thick gel road gloves

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I have 2 pairs of very old Trek gel gloves. They are about to fall
apart. The padding is thicker than any gloves I've seen recently at
stores. Does anyone know of any gloves that have thick gel padding?

Specialized's gloves are generally well padded. Best bet is to visit a
local bike shop and...well, shop.

Go get a grip, BS

I (and several buddies) are super-happy with gloves from www.bluegel.net (you
need to have flash installed to see the site - if you cannot see it, let me
know and I can lookup their phone). I have tried a couple models and we all
seem to prefer the TL-700. They have a trico mesh and terry cloth back, fake
suede (really good) palm, and typical velcro strap. These last well, launder
well, dry fast, and stay soft without packing down much. Plus, they are well
priced. I always try to get together with some friends making a buy as there is
a solid discount at 5 pairs ($15 each). Enjoy.

Quoted message said:

I have 2 pairs of very old Trek gel gloves. They are about to fall
apart. The padding is thicker than any gloves I've seen recently at
stores. Does anyone know of any gloves that have thick gel padding?
Thanks.
Bill

I still prefer the crochet back gloves for summer riding here, because
they are cooler, temperature wise, at least. Unfortunately, none of the
crochet style gloves have gel for longer and/or rougher rides.

SO

I bought an inexpensive pair of gel gloves and carefully cut out the
section that contained the gel. Now, when I need a gel glove, I slip the
padded sections into my crochet gloves. Problem solved.

(OK, I got the idea from Spenco, but they dont make them anymore!)

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"May you have the winds at your back,
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

Chris'Z Corner
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Quoted message said:

I (and several buddies) are super-happy with gloves from www.bluegel.net

(you

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need to have flash installed to see the site - if you cannot see it, let

me

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know and I can lookup their phone). I have tried a couple models and we

all

Quoted message said:

seem to prefer the TL-700. They have a trico mesh and terry cloth back,

fake

Quoted message said:

suede (really good) palm, and typical velcro strap. These last well,

launder

Quoted message said:

well, dry fast, and stay soft without packing down much. Plus, they are

well

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priced. I always try to get together with some friends making a buy as

there is

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a solid discount at 5 pairs ($15 each). Enjoy.

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Oddly, that website doesn't show a picture of the palm of their gloves. Is
there a "gap" between the gel pad at the base of your palm? The older Trek
gloves had that, and it made them (IMO) super comfortable. The gel pads
absorbed shock, and the gap between them meant there was no pressure on the
nerves running down the center.

According to my LBS, Trek had to stop making those gloves, because it
violated a patent. Spenco makes a similar glove, but without as much
padding. Not sure who owns the patent, but in my experience it's an
outstandingly comfortable design - I never have problems with sore hands,
carpal tunnel, etc.

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Quoted message said:

I have 2 pairs of very old Trek gel gloves. They are about to fall
apart. The padding is thicker than any gloves I've seen recently at
stores. Does anyone know of any gloves that have thick gel padding?
Thanks.
Bill

GaryG said:

"David White" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I (and several buddies) are super-happy with gloves from www.bluegel.net

(you

Quoted message said:

need to have flash installed to see the site - if you cannot see it, let

me

Quoted message said:

know and I can lookup their phone). I have tried a couple models and we

all

Quoted message said:

seem to prefer the TL-700. They have a trico mesh and terry cloth back,

fake

Quoted message said:

suede (really good) palm, and typical velcro strap. These last well,

launder

Quoted message said:

well, dry fast, and stay soft without packing down much. Plus, they are

well

Quoted message said:

priced. I always try to get together with some friends making a buy as

there is

Quoted message said:

a solid discount at 5 pairs ($15 each). Enjoy.

[email hidden] wrote:

Oddly, that website doesn't show a picture of the palm of their gloves. Is
there a "gap" between the gel pad at the base of your palm? The older Trek
gloves had that, and it made them (IMO) super comfortable. The gel pads
absorbed shock, and the gap between them meant there was no pressure on the
nerves running down the center.

