Knox gloves after a crash, not impressed...Or is this normal

[Brick_Top]

Had a ~50mph highside on Saturday and landed hard on my right hand side.


Knox gloves took a bit of a beating and the sliders/armour worked in the critical areas, but what I was most dissapointed with was how the leather and other material bits got destroyed.

One of the fingers burstt at the seam and the leather is holed, reckon I was doing 40mph when i hit the floor.

There are various other bits where the leather/matterial has splitt.

Would you expect this from £130 gloves? They are mean to be race spec... I would hope the leather/stitching would be better.

Perhaps I can send them to knox to be repaired, but if not what do I replacce them with?

If I'd been going a lot faster I'd have ground my finger down to the bone.

[sickpup]

[Bru]

How you crash is a lottery. You could have been writing this from hospital, or not at all. Now, on another day, the gloves may not have split in a crash, but we can never know just what they had to endure.

If the damage to the gloves is your primary concern, then I'd suggest you congratulate yourself on a good result (bike aside, of course).

[Brick_Top]

[Joenitro]

If you've still got the use of your hands then they've done their job. Crashing is an expensive pastime

[dannymassive]

To be honest, they look how I would expect them to look after an off at 50mph.

The main thing is that they did their job and saved your hands.

It would be interesting to find out if Knox will repair them for you.
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[binge]

That's it. They've done their job. Time for a new pair.

I buy cheap gloves for track riding, because with it being mini-supermoto, the amount of crashes per session is high.
In a days riding, every rider is almost guaranteed 1 crash each.

[MarJay]

Depends how you land. Are your hands injured? No? Good.
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[Knightsy]

Wasn't gear supposed to be "one hit wonder" anyway?
I must admit that I agree with others. They did what they're designed to do, which was to protect your hands.
They've done their job mate.

P.S £130 for gloves ?! Damn... I didn't know such price existed
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[Andrew122]

I came off at 50+ wearing a pair of £10 no brand gloves from ebay. Still have my fingers.
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[sickpup]

[daemonoid]

[Ariel Badger]

Sew them back up and use them.
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[MaybeGuy]

[pits]

Knox do repairs, keep meaning to send my back protector to them which fell apart when i put it on but i don't really want to pay them to fix their poor build quality
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