[Closed] Do you really all wear long fingered gloves all the time?

No

I'm just happy to find a pair in my garage,sometimes full fingered,sometimes not & sometimes one of each.......

[i]That's debatable Ian .. could just be said taht you aren't pushing yourself to the limits[/i]

I have no limits, they're for lesser people 🙂

I used to ride without gloves until a mechanical failure caused me to fall off on tarmac leading to a painful hour picking gravel out of my palm with forceps. After that I went to fingerless gloves but have been using full-fingered since last year when an unexpected encounter with a bramble led to a trip to A&E to have the end of my thumb stuck back on. It's always the things you least expect that get you 😕

I have been wearing Troy Lee XC year round for the past two years, including the daily commute.

The freezing fingers in winter counteracts any overheating in the summer.

Full fingered (sounds wrong some how......)
but then, I don't feel comfortable riding without a helmet and gloves.

yes... I have nowt else.

Never wear them for anything.

Unless its freezing cold.

Full fingered gloves for all the reasons above, and because the wind dries out my poor eczema prone fingers if I dont keep em covered. Just regard them as basic esential protective wear along with a pair of bins for me mince pies and an helmet.

full fingered all the time. Short fingered are less comfy (often bunch at the base of the finger) and are a PITA to take off compared to full fingers.

I used to sometimes ride without gloves until I had a small crash and put a big gash in the heel of my hand. Riding without gloves is asking for hurty hands if you come off.

full fingered all year around.

I only have full finger gloves. THe ones with the fingertips missing look ridiculous

Full finger gloves all year round.

Haven't owned any mitts in over 15 years.

full fingered for me

I always have and always will

Always; on- or off-road.

Helps avoid sunburn down here in the Aussie sun too... 😛

Full finger all the time. Not matter how hot it gets, I've never found that exposing the tips of my fingers help me regulate my body temperature.

Full fingered in winter and nowt in summer. I like the feeling of the brezze on the back of my hands plus it means i don't end up with white hand and brown arms. I do have some scars on the palms of my hands from craching on gravel with out gloves but i have only crashed like that once.
Oh and i also like the bramble scars.

Full fingererd. Off road they save me from the gorse on road they have saved me from gravel rash at least once!

I never bothered with gloves unless it was in the depths of winter to keep out the cold until a few years back when a mate was helping me out with getting a bike built up from donated parts and scrap during a bit of a biking crisis..

We got it all together and the guy was ticking off his mental list of things that we would need for a first ride... when he mentioned gloves I tried to protest saying that I didn't use them but he thought I was just being proud so he threw me a pair of liteweight XC gloves.. I wore them to be polite and have worn gloves ever since.. feel naked without them now.

Full fingered gloves all year round, it's been the same for probably 10 years too, I used to like those that had full length forefinger and thumb but couldn't find any when I needed to change gloves so bought full fingered and haven't looked back.

I'd feel really uneasy not wearing gloves?! - maybe I should learn to not crash, I'd also miss having somewhere to wipe the snot 😉

Full fingered only when too cold for short fingered ones which I prefer - hate sweaty gloves.

Never used to wear gloves at all (too hot), but after my sweaty palm slipped off the grip going at speed at CYB I wear mitts all the time.

lol this really has shocked me! Not sure why, I just assumed few people would.

Falling off never really concerns me, it's one of those things where I assume that a bit of gravel rash will heal if I get it, otherwise no point thinking about it.

along with a pair of bins for me mince pies

?! Even in non-dusty situations?

You are an inspiration

Why have you got sweaty hands anyway? What have you been up to?

Dirty boy.

Full finger all year round whether it's road or MTB as have been known to fall off occasionally!! :O)

Full fingered for mountain biking, short ones for the road bike (in summer). I always make sure they have good pads on the palm after two different offs resulting in all the padding being removed as I slid along the ground... I would hate that to have been my flesh!

My main problem is the skin on my hands stays so white that I have sunburnt the tops of my hands before.

I sweat like ghandi's flip flop, need to wear gloves to hold on!!

Only when its cold, which isn't often here in sunny SA 😀

Rigid - either road or MTB - if its warm enough - it has to be mitts. Generally they have much better padding than long fingered gloves.

Short travel forks, <100mm - it matters not

Long travel forks, has to be long fingers with NO PADDING. I find that you loose a certain amount of feel with padded gloves and suspension. That could be just in my head.

in short---yep!

Yep always, I really don't like anything else.

Yes. Why would I only want to protect part of my hands?

Fingerless mitts unless it's reet chilly, but never ever gloveless

Yup, full fingered all the time. I don't get hot hands. I've got some mitts, but I can't wipe as much sweat off my forehead with them, its much easier to use the back of my fingers, and sunglasses smeared with sweat irritate me much more than slightly hot hands.

Only time I've taken them off was halfway riding up Ventoux, and by them my sunnies looked like they'd been coated in spunk anyway.

Full fingered all the time off road; thin summer ones for most of the year (above 5c) as my hands get hot unless riding somewhere exposed and non technical. My fingers get too sweaty for mitts and compromise grip which isn't good when one finger braking.
I do mitts on the road bike in the summer where sweaty hands isn't a problem due to the wind.

glenh - Member
Yes. Why would I only want to protect part of my hands?

Take mine off as soon as it warms up.

I like having a suntan, particularly on my hands, so they get exposed to the sun as much as possible.

White-hand syndrome just looks odd IMO.