine and all you guys are friends ?[/i]
I think he is a bit like that old fella in the corner of the pub who everyone knows of and humours when he starts waffling on. You wouldn't start a conversation with him but you nod and smile out of some kind of pity.
Rode on the dunes and beach of Saunton sands north Devon on Saturday. Was a real scorcher so I decided not to wear gloves.
Ended up with sun burnt knuckles. Who'd a thought that was possible. Clearly gloves are always required!
I think he is a bit like that old fella
He's a bit like my old fella.
Promises so much, but delivers so little.
...and a bit hairy.
Ended up with sun burnt knuckles. Who'd a thought that was possible.
Me! I did a 6 hour ride a few years ago in road mitts. Took massive care with suncream but didn't do the backs of my fingers. As such I ended up pasty white apart from the last joints of my fingers which looked like I'd grilled them.
People are different. Some sweat more than others.
I sweat so much that I cannot hold onto my grips without gloves.
Or is he the new Dylan type(remember this guy getting flamed regularly)
Ah, Dylan... 😀
Because without them OURY grips are a sweaty rubber mess.
With some nice light gloves, perfect..
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i had my first OTB when i was 14...took the skin off both palms...still have the scars to this day.
since then i've always worn gloves.
gloves do give you more comfort/grip and protection...picking the right glove will only make the ride better.
as for crashing i can see where Hora is coming from...sometimes you know you're about to crash and in that spilt second get ready for a bail out and tuck yourself in but most often than not things happen too fast and you generally dont get time to prepare for a crash and you land with your arms flailing and to prevent serious injury your instinct is to put your hands out to cushion your landing.
Hora...i'm in awe of your bare knuckled hardness...we're not worthy!! 😉
where do i sign up for the ritual glove burning?
Got a good pair of MTB fingerless gloves for the summer. Light, cool, absorb sweat, Strava friendly, protect and offer sweaty forehead and snotty nose wipeability. What's not to like?
I think I have something new to add!
Grips wear much faster without gloves. So wearing gloves saves money. Fact.
Gloves absorb sweat and snot better than skin too
I've lost enough skin from my palms from skateboarding and cycling to want to do it when I don't need to. Plus, most of the trails here are overgrown and the constant slap of plant life, nettles and thorns gets annoying.
*awaits "[i]what gloves for summer riding?[/i]" thread by Hora*
Actullay to be fair Hora's hands are not the same as the rest of us mere mortals..
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jam bo - Member*awaits "what gloves for summer riding?" thread by Hora*
quickly followed by "Oh no I've bought the wrong sized gloves"
is Hora genuine and all you guys are friends ?I think he is a bit like that old fella in the corner of the pub who everyone knows of and humours when he starts waffling on. You wouldn't start a conversation with him but you nod and smile out of some kind of pity.
I think its more likely that 90% of STW are awkward and shy/stumble with conversation in a pub/social setting yet are active and lively on a internet forum.
Who'd have thunk that huh?
I think its more likely that 90% of STW are awkward and shy/stumble with conversation in a pub/social setting yet are active and lively on a internet forum.
Yes. That must be it.
I talk a lot IRL and ISTW 🙂
awkward and shy/stumble with conversation in a pub/social setting
Yep that's defo me, stumbling about in the pub, awkardly...
You're all mad, I'm the only one that's sane.
CBA reading the preceding bits but I rarely wear gloves now partly to reduce faff partly as preference.
CBA reading the preceding bits...
Then you, sir, have won.
I normally wear gloves all year round. As a result of this here thread I thought, you know what, the OP might have a point. So I set out today with no gloves as it was so nice.
Mistake. Not a massive one but a definite mistake. The nettles round here have shot up this last couple of weeks and some paths are very overgrown with nettles. And my hands got it bad.
But then so did my shins, knees and forearms. I'll live.
Gloves are shit. I ride way better without them, my grip actually feels worse wearing them as the material can move around a bit and not feel very secure. I only wear them in winter because my circulation is crap and my hands go numb far too easily.
[b]shit[/b] Gloves are shit. I ride way better without them, my grip actually feels worse wearing them as the material can move around a bit and not feel very secure
Buy some good ones then?
You want purdy hands? Wear gloves. There are pensioners with younger looking hands than mine thanks to not wearing gloves for years. Besides, gravel rash takes an age to heal - doubly so if you keep on riding.
