MCN Biking Britain survey: Top 10 most comfortable summer gloves
By Marc Abbott -
Gloves
30 July 2009 14:58
More than 12,000 of you have given us your opinions on the kit you use and the bikes you ride.
This week, we’re focusing on how comfortable your summer gloves are.
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1. Held 2510 Phantom £146
The Phantom has a kangaroo main construction and the seams have been placed in areas where you’re not applying pressure through the glove so you got flat surface feel all the time. The protectors are carbon, Kevlar and plastic, the impact leather panels are extra strong stingray leather and you get a visor wipe, too.
OWNER RATING
Comfort 94%
Fit 92%
Looks 94%
Quality 96%
Overall 90% |
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2. Spidi Carbo Six £149.99
There are carbon protectors on the knuckles, back of the hand and on the fingers and there is a steel net around the fingers and the palm for added protection. The cowhide leather construction is treated to keep them more presentable for longer and there are grip layers on the palms.
OWNER RATING
Comfort 91%
Fit 86%
Looks 89%
Quality 88%
Overall 88% |
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3. Rev’it GT Corse £109.99
Designed as a race glove, the GT Corse is constructed from supple cow leather and goatskin. The glove also features a carbon knuckle and carbon inserts on the fingers for maximum impact protection. They are also reinforced with double-layer leather in high-impact areas, for extra safety.
OWNER RATING
Comfort 90%
Fit 96%
Looks 92%
Quality 92%
Overall 93% |
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4. Alpinestars GPX £79.95
Despite being a short supermoto-style glove, it GPX is still features Alpinestars’ race-proven PU knuckle protection like the top end gloves. It has a full leather construction, A’stars’ patented third-to-fourth finger bridge and perforated leather fingers for high levels of ventilation.
OWNER RATING
Comfort 88%
Fit 85%
Looks 90%
Quality 79%
Overall 81% |
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5. Bering TX-06 £59.99
This is Bering’s ultimate summer glove. It uses a mixture of perforated leather panels and mesh to ensure a huge amount of breathability. They also feature the external armour you’d expect from any sport glove with plastic knuckle protectors.
OWNER RATING
Comfort 87%
Fit 88%
Looks 81%
Quality 82%
Overall 82% |
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6. Held 2710 Racing £114
Again the outer construction of this Held racing glove is kangaroo and it has hardened carbon and PU plastic protection on the back of the hand and fingers. The wrist has a strap and the cuff has a double strap. The back and the thumb of the glove is fully padded too with shock-absorbing foam.
OWNER RATING
Comfort 86%
Fit 82%
Looks 90%
Quality 90%
Overall 88% |
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7. BKS Racing £139.99
The gloves as worn by James Toseland himself, they have a high-quality cowhide construction with kangaroo palms. The lining is Kevlar knitted to stop abrasions, the tread used for the stitching is also Kevlar and a special anti-slip materials on the finger tips and palms.
OWNER RATING
Comfort 86%
Fit 80%
Looks 86%
Quality 88%
Overall 82% |
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8. Frank Thomas XTi £99.99
The XTi have a premium-quality full leather construction incorporating a kangaroo leather palm for greater abrasion resistance. There is Kevlar lined into the gloves and also Kevlar thread used to stitch the gloves. They come with hard-moulded knuckle and finger pieces.
OWNER RATING
Comfort 86%
Fit 86%
Looks 82%
Quality 81%
Overall 82% |
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9. Teknic Violator £89.99
Teknic’s racing glove has pre-curved fingers and palms for a sportier feel, carbon knuckle and finger mould protectors and Knox’s scaphoid protector on the inside of the hand. The leather is drum-dyed Japanese leather and they also feature Teknic’s Safety-Wrap pinkie protection system.
OWNER RATING
Comfort 86%
Fit 85%
Looks 88%
Quality 83%
Overall 87% |
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10. Alpinestars SP1 £89.95
The SP-1 has dual carbon knuckle protection with a soft impact absorption pad and also a dual wrist closing system. There are synthetic suede palm reinforcements, pre-curved fingers and perforated panels for perfect summer usage.
OWNER RATING
Comfort 85%
Fit 85%
Looks 87%
Quality 86%
Overall 85% |
