From the article: What Bike Gloves Are For
Bike gloves as you know can do a lot of things. Tell about a time when bike gloves have made a real difference in your riding. Share your story
Bike Gloves for comfort
- I rely on my bike gloves to minimize the risk of carpel-tunnel inducing numbness and wrist stress.
- —terry.walker
Gloves
- I love my gloves which to me are a must-have. I use them for wiping my tires and to help break a fall...
- —Guest Marin Girl
Road debris like glass
- ride over glass or some other sharp debris and the protocol is to wipe your tyres - trying doing that without gloves and your hands will look like they've been through a meat grinder!
- —Guest yikes ID, Inc.
Love Two Gloves
- I always wear a pair of $2 brown cotton work gloves from 7-11 under my padded bike gloves for lots of reasons. They're extra shock absorbers, extra warmth, 10 clean (?) cloth fingers to wipe a runny nose, the full fingers keep grease off your fingers when you muck with your chain, etc. PLUS, removing the full-finger gloves is easier than fingerless gloves, and the inner cotton glove is easily washable, eventually disposable, and makes the outer bike glove last longer.
- —Guest Ostrich508
Another use for gloves - scrubbing tires
- After riding through debris (especially broken glass) I want to scrub my tires (let my hand drag over the tire surface while continuing to ride) to brush off anything the tire might have picked up before it works its way through to a puncture. I'm a heck of a lot more comfortable doing this with gloves on because I think it will save my skin from being cut by glass.
- —Guest Richard Savitt