According to my LBS, Trek had to stop making those gloves, because it
violated a patent. Spenco makes a similar glove, but without as much
padding. Not sure who owns the patent, but in my experience it's an
outstandingly comfortable design - I never have problems with sore hands,
carpal tunnel, etc.

I am not sure what you mean by a "gap". If you can describe a bit more, perhaps
I can answer. I am not sure why the website is lacking - I don't have/want
Flash on my system so I cannot see it. Before they had the web site, they sent
me materials in the mail (including a sample of the gel). I'd call to see if
they will send/fax you the sheets. Also ask about how they size (if not on the
web site). I found their method works perfectly for myself and several buddies
(men and women).

I found these folks as I used to use Spenco gloves and loved them. When Spenco
dropped the line a company called SportsMed took over. These folks took over
from them. Small operation, super nice folks, great products, and good prices.
If you liked Spenco, you will like these (not the new Spencos, the old ones - I
have seen the new ones and was not impressed by the gloves or the prices).

I believe that bluegel.net sells a gel, crochet back glove. They used to. I too
like the old Spenco ones and have one pair still in service.

Chris Zacho The Wheelman said:

I still prefer the crochet back gloves for summer riding here, because
they are cooler, temperature wise, at least. Unfortunately, none of the
crochet style gloves have gel for longer and/or rougher rides.

SO

I bought an inexpensive pair of gel gloves and carefully cut out the
section that contained the gel. Now, when I need a gel glove, I slip the
padded sections into my crochet gloves. Problem solved.

(OK, I got the idea from Spenco, but they dont make them anymore!)

- -

"May you have the winds at your back,
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

Chris'Z Corner
http://www.geocities.com/czcorner

Mr. White thanks for the link for the blue gel company. I emailed them
Saturday.
I am glad I am not the only one that found the Trek gel gloves
superior. My one pair is at least 10 years old the other eight or so.
The gel is still holding up, it is just the rest of the glove that is
decaying rapidly. I,too used to use the old Spenco gloves and found the
gel equal to the Trek gloves. The only problem I had with the Spencos
was the thread falling apart.
Bill

(David White) said:

I believe that bluegel.net sells a gel,
crochet back glove. They used to. I too
like the old Spenco ones and have one
pair still in service.

I tried http://www.bluegel.net and all i got was a blank page with a
link at the bottm to the company that "wrote" the page. Maybe it needs a
PC to view t properly, I'll try.

- -

"May you have the winds at your back,
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

Chris'Z Corner
http://www.geocities.com/czcorner

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GaryG said:

"David White" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I (and several buddies) are super-happy with gloves from www.bluegel.net

(you

Quoted message said:

need to have flash installed to see the site - if you cannot see it, let

me

Quoted message said:

know and I can lookup their phone). I have tried a couple models and we

all

Quoted message said:

seem to prefer the TL-700. They have a trico mesh and terry cloth back,

fake

Quoted message said:

suede (really good) palm, and typical velcro strap. These last well,

launder

Quoted message said:

well, dry fast, and stay soft without packing down much. Plus, they are

well

Quoted message said:

priced. I always try to get together with some friends making a buy as

there is

Quoted message said:

a solid discount at 5 pairs ($15 each). Enjoy.

[email hidden] wrote:

Oddly, that website doesn't show a picture of the palm of their gloves.

Is

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

there a "gap" between the gel pad at the base of your palm? The older

Trek

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

gloves had that, and it made them (IMO) super comfortable. The gel pads
absorbed shock, and the gap between them meant there was no pressure on

the

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

nerves running down the center.

According to my LBS, Trek had to stop making those gloves, because it
violated a patent. Spenco makes a similar glove, but without as much
padding. Not sure who owns the patent, but in my experience it's an
outstandingly comfortable design - I never have problems with sore

hands,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

carpal tunnel, etc.

I am not sure what you mean by a "gap". If you can describe a bit more,

perhaps

Quoted message said:

I can answer.

