Lisa,
It's nice that you've never needed padded gloves. Some of us do, no matter the bar height or weight distribution. I've had numbness in my hands when riding a recumbent - NO weight on the hands at all. And when riding bolt upright with Albatross bars. A good pair of gloves (and a little cushion in the bar tape) lets me ride in greater comfort. What's wrong with that? Most of the gloves I see in bike shops have virtually no padding at all, unlike even the most basic of gloves from a few years ago. I went to five shops to find a single pair with any hope of providing some cushion. The palms of the gloves I bought are well under 5 mm thick, the padding is under 3 mm thick. Not a lot, but more than most. It's enough to help, along with nicely-shaped modern brake levers from Tektro or Campagnolo, a relatively high handlebar position, short reach and shallow drop handlebars, generous saddle setback, 'cork' tape instead of cloth, widish tires, and shorter stems and top tubes than I rode when I was younger. Eric, Ken's Bike & Ski had both the Specialized and the Spenco gloves when I dropped in a couple of weeks back. None of the other shops in Davis had anything you could remotely call 'padded'. Bill On May 25, 5:07 pm, "Lisa -S.H." <harmo...@fairpoint.net> wrote: Gloves are basically to protect your palms and hand nerves from damage > if you fall and wind up skidding on the asphalt. > I sometimes wonder why people want/need extra padding and cushioning in > their gloves. If you have too much weight on your hands while riding I > would not think the solution is to add more padding or gel....similar to > how extra padded cushy saddles do not do a particularly good job of > solving saddle pain either. If you have enough weight on your hands to > cause pain or numbness, you might want to look at why that is and > attempt to adjust your weight distribution in some way. Just a thought. > Lisa --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