It is a bit of a trend just now with the Yoof not to wear gloves. As practical as having your trousers hanging around the mid thigh. Gloves are for wiping snot and sweat away too !
Gloves are shit.
Oh. OK, then.
*throws gloves out*
A mate of mine always went on about gloves isolating him from the trail and other such. He slid along a rocky/gravelly trail on his hands after an off at speed, making a real mess of his hands.
He now wears gloves 😆
Gloves are shit.
You just can't argue with a well reasoned, evidence-backed conclusion like that though.
Christ alive four pages because Hora is confused by gloves?
I think we're going to have to widen the scope for kitten slaughter perhaps...
A mate of mine always went on about gloves isolating him from the trail and other such. He slid along a rocky/gravelly trail on his hands after an off at speed, making a real mess of his hands.
I guess he was right then..
He now wears gloves
.. and has now realised that, when taken literally, isolating yourself from the trail is actually a good thing.
😆
Not sure if it's been mentioned - but once chatted to a plastic surgeon who told me to always wear gloves....apparently they can't (or maybe just don't get good results) skin-graph on to your palms / hands and that it can take the longest time to heal.
Always found them pretty comfortable and just seems like one of those things that makes sense....bit like wearing helmets and eye wear now that products have improved so much.
Ironically I had an off'ski on Saturday where I was riding sharpish down a trail, popped the front wheel off a droppy-bit and landed in thick mud causing me to be ejected over the bars further down the trail.
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Its nothing to do with feeling the trail alive. Its the hatred of feeling enclosed etc. Just like when I was in France I hated wearing those pressure suits. Gloves feel damp/hot and heavy in summer on me.
Personal preference and managing own risk. If I could I'd go helmetless too but then I don't fancy a root/sticky out bit of rock hitting my skull.
Gloves....................................
What are they good for........................................
Absolutely nothing..........................
As stated there are many good reasons for wearing gloves, apart from the ones already pointed I would add...they are very good for nose wiping duties and most important of all if you wear them during a few hot rides and you take you clothes off you look like michael jackson in a romper suit
*is confused by dirt on palm*
[i]if you put your hand out your going break something, graze? How many times do you fall off with your hand out[/i]
I was lying in thick mud and hard rotate/pull myself up somehow. Saying that I lay there for a while looking up at the clouds. If anyone walked up then they'd have thought 'wtf' 🙂
Could you say that again neilwheel
Hora ,any time someone walks up to you they think WTF?
Ironically I had an off'ski on Saturday where I was riding sharpish down a trail
There are only two types of crashes that happen in slow-mo. Really, really fast ones and really slow ones - the rest happen in real time. If a [i]sharpish [/i]crash left your bare hands rash free, then not only do you not need gloves, you probably don't need a bike either 😉
This bit is serious (and you'll relate to it). Buy* some nice lightly padded gloves in a size that's ever so slightly too small. Soak them in warm water and wear them out on a ride to dry. Once dried, they'll fit like a glove and after a few rides you'll not notice them.
* Troy Lee XC are a good example and pretty cheap if you decide you don't like the feel.
neilwheel - Member
Gloves....................................What are they good for........................................
Absolutely nothing..........................
I say
Sayit again!!
Gloves....................................
What are they good for........................................
Absolutely nothing..........................
Hora, huh yeah
What is he good for?
Absolutely nothing, oh hoh, oh
Hora huh yeah
What is he good for?
Absolutely nothing, say it again y'all
Hora, huh good God
What is he good for?
Absolutely nothing, listen to me
Oh, Hora, I despise
'Cause he means destruction of innocent bikes
Hora means tears to thousands of mothers eyes
When their sons go off to ride and lose their bikes
I said
Hora, huh good God y'all
What is he good for?
Absolutely nothing, just say it again
Hora whoa Lord
What is he good for?
Absolutely nothing, listen to me
Hora, he ain't nothin' but a heartbreak
Hora, friend only to the classifieds
Oh Hora, is an enemy to all mankind
The thought of Hora blows my mind
Hora has caused unrest within the younger generation
Induction, then destruction who wants to ride
Hora, good God, y'all
What is he good for?
Absolutely nothing, say it, say it, say it
Hora, uh huh, yeah, huh
What is he good for?
