gmcunni
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which is better and why?
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MTB gloves - full or half finger
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o3jeff
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Full finger, you won't believe how many trees you will hit with your knuckles.
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I ride with full fingers. They help protect the digits better if you fall as well as when riding through overgrown trails with brush and prickers. The downside is if you need to get at something in your pack, you have to take them off, while fingerless gloves give you more dexterity. Personal preference really.
Really? I don't seem to have any trouble getting into my pack with mine on. Then again I may have never tried.
I rode with half fingered gloves up until a few rides ago and to be honest I never really had a problem with them, other than the occasional scrape from a pricker bush or something. I also have no complaints about the full fingers that I recently got, they don't really seem to be any hotter or anything.
o3jeff
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Chainlove has a pair on right now
Isn't that convenient, kinda ugly for my taste though.
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Not saying it's not possible to get stuff out of your pack. I just find it easier with the gloves off. Another example was trying to work the video camera the other night. I couldn't navigate the menus that easily. Same sometimes with the GPS, but that's the geek factor slipping in there so it might not apply to everyone.
gmcunni
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that is what prompted me to ask the question
but the read/white/blue thing wasn't for me.. i'm more into earth-tones!
o3jeff
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It'll look like you are an Olympic athlete.
o3jeff
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You seemed to have no problem taking a leak with them on.....
severine
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Sort of have an Evil Knievel feel to them. :lol:
I have half finger gloves. Only rode with them a few times now but I like them. The palm padding seems to help (but maybe it's my imagination). Not sure I've been through anything that really put them to the test of actually protecting my hands though. Having dexterity is nice. I hate gloves in general because of that loss of dexterity. These are a nice compromise.
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Captain America!
If you work the rest of your gear right, you could pull off looking like this guy:
that is what prompted me to ask the question
but the read/white/blue thing wasn't for me..
If you work the rest of your gear right, you could pull off looking like this guy:
gmcunni
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i was hoping for a comment on this.. i expected to hear they made hands hot/sweat more. glad to hear it is not the case.
They might go good with the sunglasses currently on SAC:
:lol:
o3jeff
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Your preoccupied with riding you don't even notice
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Well, like I said, it's only a problem when I need to access small items. :smile:
But seriously, I sometimes worry whether I have any poison ivy oil on my gloves when doing my business,,,, :-o
Mine seem to be pretty light weight, so your experience may vary. That is one thing that I was worried about too though.
o3jeff
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What I didn't like with my half finger gloves is that the finger holes got stretched and annoyed me while riding.
o3jeff
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Wow, look at the color of these baby's
http://forums.alpinezone.com/33624-six-six-one-descend-bike-glove-full-finger.html
http://forums.alpinezone.com/33624-six-six-one-descend-bike-glove-full-finger.html
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