What's with the No gloves riding?
I was lucky enough to get a ride day with Barrie Sheen(late) and Mick Doohan some years ago and turned up on my Ducati Monster but with no gloves!
Mine were old and worn and didn't want to wear them! They all flat out refused to ride with me, we stopped off at City bikes and I forked out for a new pair of carbon enforced gloves!
Barry later in Strathalbyn had a chat and said always wear three things, helmet, shoes and definitely gloves!
First thing that hits the deck is your head, we take the load on our hands and bike drags on ankle or foot!
I never forget that yet see so many knobs on their mega bikes and No gloves!
What are people thoughts on that, I realize on the Paris Roubais there were a couple of pro riders not gloved up and that may have started it but are there others of the same opinion!
What is the skin on your paws worth to you?
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Permalink Reply by David Bowler on -
Having come off my bike both with and without gloves, I can tell you that it is defiantly better to land on a padded glove than to scrape your hand along the bitumen with your full body weight on it. I have also found gloves help absorb some of the shock during long rides. That said I have ridden thousands of kms before I started wearing gloves, other than for warmth in winter, and so they are not essential. Apart from comfort, it comes down to risk and the type of riding you are doing. If the distances and type of riding mean the risk of coming off is relatively low, gloves are probably not needed, but if you are doing many kms on a road bike, chances are if you don't have gloves on, sooner or later you will lose some skin.
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Permalink Reply by Dario Gautama on -
Damn....this conservation made me want to buy a pair of glove. =_=;
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Permalink Reply by Frank on
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Now, have I told you about this new business of mine, making gloves! Kidding! Get some!
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Permalink Reply by Richard on -
First time you come off at any sort of speed ie, mobile, you'll appreciate wearing gloves - that appreciation will come either from fhe gravel rash on your palms or the rips and tears on your gloves. We even wear them playing bike polo and the speeds there are quite comparable with your averagle plodder wandering off down to the library.
For the record, my polo gloves have rips and tears, my last set of road gloves had the leather padding on the palms torn to shreds after one bingle and the gloves I was wearing during my only m/c crash (off a trail bike, not the big sportster as it happens), saw the metal studs all over the palms scrubbed down.
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Permalink Reply by Konadog on -
I figure that if I crash my bike, there is a good chance the palms of my hands will be the first bit to hit the ground - A bike crash can lead to enough pain without tearing up my hands so personally I never ride without leather palmed gloves...
There should be a law! ;) JK, JK...
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Permalink Reply by Martin Turner on -
I had both hands like this at one stage.......with all fingers looking like finger nuber two in the pic above.
Ok if youre a chimp and can hold a teacup with your feet...
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Permalink Reply by Dahondude on -
its clearly time for Mandatory Glove Legislation. Any pollies out there want to jump on this one... its an election winner :-)
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Permalink Reply by MARK FERGUSON (SPARTACUS) on -
LOL
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Permalink Reply by MARK FERGUSON (SPARTACUS) on
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I recently competed in a mini triathlon and a Marshal at the change over asked me why I was putting my gloves on for the bike leg when it's only 9km? I said "if you've ever come off a bike you'd know why!"
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Permalink Reply by heather on -
Glen, I was unaware of custom laced wheels (3 forward three back for the front and crows foot for the rear). Any reason for this? Any advantages?
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Permalink Reply by GlenM on -
The 3 forward 3 back is mainly cause it looks more interesting. I've not had any problems with this pattern in the 12 months I have been commuting with it along the linear park and I'm not gentle on my bike.
According to what I read the crows foot pattern was really common in the 40's and 50's. Its use declined when machine lacing of wheels started to be used in factories and the 3X pattern is easier to machine lace. It is supposed to be as strong as 3X but a bit stiffer as 1/3 of the spokes are radial. Again I use it because I think its a nicer looking pattern.
I laced a rear wheel with crows foot on the drive side and 2X on the off side and used it for the last 12 months and its gone alright but I'm about to replace it with a full crows foot pattern using double butted spokes and that wheel should be almost indestructable.
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