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View Poll Results: What do you prefer gauntlets or short gloves | |||
gauntlets for me and only gauntlets | 43 | 41.75% | |
shorties I'm no racer | 27 | 26.21% | |
1/2 gauntlets(short gloves with an extention to protect your wrist bones) | 13 | 12.62% | |
Don't really care as long as the glove has good protection features | 20 | 19.42% | |
Voters: 103. You may not vote on this poll |
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September 27th, 2010, 09:17 PM | #1 |
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Name: S
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Short gloves vs gauntlet gloves
So I am curious to know, how many of you prefer short gloves or full gauntlets
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September 27th, 2010, 10:51 PM | #2 |
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September 28th, 2010, 05:33 AM | #3 |
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I wear gauntlets most of the time. Occasionally I wear short gloves on short rides to town and back. I love my wrists and want them protected!
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September 28th, 2010, 05:57 AM | #4 |
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Name: Steve
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Gauntlets all the time in cold weather like this morning at 1.7˚C they stop the cold wind going up your sleeve and in summer they stop the bugs doing the same.
Steve
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September 28th, 2010, 06:21 AM | #5 |
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Both. My Alpinestars shorties are perfectly broken in and I love them for warm weather. When it gets colder I have Cortech full gauntlets and when it's really cold I run Cortech Scarab winter gloves.
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September 28th, 2010, 06:25 AM | #6 |
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Name: Scott
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Same as frugal ^ I wear shorties when its hot and full gauntlets when its cold...
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September 28th, 2010, 07:57 AM | #7 |
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I got what was cheap at the time... which turned out to be the cortech injector gloves hehe... I really liked the a-stars shorties with wrist protection, but they weren't exactly in my budget... probably might get some short gloves for the summer but I don't know... just like allyson said, i like my wrists
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September 28th, 2010, 09:54 AM | #8 |
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Name: Vince
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gauntlets and only gauntlets........
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September 28th, 2010, 10:27 AM | #9 |
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I started with shorties then got my A* gauntlet's and will never go back.
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September 28th, 2010, 11:36 AM | #10 |
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Depends how lazy I am. Sometimes putting on gauntlets means taking my watch off and putting it in a pocket. If I"m too lazy to do that, shorties it is.
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September 28th, 2010, 12:42 PM | #11 |
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September 29th, 2010, 09:13 AM | #12 |
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September 29th, 2010, 09:41 AM | #13 |
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I picked "Don't really care as long as the glove has good protection features "
but the real answer is that if the temperature is more than about 10c (50f) I wear a pair of short gloves as I find them more comfortable. When the temperature drops lower, the gauntlets cover over the cuffs of my riding jacket and keep my hands warmer.
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September 29th, 2010, 09:54 AM | #14 |
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i only use short gloves. i did like the cortech injector gloves (fit or feel) the short gloves are just more comfy since i dont ride during cold temps
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September 29th, 2010, 08:06 PM | #15 |
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Regular. My winter gloves are gauntlets and they're a pain in the butt.
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September 30th, 2010, 12:32 PM | #16 |
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Alpinestar GP Techs and Alpinestar GP Pros... even before I bought my bike...
only gloves I wore before I had my ninja and they offer really good protection. After they break in, the "lack of feedback" people complain about goes away. ALTHOUGH... if I had the money, i'd pick up a set of the Dainese full metals (sexy AND feel sexy).. |
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October 1st, 2010, 09:35 AM | #17 |
I hate driving...
Name: S
Location: SW Ohio
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Hmmm...Didn't think about gauntlets just for warmth.
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October 1st, 2010, 10:02 AM | #18 | |
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I really like those gloves, though, but they're just too damned expensive for my blood. |
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October 1st, 2010, 10:14 AM | #19 |
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As other have said, the weather determines which gloves for me. The colder it gets, the longer/thicker the gloves get.... I rotate through 4 different sets during a year....
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October 1st, 2010, 10:43 AM | #20 |
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I'm guessing the short gloves are the ones that come to your wrist and the gauntlet ones are the ones that extend past the wrists? If so, i only have the short ones...so i can't compare. My jacket extends to my nuckles, so i guess i'm protected?
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October 1st, 2010, 11:18 AM | #21 |
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Your jacket extends down over your gloves? Have you no stinging insects flying around in your part of the world?
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October 1st, 2010, 03:38 PM | #22 |
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October 3rd, 2010, 11:09 AM | #23 |
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Used to have shorties, now have Cortech Adrenaline, love them, doubt very seriously if I go back to wearing shorties.
nb
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October 3rd, 2010, 10:14 PM | #24 |
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Gauntlets all the time, never wore anything but them. I don't see the problem I hardly notice that they're there.
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October 4th, 2010, 05:12 AM | #25 |
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My gloves are the "1/2 glove" style, largely because I got them for $23. But, they have nice protection over my wrists, which was my biggest concern over short gloves. However, I really like that they are short enough that I don't actually need to take off my watch, and can even still look at it, which is really nice.
Everytime I see someone wearing the short (no wrist protection) gloves I feel like they just picked up the first pear of cheap mechanic gloves they found (which would be about as good as a lot of those gloves actually are...) *shrug* . |
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October 7th, 2010, 02:00 PM | #26 |
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October 7th, 2010, 02:04 PM | #27 |
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99% of the time I wear gauntlets. I own one pair of hot weather shorties. I only wear them when I am riding around town on 100 degree days.
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October 7th, 2010, 03:04 PM | #28 |
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Leather jacket + leather pants + gauntlets for canyons
Textile or leather jacket + textile pants or jeans + semi short(long?!) gloves for around the town Your knuckles may be but are the elbow and shoulder armors in the right place? |
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October 23rd, 2010, 11:54 AM | #29 |
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Like many here I wear shorties (Five Supermotard similar to this during the summer. They keep very cool and the plastic knuckle protectors got nice and roughed up in my crash but kept my hands safe. In the winter I wear gauntlet Frank Thomas'
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October 27th, 2010, 11:16 AM | #30 |
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shorties when i go to work, gauntlet when I go to the canyon
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October 29th, 2010, 11:41 AM | #31 |
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I just have shorties... My jacket sleeves cinch down over my wrist so it would probably feel bulky/tight to stuff a gauntlet in there. No question that gauntlet gloves are more protective, but I'm just a mellow street rider.
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November 1st, 2010, 05:45 PM | #32 |
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Shorties ftw. I usually just wear gloves at night to keep my hands warm. Mechanix original makes great riding gloves!
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