Does anyone actually bother with gloves?

[Hacienda71]

Always wear gloves. I had an off about a year ago and judging by the fact the thick leather and padding on the palm had worn right through, without I would have done some serious damage to my palm.

 

[speccy1]

Hi,
I normally wear finger-less gloves for cycling however I've started doing smaller journeys (to the shop, commute etc.) without any gloves. I actually find it more comfortable and less sweaty with my road bike.

How many people actually use gloves whilst cycling and what is the benefit of them?

Ask again after you`ve taken a fall and landed on your hands

 

[harrygooz33]

If you stick your hands out when you fall you'll get something broken. Never stick your hands out when falling.

I know that from experience in 2012. Spent the remaining week of my holiday in Turkey with a pot half way up my arm, horrible experience!

 

[Red17]

Actually you are best not putting your hands out. If you do, high chance of a broken collarbone.

You need to know you are falling to think about that though - you are usually on the ground before you get time to think about it in my experience.

 

[DWiggy]

Don't leave home with out them!

 

[PK99]

If you stick your hands out when you fall you'll get something broken. Never stick your hands out when falling.

easier said than not done! Instinct takes over in a rapid ejection.

 

[PK99]

When I was riding in Amsterdam last month it was baseball cap, glasses and gloves. I'll always wear glasses and gloves to the point that I'd feel out of sorts without them.

Mental image of you on Naked Bike ride complete with glasses and gloves.

 

[fimm]

If I'm racing a triathlon then no (putting on gloves takes time). Unless it is really cold, or a middle or long-distance race (I've only done a couple of these).
Otherwise; if I'm on my road or TT bikes and in lycra mode, then yes.
If I'm on my Brompton, then if it is cold I will wear gloves and if it is not then I won't (I'll be wearing what I'd wear to walk about). However I had a very minor off recently (too fast and a pothole) which left me with a grazed palm and since then I've been eyeing up a pair of "cycle-chic" style fingerless gloves for the summer...

 

[w00hoo_kent]

Mental image of you on Naked Bike ride complete with glasses and gloves.

Sorry about that... (but, yes, I probably would be. I wore both at the Freecycle last year.)

 

[G3CWI]

Actually you are best not putting your hands out

Its a reflexive response to a fall so it would be hard to stop it. Unless you cycle in a straight-jacket of course.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

Its a reflexive response to a fall so it would be hard to stop it. Unless you cycle in a straight-jacket of course.

Honestly, fall off of stuff a bit and you can learn how to do it. I'm pretty sure my first MX crashes were flailing nightmares, my later ones were more controlled tumbles. I never injured myself doing MX. I wasn't very good, so I fell off a lot (but I wasn't very good, so rarely very quickly!). Once you've learnt it, it just sits there and is quite transferable. I've not had many bicycle offs (very few if any where I've tumbled away from the bike) and I'm yet to do anything more than soft tissue damage.

 

[mcshroom]

I learnt to fall by goalkeeping in a sportshall and now always try to roll rather than sticking hands out. It is probably why I broke my humerus last year though as my upper arm hit before I had chance to get my shoulder round.

 

[MontyVeda]

Hi,
I normally wear finger-less gloves for cycling however I've started doing smaller journeys (to the shop, commute etc.) without any gloves. I actually find it more comfortable and less sweaty with my road bike.

How many people actually use gloves whilst cycling and what is the benefit of them?

I only wear gloves in the winter. oh... and when I'm getting stuff out of the oven.

 

[slowmotion]

When I started cycling again, an antique restorer who has a business unit near me told me to always wear gloves. " I came off and couldn't work with my hands for weeks."

 

[HertzvanRental]

Always on a ride but never to the allotment. Far too pretentious!!