A cheap solution. I wear elk skin gloves, $35 from a cycle shop but
$21 from a ranch supply store. They are softer and tougher than cow.
As a backup, I purchased a set of industrial rubber gloves from a
Army/Navy store for $3. They will fit over the elk gloves but are
not bulky.
nklr: cute little mormon girl
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In a message dated 11/12/02 12:10:17 AM Eastern Standard Time,
tls@... writes:
Donno about the looks, when comparing the two, but the JR ballistic gloves come in at well under 50.00 US when last I checked. Reasonably sure that you'll find some testimonials on the 3.0's (or the mat'l they're made from) from asphalt crashers, at the Joe Rocket site. Sounds like the ice gloves offer a good bit of protection. No idea of the abrasion resistance on those though. And haven't yet skidded down the road on my 3.0's, to give a first hand testimonial on their abrasion resistance. (one cold weather dirtdump, but that doesn't really count) Can say that they're warm to the low 40's, are designed for street riding, and will keep your hands dry. Oh, can also testify that the palm padding's excellent, and the little windshield wiper on the thumb is slick, and functional, too. Scott A14 "thunderdog" Sorrento, FL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]> My ice climbing gloves look almost as abrasion-resistant as the JR stuff; > they're really designed to be _cut_ resistant, not abrasion resistant, but > it's all nylon and leather anyway so there's not really a ton of difference > AFAICT. > > Except that the ice climbing gloves have thick foam-rubber armor (to prevent > knuckle damage from bashing the grip of the tool on a bumpy piece of ice) > and gore-tex inserts. Oh, and taped seams. And thick primaloft insulation. > > Black Diamond, Granite Gear, and Mountain Hardware make armored ice climbing > gloves. The Black Diamond ones are probably the most durable, particularly > in the palms -- thick high-quality leather. The Granite Gear ones are the > cheapest but the nylon looks thinnest on the back. They're all kinda pricy > though -- from $79 for the Granite ones up to well over $100 for the BD > gloves. But they'll keep your hands warm and dry to way below freezing... > > I've been pondering buying an oversized pair of the Granite Gear ice gloves > and wearing a pair of the $10 kevlar glass-handling gloves from mcmaster > as liners. Best of both worlds? It'd end up costing about $80. > >
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I have had the Joe Rocket Ballistic gloves for a year now, don't
really like them. They where part of a JR Ballistic package I bought.
Bad Stuff
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- The cuff is too short to pull over the jacket sleeve. You can get
some exposed skin, not nice on cold days.
- They are a bitch to put on. The liner inside doesn't stay put in
the glove so you have wiggle your fingers to get them on comfortably.
This is a real PITA when your buddies are ready to go and it takes
you 2 minutes to put your gloves on.
- The velcro strap around the wrist is hard to attach with gloves on.
Duh!, how else should I do it?
- They melt real easy. I reached down to adjust the idle screw on the
carb. My glove touched the heat shield on the exhaust for a nano-
second and vaporized the outer shell. A gortex patch kit fixed it,
can't even see where the hole was.
- Not sure how much protection they would offer in a fall (See item
above)
Good Stuff
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- They are pretty warm, like a good ski glove
- They are fairly waterproof
- They are pretty cheap
- The wiper on the left thumb works well
Bryan K
A14
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., InWoods13@a... wrote: > In a message dated 11/11/02 4:38:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, > kilrcalikawi@y... writes: > > > > I've been looking at waterproof winter riding gloves for a while now, > > and I have yet to find any with better protection on the knuckles and > > other points of impact than my snowboarding gloves have, some seem > > like they would protect my hands less than my snowboarding gloves. > > Anyone have any reccomendations on some armoured waterproof witner > > riding gloves? > > > > Trev > > > > > The Joe Rocket Ballistic 3.0's keep hands dry, and I've experienced no numb > fingers in temps to low 40's. Not armored, but the material seems to be > fairly abrasion resistant. Reasonably priced, decent riding glove. - Scott > > A14 "thunderdog" > Sorrento, FL > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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nklr: cute little mormon girl
That's OK. Two of my best girlfriends, besides my wife of 16 happy years, were little Catholic School girls that went to school right next to the San Luis Rey Mission. They were just down the hill from our high school. Those panties, did come off, sometimes in the strangest places. They was right about them Catholic school girls in the 70's.>Just to discover that the mormon church spent the money like every other church.(For gold, clothes and a bigger church but not for people in need).Anyway it was my cutest girl i ever had

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