Need Riding Gloves Suggestions
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Need Riding Gloves Suggestions
My wife and I are both Sporty riders. We love our Sporties, but after an hour or so, our hands become numb from the vibrations. We usually stop every hour anyway, but the effect is cumulative, and our hands are really numb in a few hours.
Any suggestions on gloves with gel or foam palm inserts that may help us?
Thanks.
Any suggestions on gloves with gel or foam palm inserts that may help us?
Thanks.
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Padded gloves quite often actually have the opposite effect. According to my physical therapist (therapy for that very condition, actually), what happens is they numb you, so you grab the grips more tightly which increases the vibration's effect. They also change the frequency of the vibrations such that you will do more actual damage to your hand's nerves. You're most likely better off to do whatever you need to do to be able to relax your grasp (windshield, change bar height to ease pressure on wrists, relax, cruise control, warmer gloves, etc.) rather than pad your hands. Bar height can be a contributing factor, too. If you are sitting too upright (ape hangers), you turn your body into a sail, so you really have to hang on to keep from falling off the back; if your bars are too low (drag bars or clip-ons), too much of your weight is on your wrists, which can cut off circulation if wrist angle is wrong.
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Check out JRC Gloves... they sell Churchill Gloves, which are not gel but just damn awesome leather, great construction, comfortable!
http://www.jrcglove.com/motorcycle.html
http://www.jrcglove.com/motorcycle.html
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I use Churchill gloves too and absolutely love them. They're also a lot better looking than the pics suggest. They use very good leather and mine are holding up pretty well after about 2 1/2 years. Picked 'em up at Johnson Leathers in SF (they make the nicest jackets you've ever seen). I know there's also a Canadian company that makes similar gloves a colleague of mine has had for years, but I can't remember the company name, and when I contacted them they said they no longer sold in the US.
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Been riding since the '60's, and have found the gel-padded gloves to be very beneficial in preventing hand numbness. Olympia has some outstanding ones. I would never ride w/o gloves. Make sure they are a little loose fitting, so they don't restrict circulation. Properly padded gloves actually improve your hold, allowing you to relax your grip. These are something you just have to try on, not try to buy online.
Also the use of the rubber Kury throttle paddle provides for many different hand positions, and is indispensable.
Also the use of the rubber Kury throttle paddle provides for many different hand positions, and is indispensable.
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There are several gel pad type gloves out there. I've found that the padding helps quite a bit. Relaxing your grip helps alot too, a throttle rocker will help out alot with that part. Getting bars that have an angle that's comfy on your wrists is another thing that will greatly diminish the effects of numbness in your hands.
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Neither of us use a windshield, however we are seriously considering it. I got hit in the throat a couple of weeks ago with either a 155mm howitzer round or a bird. It hit exactly between my full-face helmet and jacket collar - had to be laser-guided. That may cure both problems. Thanks.