OP
OP
RSV_Ecosse
Senior Member
- Location
- Bonnybridge, Scotland
Nipped through to Edinburgh Bike Co-op yesterday on the Mille ( easier to get parked than the car 
).
Went for Spesh BG Gel 09's, blue and silver ones. Tried on a Lge and it felt a bit tight. So went for an XL. Thought I would be a large but 'spose Spesh maybe make their gloves on the neat side?.
Anyhoo, supremely comfortable compared to my old Spesh gel gloves ( about 8 years old!! ) and riding into work last night was very comfy. I also got the 4.5mm Spesh Bar Phat inserts and wraps and fitted them yesterday. Bit of a fiddle to get them on but after about 4 attempts I managed to get it sitting perfectly. And it has also increased comfort levels. As well as feeling easier on the hands and wrists it seems to dampen out a fair bit of vibration and bumps from the road. Rode into work last night and knocked 4 minutes off my usual time ( must be the "I've got new bling and it had better work" effect
).
Was a bit wary of using the 4.5mm stuff rather than the 2.5mm version as I had read some folk saying it didn't feel right on the bars but it feels perfectly fine to me and certainly doesn't look as "bulky" as I had imagined it might.
).Went for Spesh BG Gel 09's, blue and silver ones. Tried on a Lge and it felt a bit tight. So went for an XL. Thought I would be a large but 'spose Spesh maybe make their gloves on the neat side?.
Anyhoo, supremely comfortable compared to my old Spesh gel gloves ( about 8 years old!! ) and riding into work last night was very comfy. I also got the 4.5mm Spesh Bar Phat inserts and wraps and fitted them yesterday. Bit of a fiddle to get them on but after about 4 attempts I managed to get it sitting perfectly. And it has also increased comfort levels. As well as feeling easier on the hands and wrists it seems to dampen out a fair bit of vibration and bumps from the road. Rode into work last night and knocked 4 minutes off my usual time ( must be the "I've got new bling and it had better work" effect
).Was a bit wary of using the 4.5mm stuff rather than the 2.5mm version as I had read some folk saying it didn't feel right on the bars but it feels perfectly fine to me and certainly doesn't look as "bulky" as I had imagined it might.
