Wrist protection

[Fifteen15]

How important is the wrist protection on motorbike gloves? You tend to get a lot of finger injuries but not that many wrist injuries. The reason I ask is because I'm after some summer gloves and there are a few nice ones out there but a lot don't have any wrist protection. I can imagine this could be a problem if on an off the sleeve slid up. With no protection on the bottom of the wrist where some major arteries are, I guess they could get shredded if scrapped along the tarmac. Also you have the problem with breeze getting in there.

Any thoughts on gloves with no wrist protection?

Here's a pic of some if you're not sure what I'm talking about.

https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/product_images/weise_daytona_glove_black.jpg
____________________
"Pain is weakness leaving the body, and blood makes the grass grow faster...but I'll wear my gear anyway"

[...]

Nowhere to tuck jacket into? Not buying.

[Bendy]

Wore short gloves for years, never worried about the lack of protection. If you felt your naked wrist rubbing along the road, I think you'd move it out of the way pretty quickly.

The draught is nice in summer.

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Used both, prefer the security of long gloves.

If you have decent fitting leathers they should cover the majority of your wrist in any case.
____________________
My Flickr

[Fifteen15]

[Redoko]

[Deckx]

[lllN30lll]

I know I'll get slated but I now run a pair of these.

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/upload/269081/images/AC-knox-gloves-2.jpg

takes a while to get used to doing them up, but I feel comfy as hell.

[Dazbo666]

"comfiest gloves ive ever had:"
"What gloves are they?"
"Alpinestars I think."

erm, observation skills = nil

...look at the pic - the gloves have Weise printed across the knuckles, embossed on the palm, and on the wrist tag

(but very similar to Alpinestars TBF)

I have the A* SP1's for summer riding, and rate them VERY highly
____________________
1st bike (Sept'06 - May'10) : 1991 GPZ500S / Current bike (since Nov 2009) : 2003 Suzuki Bandit 600N
Word of the day : DILLIGAF

[Dazbo666]

"comfiest gloves ive ever had:"
"What gloves are they?"
"Alpinestars I think."
-----------------------------------------------
erm, observation skills = nil

...look at the pic - the gloves have Weise printed across the knuckles, embossed on the palm, and on the wrist tag

(but very similar to Alpinestars TBF)

I have the A* SP1's for summer riding, and rate them VERY highly
____________________
1st bike (Sept'06 - May'10) : 1991 GPZ500S / Current bike (since Nov 2009) : 2003 Suzuki Bandit 600N
Word of the day : DILLIGAF

[Deckx]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

[CaNsA]

[Bendy]

[Rogerborg]

[Redoko]

[Alex_B]

[mattress]

[Pete.]

[Visitor Q]

The more you crash, the more ninja you get. I had a fairly big stack at speed (admittedly on a very wet smooth road), and ended up under the bike at the end of the slide.

Had the presence of mind to shift my weight from arse cheek to arse cheek... Didn't even hole my jeans
____________________
China traffic/travel bike vid - When I make a sweeping statement, please add the word 'statistically' in to the sentence before you bitch...
From September 2014 to January/February 2015 I will not be using any English, nor reading any. As such, I won't be on here. PM at will, but I won't be checking/posting unless in emergencies. Certainly not for the first couple of months. Please berate me savagely if I break that rule...

[WannaBeDude]

My new to me gloves, that fail at winter warm maybe caus their not winter gloves !

https://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/covdude/2011/IMG_0139.jpg
____________________
Jogging on, destination living.

[Fizzer Thou]

Many gloves that I have come across in seeking that pair that will do it all have failed in one area or another.But the gloves that I ride with the most have good inner thumb as well as palm area protection and are made/marketted by Rhino,with good wrist coverage as well.I have not seen them since but were good value at the time at £45 and are still comfortable after countless UK and European mileage.
____________________
Just talk bikes.What else is there?

Always have a 'Plan B'

[tatfan]

[MinhDinh]

Just fractured my wrists in a crash now lol.

Bike is a write off maybe.

Protect whatever you can!
____________________
Hit the G spot.