@Joe: Love the transit shot! @Mathias: Respect your dedication to keeping those glove-lines crisp!
I love my goat gloves. Classic, timeless look. Neutral colors. Natural materials (limited synthetic content). I've tried similar gloves with padding and prefer the unpadded ones. I appreciate the tan lines! Branded by the sun through the unique stencil of the knit. My first pair wore out kind of fast but I think this is because I didn't wash them enough. The salt from my sweat broke down the leather, I suspect. My second pair are holding tough, I machine wash them after hot summer rides. They're a little stiff after air drying but become supple again after getting em back on. I've gone with the size medium for the last two pair, I'll size up to a large for my next pairs. On Monday, July 21, 2025 at 10:51:30 AM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: > They're also good driving gloves, I use them on my job as a public transit > driver. Bonus content in photo, Sackville Shopsack I use on the bus, too! > > Joe "where ya headed?" Bernard > Clearlake CA > > [image: Screenshot_20250721_074817.jpg] > > On Monday, July 21, 2025 at 7:04:06 AM UTC-7 RichS wrote: > >> Long time member of the goat glove cult. Rivendell has occasionally been >> referred to as a cult so why not matching gloves:-)))? The fist pair of the >> gloves I bought years ago had a considertable amount of padding – a little >> too much I thought but they gradually compressed. My current goat gloves >> are nicely beausaged and should last maybe another year. >> >> Best, >> Rich in ATL >> >> On Sunday, July 20, 2025 at 11:09:48 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> I don't know why, but the leather on mine wore through on both hands at >>> the heel of the glove after less than a 1000 miles of use (okay, after >>> reading that, it seems like a decent duration, but it was less that six >>> months of use, and I know I have other gloves that have lasted for years). >>> They also really soak up the sweat, which made them soggy and heavy that I >>> didn't care for. When soaked like this, it was a little bit of a struggle >>> to remove them as well. Other than that, they were comfortable and I really >>> liked the lack of padding. >>> >>> On Sunday, July 20, 2025 at 9:58:00 AM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: >>> >>>> + 1 for no padding and keeping the tan lines sharp! >>>> >>>> I don’t wear gloves until I ride more than 30 miles, which is rare, or >>>> in cold weather; I agree that a properly set up cockpit — and good bar >>>> tape >>>> — make them unnecessary for hand comfort at least for shorter rides. But I >>>> do have a pair of the Rivendell gloves for longer rides which are, indeed, >>>> very nice gloves, especially for the price. Before I stopped wearing >>>> padded >>>> gloves some 20-25 years ago I found that padding actually exacerbated the >>>> sensitivity in my left palm instead of helping it. >>>> >>>> Bar tape: Lezyne’s 2.5 or 3 mm tape is the most comfortable I’ve used, >>>> tho’ it has its liabilities: I doesn’t wear very well and it picks up dirt >>>> easily, I suppose because of the same “slightly tacky” feel that makes it >>>> so comfortable. I recently wrapped the bar of the dirt road bike in 5mm >>>> tape — thick! — and it does mute the “sting” from choppy terrain a bit, >>>> but >>>> I might eventually rewrap it in 5 mm Lezyne. >>>> >>>> But gloves do get grungy after a hot ride or 2. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM Mathias Steiner <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm a huge fan of those gloves.. bought two pairs from Modern Bike >>>>> this year bc Riv was out for ages. >>>>> >>>>> I think the tan lines are great! I use these gloves for commuting and >>>>> mowing the lawn -- just so as to keep the lines sharp :) >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 10:18:00 PM UTC-4 Brian Turner wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> They’re simple, cheap, look great (classically understated), and >>>>>> decent quality for what they are. I’ve gone through 3 pairs in the past >>>>>> 15 >>>>>> years. >>>>>> >>>>>> I don’t like padding in my gloves. It’s unnecessary (IMO). Hard to >>>>>> find cycling gloves that don’t have little gel pads sewn into them. I >>>>>> don’t >>>>>> really wear them for protection either - although I suppose that could >>>>>> be a >>>>>> plus in the right situation. The leather palms give the right amount of >>>>>> grip, and the gloves catch my sweat instead of transferring it to my bar >>>>>> wrap. >>>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/195b857d-9869-4ccc-b2c3-11d7500a6638n%40googlegroups.com.
