Recommendations for Cycling Mitts

[Rob3rt]

I like minamalist gloves and tend to go for race mitts (minimal padding, no velcro and ultimatelly not very fancy). My current mitts are LG 0 Calory (http://www.louisgarneau.com/ca-en/product/0/1481084/_/0_CALORY_GLOVES) in black of course. They are one of my favourite mitts I have owned.

Had them for about 9 months, I prefer them other my Champ Sys club mitts which were about double the price.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

Castelli gloves I find to be really good

 

[GrumpyGregry]

spesh BG gel for me, with spesh bar phatt, or the fizik equivalent, under the bar tape, which, naturally is leather.

 

[SquareDaff]

Thanks for all the advice. Think I've got some gloves sorted.

Was looking at my grip on the bars/hoods last night. Ok on the bars. Seems to be an issue when on the hoods. Is there any padding you can get for around the base of the hoods (and under the rubber cowl) that doesn't foul up the natural function of the lever?

 

[bahamas]

Specialized Body Geometry Gel

 

[Finnjävel]

Thanks for all the advice. Think I've got some gloves sorted.

Was looking at my grip on the bars/hoods last night. Ok on the bars. Seems to be an issue when on the hoods. Is there any padding you can get for around the base of the hoods (and under the rubber cowl) that doesn't foul up the natural function of the lever?

There are some gel pads made for the purpose, at least Fizik makes them IIRC. I have put some leftover pieces of bar tape under the tape, that might help somewhat.

That said, I got rid of my hand pains after I started to pay attention to my grip so that my weight wasn't on the middle of my palm heel, if that makes sense. Of course, if your grip is already ok, that's not going to help.

 

[tiswas-steve]

Planet X race mitts,7 squid a pop,cant go wrong for that price.I was looking at Endura Pro 260,s but the Planet X jobbies have the same padding at a quarter of the price.

 

[cyberknight]

aldi

+1
very good for the money.

 

[Zakalwe]

The specialized gloves I've had have all busted seams within a year. Got some Castellis recently and they seem good so far, very cooling fabric on the back of them so I'm not getting too sweaty - that's the cause of the rubbing pain on the palms I find. Ritchey cork bar tape is just the best, got my stiffest alloy bars wrapped in them with no need for gel pads underneath - unlike the Microtex I've used in the past. If you need to pad your bar tape it's failed in my opinion.

 

[themosquitoking]

http://www.sportsdirect.com/Cycling/dunlop-bike-mitts-931170 These ones are what i wear, they work for me.

 

[HJ]

I always like the Chiba ones, as they have wee tags between the fingers to help you get them off...

 

[Nemesis_252]

Not sure if it's any help, but this afternoon I noticed Start Cycles have up to 80% off Scott gloves.

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

I'll have a look for those. Thanks

Just ordered some of these - my Aldi ones gave me numb fingers on a long ride this week, so needed some better quality ones. The lovely Evans will deliver free and quickly