Absolutely nothing, listen to me
Hora, he ain't nothin' but a heartbreaker
Hora, he's got one friend that's the classifieds
Oh, Hora has shattered many young man's dreams
Made him disabled bitter and mean
Life is much too short and precious to spend riding wrongly sized bikes these days
Hora can't give life he can only take he away, ooh
Hora, huh, good God y'all
What is he good for?
Absolutely nothing, say it again
Hora, whoa, Lord
What is he good for?
Absolutely nothing, listen to me
Hora, he ain't nothin' but a heartbreaker
Hora, friend only to the classifieds
Peace love and understanding tell me
Is there no place for them today
They say we must ride to keep our freedom
But Lord knows there's got to be a better way
Hora, huh, good God y'all
What is he good for?
You tell 'em, say it, say it, say it, say it
Hora, good Lord, huh
What is he good for?
Stand up and shout he, nothing
Hora, he ain't nothin' but a heartbreaker
I wear them because what I like most about mountain biking is sensations of speed, and summer glovin' happens so fast
Personal preference and managing own risk
Who'd have thought it. Hora has managed to answer his own question. Thread closed.
What next? Leg shaving vs. waxing?
No glove, no love. I'd have thought you of all people would understand that, Hora.
What next? Leg shaving vs. waxing?
He's a man who treads his own path - bet he shaves his arms first.
If I wear gloves it feels like someone else is doing it.
Im trying to convert y'all to umprotected ridinh.
I wear gloves because i'm pretty crap when it comes to keeping wounds/gravel rash clean. Just recently I only remembered to clean an moto-enduro injury because of the smell. Oh god, the gunge.
I'll still take the gloves off for the long slogs and descents I know are easy enough so I can ward off the tan lines.
This thread needs more GW.
Also pittards leather palms are like gloves, but better. I wonder why they don't they appear on more mountain bike gloves, since some folk apparently seem willing to part with the thick end of fifty quid for ones with synthetic palms.
When it's really hot and sweat's dripping off my face I can't say I ever really notice how hot my hands are compared to the rest of me. I wear them in the summer for the same reason I wear them the rest of the year. + nettles and brambles and stuff.
You just can't argue with a well reasoned, evidence-backed conclusion like that though.
It's not an argument, just my opinion. I've tried loads of different pairs and they all seem to have the "saggy palm" problem where it all bunches up and slips around. Gives me worse blisters as well. I've heard gloves with just a thin leather palm can help but don't see many like that around. Besides, I waste enough money on bike stuff without having to buy gloves as well 😆
Sounds like Tom has skinny palms. I always manage to fill out my gloves with my ample palm girth.
I still say gloves, given the amount of arm shredding I'm getting from brambles and the like, and suddenly hitting a fern invasion is a little less painful as the stuff whacks your fingers when wearing gloves.
However we're only talking about a short period of time anyway, if we're talking British summer. Give it a few weeks and it'll be "what gloves for miserable cold, wet & mud?" 😉
I wear my gloves as my bar tape hasn't any padding but my mitts do and the snot wipe gets lots of use, MTB gloves protect from brambles etc and snot wipe essential, also the amount of time I come a cropper on my mtb and gloves saved my hands I wouldn't ride without. Stupid question really OP!
The best think about this thread is that its just saved me from watching another episode of corrie!
Tuck and roll? You're having a giraffe!
Jonnouk I sliced my finger to the bone - washed it in the sink, sellotaped it up then continued taking down the greenhouse (large pane had slid down the runners onto my angled finger. Two days later my neighbour pointed out the bad smell when I bumped into her in the supermarket... 🙂
I once fell off my motorbike when I wasn't wearing gloves. Having the grit scrubbed out of the ragged remains of my palms is something I'll never forget, nor the 3 weeks of having my hands in plastic bags full of burn cream. And then the 6 months of being unable to hold a pint glass because without fingerprints they just slip through your fingers. I know at bicycle speeds the effect might be less severe, but even at 1/4 as bad I don't think I want to repeat the experience.
Left glove for wiping snot. Right glove for sweat. Palms for a bit of protection of I fall off.
Always get my left and right confused. Damn.
Err on a road bike I wouldnt fancy sliding down the road on my palms nevermind my lycra clad-ass.
On a motorbike its a no brainer.
Tarmac is one dimensional and a cheese grater.
Once dried, they'll fit like a glove
Which being a glove is what they surely should do? 😯