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MikeyC
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PostPosted: 14:18 - 24 Jun 2005    Post subject: Need gloves, help! Reply with quote
Currently have some Alpinestars SP-2's, lovely gloves, but starting to wear thin now. I'm after something fairly specific.... red/white/black in colour, plenty of kevlar on it and ideally some kevlar wrist protection too. Any ideas??
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Nath
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PostPosted: 14:24 - 24 Jun 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Am I the only one who thinks that Kevlar armour in gloves is a bit of gimmick?

Nothing wrong with wearing showy gear, but I personally would rather save my cash and buy whatever will give me maximum comfort for minimum cash whilst providing the necessary protection.


Tried looking through catologues, or *shock horror* going to your nearest bike clothing shop and having a browse?
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MikeyC
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PostPosted: 14:27 - 24 Jun 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tried the local shops, nothing there that takes my fancy at all! Maybe the kevlar thing is a gimmick, who knows, I just want max protection in the event of an off!
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Major_Grooves
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PostPosted: 15:38 - 24 Jun 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nath wrote:
Am I the only one who thinks that Kevlar armour in gloves is a bit of gimmick?


Seems quite good to me. Won't do anything if you are just sliding down the road, but if you do a couple of "spins" first, your arms are going to be flailing and you knuckels could be hitting the tarmac quite hard.

That said, I don't recall anyone saying "I'm glad I had the kevlar knuckles on" after a crash.

The kevlar has to fit well though. I bought some gloves with kevlar at the Ally Pally show. I tried on the gloves, chose my size, then went to the bottom of the glove bin, to pick a fresh pair. When I try them on on the bike a few weeks later, I find that one of them is slightly smaller than the other so that the knuckle kevlar digs into my hand when I pull in the clutch making it too difficult to ride with.
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PostPosted: 01:19 - 27 Jun 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
my gloves have double kevlar stiching which stops them falling apart in a slide (texport pro £100) voted best summer gloves in RIDE mag !
my diving gloves are made of kevlar ,done 100+dives used for pulling my self around sharp edged wrecks still as good as new ,neaprene ones lasted about 3 dives,its bloody good stuff Thumbs Up
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