New gloves, achey hands?

[Wonko The Sane]

My hands have been aching quite a bit of late on the bike, mainly my left hand from stop start traffic / lots of junctions & filtering, seems to have started after getting new Spada journey gloves which have a fair bit of leather, my old gloves were textile,

is it just the gloves stretching and wearing in?
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[tom_e]

I find it takes a few rides for new gloves to stretch and wear in, like you for the first few rides my hands ache like mad if I need to do a lot of clutch work but they soon loosen up.

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[Dave70]

[Andy_Pagin]

[Northern Monkey]

Probably a little too tight across the knuckles. Your hand gets fatter when you squeeze the clutch. They probably fit fine when your hands are more relaxed.
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[Piercee100]

I bought new gloves for winter and yes I had the same problem. They were the correct size but I found I could hardly feel my clutch with them on, being so stiff and making my hands ache. Now, its been a few months of breaking in, they are super comfy and bend how I want them.
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[notbike]

I had this issue with my new gloves, hands ached after 20 minutes. Then after a few weeks they stretched out and feel fine now.

[weasley]

If the fingers are straight and the leather is new, you are constantly fighting against the gloves just to maintain a curved grip. My gloves are made with pre-curved fingers, meaning they naturally form a gripped shape when relaxed. A small but effective detail.

As above though, try wearing them off the bike, or use a leather balm to soften them.

Or take the usual BCF advice and MTFU, slack chain and Gary.
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[Undinist]

You can buy leather softener for shoes. https://bit.ly/1ShHNvF

[DrDonnyBrago]

My first set of gloves were on the tight side when new, they did stretch out but were never quite big enough, should have gone a size up.
They would shrink if they got wet and dried out again - which was annoying. After 5 years I was glad when a hole appeared in the palm and I had to replace them.

[ReadySalted]

It sounds like what I had when I bought a cheap set of buffallo winter gloves off ebay last year. They were much thicker than normal gloves and thinsulate type inner with a thin leather outer. Supposedly waterproof.

Within 20 minutes on the first ride my thumbs were killing me, and it happened for about a fortnight or so (maybe 100-200 miles). After that they softened up and now they are really soft and probably need replacing. The velcro on them has lost it's stickiness.

In answer to your question; I think they just need breaking in. I reckon a ride in the wet would help them soften up, or wear in the bath or something.

[Wonko The Sane]

I tried on the size smaller and the size larger before getting these, it's the base of my palm / thumb that aches most, more than my fingers do.

Wore different gloves today and much better so will see how we go.
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