Gloves - hand span and pain at base of thumb on left hand

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I'm looking for some advice on glove fit and am wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem...gloves are a good fit in every respect apart from allowing the thumb to achieve full reach without glove pulling tight across the base. I have this discomfort only in the left hand.

I've paid attention to position on bike and weight on wrists but have not managed to alleviate it.

I'm thinking that I need to identify a manufacturer whose gloves are more generous in the thumb joint area without being excessively long in the fingers. Anyone else had to solve this problem?

Current gloves are Alpine Stars GT-S XXL.

Cheers.

[M.C]

Indicator-itus? I had this a while back and it got better, which's strange as most of my pains like to persist

[c_dug]

Are they single skin summer leather gloves?

If so, I've had two pairs that were most comfortable after a good drenching in rain and wearing them wet.

I'm guessing the leather gives and molds when wet.

Maybe worth a go soaking them in the sink with your hands in them or something, before buying a completely new set?

I've never done it deliberately but don't see why it shouldn't work!
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[sickpup]

Had the same problem with Astar goretex gloves, try a different brand.

[Teflon-Mike]

Best gloves I've had are Z-Leathers Deer-Tracks..... deer-skin is stronger than easy-rip pig-skin, (Or worse, Indian Sub-continent sourced and stitched goat or sheep) and thinner and more supple than cow-hide.

They fit me like, well... a glove.... but then they were tailor made to measure!!!!

Curiously however, they were not all that expensive; about £80 when top-branded off-the-peg was over £100..... No fancy lable, no fancy armor just good leather and good stitching.. and they are over 20 years old now, too! I believe they still make them, to order, as well, but they are based in the USA.

Probably completely irrelevent to the topic really, BUT....

When you stretch your hand to full spans width, you always pull the palm accross the shortest distance, you will always have, to some degree a bag under the thumb to allow for this, or you'll have the palm go tight.

A-N-D Left-Hand.. as has been muted, indy-switch, and clutch lever....

Is it a hydraulic clutch or cable? Does the lever have a Span adjuster? Have you ever properly adjusted the free-play in the clutch, and or set the position of the lever in relation to hand and switches etc....

Is it the OE lever? Has the pivot been greased recently? Has the blade been replaced?

Two notables on that one, is that levers get bashed and broken, and after a new blade is ordered, its put on in direct sub for the one that is bent or broke with little further attension.... Often though whatever bash bent or broke the blade also dings the bracket and hinges can get tight, and pattern replacement or after-market blades, particularly cheaper chinky ones and e-bay specials are not so accurately made or well finished, and often benefit from a tad of fettling with a flat-file and sand-paper to sit in the bracket snugly and pull through full range of travel smoothly...

If a cable lever... new cables work wonders, as does a little time lubing them carefully, and setting free play... BUT paying attension to the lever-blade, and fettling the nipple hole and lubing that oft neglected crud-spot can make a world of difference.

If the glove fits... as you say, then it really shouldn't be the glove that causes the problem, and other things like this are more likely to be to blame, if not entirely, at least significantly.

If hydraulic clutch.... less to mess.. but, a harder action can be indication your plates are getting thin, and or the release bearing is worn.. and again, some time and attention in that area may be worth while.

Why not effect right hand? Well, it can, and same tips may be applied... but most folk are right handed, and you dont tend to use so much travel on a front brake, or have to fiddle with switches whilst you use it.
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[Courier265]

could be the handlebar grips which is causing the problem...

My Suzuki still has the original grips and I'm considering replacing them because of a similar problem.

The grips on my other two bikes are fine, my CBF 500 grips got replaced soon after I bought it, made a lot of difference.

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[Analogkid]

If you can get your hand in, then soaking and wearing wet on the bike till mostly dry will stretch them enough to fit, I have a problem with A* gloves too, the opening seems too narrow to get my hand in, try a different brand.

As for having sweaty hands in Goretex gloves! Never had too much sweat when wearing Goretex, that’s the idea, allows moisture to escape.

[Kentol750]

Wearing a watch on left hand, doing gloves up tight causes restriction. Cuts circulation to thumb too..
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[sickpup]

Wearing wet will make no difference, goretex doesn't stretch when wet.