cycling gloves…ive never considered before
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If you ride aero, it won’t really matter. If you’re on a road bike on the hoods you could have some nerve problems in your hands.
I’m not wearing gloves tomorrow, but I don’t plan on spending extended periods on the hoods.
Jodi
Oh, I’m sure you’ll be fine. I haven’t worn gloves in 6-7 years and have never had a problem.
wonder if 99percent of im rs do the gloves or not…never payed attention
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I bet not. It’s more aero without gloves
Jodi
I hate wearing short fingered cycling gloves. I wear full finger gloves when it’s cold. If it’s warm I always go without.
Good question…I’ve never noticed either.
If you ride aero, it won’t really matter. If you’re on a road bike on the hoods you could have some nerve problems in your hands.
I’m not wearing gloves tomorrow, but I don’t plan on spending extended periods on the hoods.
Jodi
It might not matter if you stay on your bike, but should you happen to wipe out and instinctively break your fall with your hands, gloves might make the difference between sore hands and shredded hands.
Done two and a half without. As long as you have good bar tape you get the same benefit - unless you wipe out and are looking for that benefit.
What happens when you crash with no gloves on?
Hmmm…
I’ve never worn gloves in my life.
I only wear gloves about 50% of the time with my road bike (rides over 40 miles). Never with my tri bike - not needed. Actually, the nice thing about riding a tri bike a lot with tri shorts, no socks or gloves, etc., you can ride anything. Going to a road bike with gloves, upright posture, diaper thick bib shorts, etc. - feels like going to a luxury car from a sports car
Me neither, other than full gloves when it gets cold (only in training, however). It’s one more thing you have to take off in T2, 'less’n you plan on running with them.
I hate wearing short fingered cycling gloves. I wear full finger gloves when it’s cold. If it’s warm I always go without.
Funny, I’m just the opposite. I hate riding without gloves, it just annoys me and grates on me the whole time. I have no idea why. So I always wear them in races. Pull them on while running to my bike in IM, take them off after handing the bike off. Piece of cake.
-C
Gloves are like socks and padding in shorts. It just depends and is personal choice. I know an ultra rider doing 24hr to several day events that uses bare bars (no tape) and no gloves. I feel more naked without gloves than a helmet. I ride 90% of the time with a helmet, but unless I have no other options I never ride without gloves. Just like the way they feel on my hands and the bars. Using aero bars most of the time you could make a pretty good excuse for not wearing gloves, but if you have ever lost your palm(s) in a crash, it hurts a lot. Most road rash feels good compared to hand road rash.
I’d say the transition from gloves to no gloves usually comes right around when triathletes start getting a bit more worried about transition times. In an Ironman, depending on your goals and comfort zone just go with what you are happiest with. Gloves that take 10 seconds to go on might give you the confidence to descend a bit faster saving you 30s in the race, you never know.
At a sprint tri, rarely anyone except beginners seem to wear gloves. As distances go up the glove percentage goes up as well.
I wear gloves 99% of the time while training simply as I’ve fallen on my hands a few time and shredded them and these were low speed standing still type falls so I can’t imagine landing on them at speed. Gloves also grip a hell of a lot better when you’re sweaty or it’s wet and have that awesome little sweat/snot wipe panel on them. Plus when you’re not in the aero bars the padding is pretty nice. Racing, I skip them to save time in T1/T2 but that’s me and for me those few seconds often mean an overall place.
If you’re a beginner and not stressing on transitions and placing wear the gloves, you’ll most likely be happier racing as you train and it’s probably safer anyways.
I wear gloves during the winter
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I’m not a big fan of wearing gloves but I do when training for safety reasons and to wipe away the sweat. I wash mine after every ride as they the backs can get pretty funky from wiping the sweat out of my eyes.
Gloves do make a big difference if you crash. I crashed pretty hard in a crit on tuesday night, my kit was ok, and my hands were unmarked, by I tore right through my glove on my left hand, there are only distinct holes for my last 2 fingers, the rest of it tore open. I’ll have to get a new pair to hold me over until our shipment of team gloves comes from italy (we’ve got some really sharp ones that match our kit).
As for tris/dus, I have raced with and without, I typically will race with, I just close my gloves onto the top tube of my bike, and then put them on once I’m riding. The idea of losing time in transition I think is a non-issue. I consistently have one of the fastest transitions in most races I do (unless it’s a long race and I opt for a pit stop in the T-zone).
Yer not supposed to stick her hands out to stop yer fall when crashing… silly people, that’s how you end up with a broken wrist. You’re suppose to tuck yourr hands in and use your shoulders/back to take the brunt of the fall. Similar to snowboarding. People stick their hands out to stop/break their falls and they end up really hurting themselves. Use your soft squishy bits - not your hands.
FWIW, I never wear gloves when racing but always wear them when training.
AP