The old Trek gloves had 3 fairly thick gel pads (each about 1/4" thick).
One went horizontally across the palm, just below the fingers (about 3.25"
wide, by 0.75" high). The other two were oriented vertically (i.e., up and
down like your fingers). The one close the the thumb was about 3/4" wide,
and 2" long, ending about 1/4" above the wrist line. The other one was
about 1.5" wide by 1.75" tall, oriented below the two outside fingers, and
ending just above the wrist line. There was a 1/2" wide gap between the two
vertically oriented pads, centered in the middle of your palm.

The theory was that the palms were padded by the gel, and the gap meant that
there was never any direct pressure on the nerves running down the middle of
your hand. I found this to be true in practice - I never had any hand
problems with these gloves, and still wear them today even though they're
starting to fall apart and I need a new pair.

Quoted message said:

I am not sure why the website is lacking - I don't have/want
Flash on my system so I cannot see it. Before they had the web site, they

sent

Quoted message said:

me materials in the mail (including a sample of the gel). I'd call to see

if

Quoted message said:

they will send/fax you the sheets. Also ask about how they size (if not on

the

Quoted message said:

web site). I found their method works perfectly for myself and several

buddies

Quoted message said:

(men and women).

I found these folks as I used to use Spenco gloves and loved them. When

Spenco

Quoted message said:

dropped the line a company called SportsMed took over. These folks took

over

Quoted message said:

from them. Small operation, super nice folks, great products, and good

prices.

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If you liked Spenco, you will like these (not the new Spencos, the old

ones - I

Quoted message said:

have seen the new ones and was not impressed by the gloves or the prices).

I'll give them a call. I have a pair of newer Spenco "Ironman" gloves, and
they do have similar pads and orientation as the older Trek gloves, but I
don't think they use gel, and the pad material is pretty thin. They've also
fallen apart after 1 year of use, so I'm in the market for replacements.

GG

"Chris Zacho "The Wheelman"" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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(David White) said:

I believe that bluegel.net sells a gel,
crochet back glove. They used to. I too
like the old Spenco ones and have one
pair still in service.

I tried http://www.bluegel.net and all i got was a blank page with a
link at the bottm to the company that "wrote" the page. Maybe it needs a
PC to view t properly, I'll try.

It renders OK in Firefox on a PC, but it does (unfortunately) require Flash,
and the website itself is pretty basic (lame, actually).

GG

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"May you have the winds at your back,
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

Chris'Z Corner
http://www.geocities.com/czcorner

Chris, in my original response I said that you need to have the Flash viewer to
see this site for some reason. I think this is an unfriendly and
business-reducing decision, but many are doing this. I'd recommend you call
them at 866-258-3435 and ask that they send some literature and a sample of the
gel. The crochet backed model is the TL-600. I believe that it has a real
leather palm. Again, I prefer the TL-700 with its fake suede palm. They may
have added another model or two since I last got literature. I just got two
more TL-700 and they are just a good as last time. Cheers.

Chris Zacho The Wheelman said:

(David White) said:

I believe that bluegel.net sells a gel,
crochet back glove. They used to. I too
like the old Spenco ones and have one
pair still in service.

I tried http://www.bluegel.net and all i got was a blank page with a
link at the bottm to the company that "wrote" the page. Maybe it needs a
PC to view t properly, I'll try.

- -

"May you have the winds at your back,
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

Chris'Z Corner
http://www.geocities.com/czcorner

The literature I have shows only the palm on one model an it shows three panels
of gel padding running across the palm. However, on the ones I have (TL-700 and
TL-500) there are three panels with one along the top and two larger ones below
with a split between the two. So I think these are quite like the ones you
describe.

On their behalf, I ask pardon for their website. They are in the glove business
but they are a small outfit. Many of their customers are wheelchair users and I
believe they get most of their business via referrals. Having said that, I too
wish they'd make a nice but plain html site so that I could see it (as I do not
have flash installed).

