Summertime - mitts or bare hands?
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Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Mitts always for comfort and protection once about 15deg. Moved onto Stolen Goat as they are a good weight and have lovely jazzy designs
I’ve used Specialized BG gel a lot in the past but I did find they got whiffy quickly and didn’t wash very well!
I use Specialized BG gel as well, never washed them though, next you’ll be telling me I need to wash the bike as well
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
MTB full finger, mitts on road bike and when commuting, just in case. Also covers the wedding ring, and being titanium isn't wasy to cut off if needed.
Always used to wear mitts, believing that in the case of a fall, would protect the hands. But for timetrials, stopped wearing them in the belief that it is more aero without.
Then stopped using them in the summer as it just feels more in control with the brake levers, without hot and sticky mitts.
Then stopped using them in the summer as it just feels more in control with the brake levers, without hot and sticky mitts.
vickster
Legendary Member
I use Specialized BG gel as well, never washed them though, next you’ll be telling me I need to wash the bike as well
Dunno, maybe I have sweaty hands, and sometimes they get wet
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Bare hands in the summer gloves in the winter.
Gwylan
Veteran
- Location
- All at sea⛵
Always wear something. Do not want grazed hands. But have not , don't say it, recently.
When really cold winter, silk gloves inside funny armoured gloves. Left over from bike polo.
Summer, when it arrives and stays, fingerless mittens with gel.
Get away with cheap, last ones Aldi. Have a few half pairs in the bike clothes box.
A mystery how you lose one glove whilst out cycling.
Does anybody ever find a single cycling glove?
When really cold winter, silk gloves inside funny armoured gloves. Left over from bike polo.
Summer, when it arrives and stays, fingerless mittens with gel.
Get away with cheap, last ones Aldi. Have a few half pairs in the bike clothes box.
A mystery how you lose one glove whilst out cycling.
Does anybody ever find a single cycling glove?
phillc
Veteran
- Location
- North Somerset
Wearing full finger gloves, out at five this morning and still chilly enough to have them on. when the mornings warm up l will switch to mitts.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Wear. Off protection & keeping sweat off the bar tape.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
I tend to wear mitts now it's warmer. A healthy human reflex is to put their hands out to break a fall, so I assumed this was a sensible precaution.
It wasn't much help last week when I fell while pushing a bike and scratched my ankle on the chainwheels, but there's nothing to wear against stupid...
It wasn't much help last week when I fell while pushing a bike and scratched my ankle on the chainwheels, but there's nothing to wear against stupid...
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UphillSlowly
Making my way slowly uphill
Bike polo!? Do tell... (new to this forum)
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UphillSlowly
Making my way slowly uphill
I have a few pairs of neoprene scuba/surfing gloves for the winter on the road bike. Cheap ones from online or Sports Direct. Saved my hands when I came off thanks to a wet cattlegrid
numbnuts
Legendary Member
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- Gone over the hill and far away
On a bike - first line of defence.
