I went with the alpinestar smx-3's for the street. Kinda minimalistic, but they actually fit my hand well enough and are comfortable on the controls. I sound like a squid, lol
I went with the alpinestar smx-3's for the street. Kinda minimalistic, but they actually fit my hand well enough and are comfortable on the controls. I sound like a squid, lol
yeah but i ride 100% of the time with at LEAST a helmet and gloves. so those a good for around town when I am going back and forth to class. I don't wear them on longer rides-- but then again I don't wear the phoenix jacket on longer rides either. it's a shame to not wear the leather when u have it.
yeah but i ride 100% of the time with at LEAST a helmet and gloves. so those a good for around town when I am going back and forth to class. I don't wear them on longer rides-- but then again I don't wear the phoenix jacket on longer rides either. it's a shame to not wear the leather when u have it.
Oh, i gear up on ALL rides. Lid, jacket, gloves, and sometimes a back protector. Riding without gloves feels weird and same with the lid. Plus, my new jacket looks bad ass. :laughing
I decided to spend the extra $$ as I wanted as much protection on my hands as I could get. From many snowboarding falls I realized that I almost always put my hands out to stop my fall, even though I know I shouldn't do it. So I'm going to assume that in a get-off my hands (palms) will get their fair share of a beating...
gauntlet style gloves......always. I have really nicely broken in pair that I just can't stop waering, even tho 2 seasons ago I bought a replacement pair.
I decided to spend the extra $$ as I wanted as much protection on my hands as I could get. From many snowboarding falls I realized that I almost always put my hands out to stop my fall, even though I know I shouldn't do it. So I'm going to assume that in a get-off my hands (palms) will get their fair share of a beating...[/QUOTE]
Those are nice, but I personaly like the palm area to be in suede instead of standard leather. The suede seems to hold the rubber of the grips better. I would like to get the aplinestars that are ~$250.00. I forget the name of them off hand. They are the most expensive ones they make (of course). I just can't bring myself to spen that much on gloves :rolleyes
I have been looking at the Joe Rocket GPX Gloves for around $100. I had an expensive pair of Dainese and you don't always get more by paying more. The damn things basically came apart with only about 2 MAYBE 3 years of riding with 1 yr only gettin 2000 miles in. :rolleyes
I'm also looking at Alpinestar as I have heard great things about them.
I have a pair of Teknic right now that seem to be good, but I want a Leather palm instead of the padded palm I have now. I don't get the "FEEL" of the bike.
LOL....then just buy one REALLY good glove and save money on the other one.
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