For those without flash, call them at 866-258-3435 (or 866-bluegel). Cheers,

David

GaryG said:

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GaryG said:

"David White" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>I (and several buddies) are super-happy with gloves from www.bluegel.net

(you

>need to have flash installed to see the site - if you cannot see it, let

me

>know and I can lookup their phone). I have tried a couple models and we

all

>seem to prefer the TL-700. They have a trico mesh and terry cloth back,

fake

>suede (really good) palm, and typical velcro strap. These last well,

launder

>well, dry fast, and stay soft without packing down much. Plus, they are

well

>priced. I always try to get together with some friends making a buy as

there is

>a solid discount at 5 pairs ($15 each). Enjoy.
>
>[email hidden] wrote:

Oddly, that website doesn't show a picture of the palm of their gloves.

Is

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

there a "gap" between the gel pad at the base of your palm? The older

Trek

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

gloves had that, and it made them (IMO) super comfortable. The gel pads
absorbed shock, and the gap between them meant there was no pressure on

the

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

nerves running down the center.

According to my LBS, Trek had to stop making those gloves, because it
violated a patent. Spenco makes a similar glove, but without as much
padding. Not sure who owns the patent, but in my experience it's an
outstandingly comfortable design - I never have problems with sore

hands,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

carpal tunnel, etc.

I am not sure what you mean by a "gap". If you can describe a bit more,

perhaps

Quoted message said:

I can answer.

The old Trek gloves had 3 fairly thick gel pads (each about 1/4" thick).
One went horizontally across the palm, just below the fingers (about 3.25"
wide, by 0.75" high). The other two were oriented vertically (i.e., up and
down like your fingers). The one close the the thumb was about 3/4" wide,
and 2" long, ending about 1/4" above the wrist line. The other one was
about 1.5" wide by 1.75" tall, oriented below the two outside fingers, and
ending just above the wrist line. There was a 1/2" wide gap between the two
vertically oriented pads, centered in the middle of your palm.

The theory was that the palms were padded by the gel, and the gap meant that
there was never any direct pressure on the nerves running down the middle of
your hand. I found this to be true in practice - I never had any hand
problems with these gloves, and still wear them today even though they're
starting to fall apart and I need a new pair.

Quoted message said:

I am not sure why the website is lacking - I don't have/want
Flash on my system so I cannot see it. Before they had the web site, they

sent

Quoted message said:

me materials in the mail (including a sample of the gel). I'd call to see

if

Quoted message said:

they will send/fax you the sheets. Also ask about how they size (if not on

the

Quoted message said:

web site). I found their method works perfectly for myself and several

buddies

Quoted message said:

(men and women).

I found these folks as I used to use Spenco gloves and loved them. When

Spenco

Quoted message said:

dropped the line a company called SportsMed took over. These folks took

over

Quoted message said:

from them. Small operation, super nice folks, great products, and good

prices.

Quoted message said:

If you liked Spenco, you will like these (not the new Spencos, the old

ones - I

Quoted message said:

have seen the new ones and was not impressed by the gloves or the prices).

I'll give them a call. I have a pair of newer Spenco "Ironman" gloves, and
they do have similar pads and orientation as the older Trek gloves, but I
don't think they use gel, and the pad material is pretty thin. They've also
fallen apart after 1 year of use, so I'm in the market for replacements.

GG

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(as I do not have flash installed)

*** C'maaaaaaaan. It's 2005.

If you can snip, you can...

Oh [censored].

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David White said:

(as I do not have flash installed)

*** C'maaaaaaaan. It's 2005.

I will tell you about 2005.
Every bloody site uses a sans serif font, and most do not wrap
their text to _my_ window size.

Blocks of text are easily read with a serif font, and are very
tiring in a sans serif font. Blocks of text are easily read at 66
character width, and are much more difficult at wider widths. All
of this is well known, and the literature supports it. HTML was
originally designed to wrap text to the _reader's_ window. Now
every "web designer" has a box of toys, and the reader be damned.
If only they would catch up to 1990.

Seven bit ASCII was good enough for my grandfather and it is good
enough for me.

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