Deanna777
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Yes!
To protect my hands from bugs, stones (flying from other vehicles), & the weather elements.
Also, ATGATT.
I wear Can Am Leather Gloves. In the fall (cooler weather) I wear warmer gloves.
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Had to wear Gloves for Can Am riding course - Do you wear gloves? Why? Or why not?
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To protect my hands from bugs, stones (flying from other vehicles), & the weather elements.
Also, ATGATT.
I wear Can Am Leather Gloves. In the fall (cooler weather) I wear warmer gloves.
Deanna
I just prefer having that protection if someone decides they want my bit of road and I end up on it.. Like anything that requires PPE, feels odd at first but you get used to it. I am an ATGATT
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I hear ya, that hot desert sun sure can do a number on you! I'm in El Paso, not to far from Alamogordo, do you have any Spider groups over there? What gloves do you wear on long rides here in the Southwest?
I happen to have 5 or so pair of gloves from the light with holes punched in to several cold weather gloves, also a pair of heated gloves that plug into my heated clothing. I have a pair of great Kangaroo gloves. All have full gauntlets to keep the sun off of my wrists. Also a pair of hi quality BMW racing gloves as I have er... Road raced up until about 5 years ago.
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I tried a pair of Plainsman uninsulated soft leather work gloves (Goatskin) I bought at Costco, they worked fine on the Spyder's touch screen. Not bad, comfortable and only $20.00.It's fairly hot here in Oz most of the time, and I learnt the 'ATGATT' lesson early (as a paramedic!) so I wear gloves all the time I'm riding, altho I do tend to wear relatively lightweight gloves (well, unless it's pelting down with rain or I'm riding in the snow...) and that means my 'preferred riding gloves' generally wear out fairly quickly!! So I'm ALWAYS on the lookout for new gloves, and I've ALWAYS got a couple of 'different weather/different needs' options in the way of gloves to wear stashed in the frunk or under the seat somewhere.
These days, I most often wear a pair of 'no-name' bike gloves that I found in an op shop; they're a perfect fit, almost as if they were custom made for me; in a really good, soft, but strong leather with 'tiny breathing holes' punched in all the 'non-critical areas'; and with heavy reinforcement/padding in all the critical areas, like the palm, between the thumb & forefinger, and across the back of the knuckles too; and they work as well as anything ever does for me on anything touchscreen - but then, my fingertips are pretty scarred up, so using a touch screen at all, with or without gloves, is always another lesson in controlling frustration for me!!And if the pair I start out wearing don't work/make me too frustrated, I've always got another pair stashed somewhere in/on the bike (or maybe even three other pairs, possibly even some old HD fingerless gloves with the rubbery HD Logo peeled off the 'back of the hand' mesh covering?!)
So all up, I don't really have a 'recommendation' for you, I just keep an eye out for good gloves that fit me/my current needs ALL the time; and if I see something that might work, I buy them and try them. If they don't work for me, I can always find a new home for them, even if that means donating them to an op shop if no-one else I know wants them. As the Grandkids say waaayyy too often/ad nauseum, "Just keep looking, just keep looking..." (usually just after I ask them to 'Help me find my...') And remember, your hands are pretty much exposed when you're riding, and your fingers/hands are pretty important to you in sooo many ways in the rest of your life, so can you really ever have too many pairs of good, protective riding gloves? Especially if having so many pairs means that you've always got the ideal pair for whatever's happening right now??
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I wear a pair of gloves all the time when riding. Bugs and little rocks kicked up hurt a lot worse with no gloves on. I wear a pair of gloves I got back in '04 at a motorcycle show in Seattle. They are deerskin gloves with a little thinsulate insulation in them. I wear them in the summer and when it's cold. I wore couple of holes in them, but they fit so well, are so soft and comfortable that I don't want to give them up. I haven't found another glove as good as them. I do have another pair of deerskin gloves with some thinsulate in them, but I don't wear them hardly ever, they're just not the right feel. Anyway, like others have said, protection and cover for fingers and hands, yes!
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I normally do not wear gloves or a helmet. I do wear gloves when it is cold. I wear a helmet when it's rainy, cold, or required by State law.
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Rode back from Tucson in 90+ weather with these gloves yesterday. The fabric back allows them to breath. https://www.acehardware.com/departments/tools/workwear-and-safety-gear/work-gloves/7502511
What I wear. Back of hand ventilated, touchscreen, and they dry out fast after a rainstorm.
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Certainly priced right and they are touchscreen compatible.What I wear. Back of hand ventilated, touchscreen, and they dry out fast after a rainstorm.
GL103HT - Synthetic Leather
Pyramex GL103HT - General Purpose Synthetic Leather. ANSI/ISEA 105 – ABRASION 3 | PUNCTURE 2. EN388 – 3121X. Synthetic leather palm. Slip-on cuff. Pull tab for easy on/off. Touchscreen capability. Mesh stretch fabric back. Hi-vis silicone printing on back and fingers. Terry cloth thumb. Hangtag...
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