Gloves or no Gloves?
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kentbristowphotography
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Geeez!!!!!! are we going to go through every piece of clothing??????? May take a while.
I wear nothing at all, starkers!!!!!,
this is getting boring.
I wear nothing at all, starkers!!!!!,
this is getting boring.
dirt lover
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Gloves FTW
haha gloves = hands not slipping off the bars, simple. if its a wet rainy day then the grips will be wet so its harder to hold on and if its a really hot day then you'll sweat and have no grip. Even on a good day when the weather is great it still means you don't get that black stuff that comes of the grips when you rub on them ( what ever colours your grips are i mean). And ignoring all that they help protect your hands from a small graze if you wash out and it slides along the ground, won't do anything about a big crash or rock but hey, they're not designed for it.
so wear gloves, oh and get red ones cause they make you go faster
haha gloves = hands not slipping off the bars, simple. if its a wet rainy day then the grips will be wet so its harder to hold on and if its a really hot day then you'll sweat and have no grip. Even on a good day when the weather is great it still means you don't get that black stuff that comes of the grips when you rub on them ( what ever colours your grips are i mean). And ignoring all that they help protect your hands from a small graze if you wash out and it slides along the ground, won't do anything about a big crash or rock but hey, they're not designed for it.
so wear gloves, oh and get red ones cause they make you go faster
Derrelict Rider
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amen, gloves = going home with skin on your palms if you stack it
dirt lover
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yeah but on that same note what happens if you do come off? I remember this one time when i came off, wasn't wearing gloves and naturally put my hand down to break my fall. I had about 3 rocks each about 1/2cm across lodged under the skin of my hands and wasn't able to get them out for ages, probs wouldn't have happened if i had the extra layer ongloves are over rated!!!!
i do gloveless and ive stacked numerious of times and havent done anything to my hands!!!
JimmyG
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hahaha agreed mad posthaha gloves = hands not slipping off the bars, simple. if its a wet rainy day then the grips will be wet so its harder to hold on and if its a really hot day then you'll sweat and have no grip. Even on a good day when the weather is great it still means you don't get that black stuff that comes of the grips when you rub on them ( what ever colours your grips are i mean). And ignoring all that they help protect your hands from a small graze if you wash out and it slides along the ground, won't do anything about a big crash or rock but hey, they're not designed for it.
so wear gloves, oh and get red ones cause they make you go faster
the woodiest man alive
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Gloves, yeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww!
I think it's just a bit of a trend, kind of like wide bars but with without the benefits. Kids see people like Blenky pinning with no gloves and it goes into the 'cool basket'.
When you crash what's the first thing that goes out to inhibit your fall?..Your hands. Personally, I want as much protection as I can get on those suckers for when they are grinding along the ground. After looking at the palms of my gloves after a few crashes i'm bloody thankful I was wearing them. Good gloves with leather palms with take an absolute trashing before you start wearing skin off...seems like a no brainer.
When you crash what's the first thing that goes out to inhibit your fall?..Your hands. Personally, I want as much protection as I can get on those suckers for when they are grinding along the ground. After looking at the palms of my gloves after a few crashes i'm bloody thankful I was wearing them. Good gloves with leather palms with take an absolute trashing before you start wearing skin off...seems like a no brainer.
Change that to blinky....
I don't wear mine anymore, mainly because i lost them... and im to cheap to buy more
actually my face goes down first xD duno why though?
SPECIALIST
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thats like asking "helmet or no helmet"
kona_kona
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Yea I pretty much wear them all the time. I hate them though so I usually wear XC gloves or something equally as thin. You get a much better feel for the bike and brakes when you have no gloves/thin gloves. Having thick DH gloves makes me feel less in control (yea I know I'm weird).
Unfortunately hands are the often the first things to take the impact of the fall and thus are easy to damage so you're forced to wear gloves (much like your head is far too important to injure so you're forced to wear a helmet... generally speaking)
Unfortunately hands are the often the first things to take the impact of the fall and thus are easy to damage so you're forced to wear gloves (much like your head is far too important to injure so you're forced to wear a helmet... generally speaking)