No gloves

tcmedara said:

85 degrees F and 90% humidity this AM when I arrived at the trailhead
for the Saturday morning group ride. As we all got ready to go, I
realized I'd grabbed a mismatched set of gloves from the stack on top of
the parts bin in the garage. The lefty was mine, and the righty was
from a pair used by my 9 year old son. Needless to say, it didn't fit.
None of the other guys had spares. Damn! "What the hell," I thought,
"how bad can it be without gloves." I found out soon enough.

High humidity, no gloves, and gripshifts is a pretty crappy combination.
Brake leverage and steering weren't all that optimized either. I did
one loop and headed for home. Bummer ride day. Oh well, that's one of
those mistakes you only make once.

I forgot my gloves yesterday too. Caused a slight bit of discomfort, ripped a
callous or 2 off and the inside of my thumbs are a bit rough today. Other
than that, I had a BLAST.

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7/31/2004
1:49 PM [GMT-8]

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Slacker said:

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I keep a spaare pair of gloves and sunglasses in the truck for that
very reason.

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Slacker

I normally do too, but I'd cleaned out the stash recently when we took the
family van on a road trip to western NC where I managed to squeeze in some
riding. As it was quite the mudfest, I took the lot and threw 'em in the
washer. I had five pairs of sparkling clean gloves sitting on top of the
parts bin just waiting to be tossed back in the car. Stupidly I just
grabbed a (mismatched) pair and went on my merry way.

Tom

On 2004-08-01, tcmedara penned:

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I normally do too, but I'd cleaned out the stash recently when we took
the family van on a road trip to western NC where I managed to
squeeze in some riding. As it was quite the mudfest, I took the lot
and threw 'em in the washer. I had five pairs of sparkling clean
gloves sitting on top of the parts bin just waiting to be tossed back
in the car. Stupidly I just grabbed a (mismatched) pair and went on
my merry way.

I feel like such a noob ... I only have one pair =/

--
monique

"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live."
-- Mark Twain

Monique Y. Mudama said:

I feel like such a noob ... I only have one pair =/

Ignoring a WONDERFUL straight-line, go shopping grrrl!

Bill "must have 10-12 pairs total (6-7 in regular use)" S.

ahhhhh i have one pair of giant gloves and love em...or loved em...i lost one of em...i feel naked w/o it

tcmedara said:

85 degrees F and 90% humidity this AM when I arrived at the trailhead for
the Saturday morning group ride. As we all got ready to go, I realized I'd
grabbed a mismatched set of gloves from the stack on top of the parts bin in
the garage. The lefty was mine, and the righty was from a pair used by my 9
year old son. Needless to say, it didn't fit. None of the other guys had
spares. Damn! "What the hell," I thought, "how bad can it be without
gloves." I found out soon enough.

High humidity, no gloves, and gripshifts is a pretty crappy combination.
Brake leverage and steering weren't all that optimized either. I did one
loop and headed for home. Bummer ride day. Oh well, that's one of those
mistakes you only make once.

Tom

If the weather is warm I usually ride gloveless. I actually prefer the
feel- when I buy gloves, I always choose the ones that have the thinnest
possible palms.

miles

On 2004-08-01, S o r n i penned:

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Monique Y. Mudama said:

I feel like such a noob ... I only have one pair =/

Ignoring a WONDERFUL straight-line, go shopping grrrl!

Hah!

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Bill "must have 10-12 pairs total (6-7 in regular use)" S.

I gotta find the perfect fit first. I love my current gloves, but I
think they slide just a little, causing painful bumps on my inner thumb.

--
monique

"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live."
-- Mark Twain

miles todd said:

tcmedara said:

High humidity, no gloves, and gripshifts is a pretty crappy
combination. Brake leverage and steering weren't all that optimized
either. I did one loop and headed for home. Bummer ride day. Oh
well, that's one of those mistakes you only make once.

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If the weather is warm I usually ride gloveless. I actually prefer
the feel- when I buy gloves, I always choose the ones that have the
thinnest possible palms.

I'm guessing the key factor was those GripShifts. If they're newish they'll
rip your skin off; if old they'll be REALLY slippery.

Bill "ah, the Xrays days" S.

S o r n i said:

I'm guessing the key factor was those GripShifts. If they're newish
they'll rip your skin off; if old they'll be REALLY slippery.

Bill "ah, the Xrays days" S.

It's mainly the damn humidity. When I lived in California I never rode with
gloves, but when you live in the eastern VA swampland, the air's so damn
saturated already there's no where for the sweat to evaporate so it just
winds up on the grips. Lack of precision shifting was a pain in the ass,
but when I started to have problems holding onto the bar and brake levers
(honest officer I wasn't drinking!) I figured I'd call it a day.

Tom

miles todd said...

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If the weather is warm I usually ride gloveless. I actually prefer the
feel- when I buy gloves, I always choose the ones that have the thinnest
possible palms.

miles

I usually ride gloveless too, although sometimes I regret it. Like
yesterday, I was riding one of my favorite trails and it turned out to
be muddier than I have ever seen it and the humidity just sucked the
life out of me, so I got off the trail onto the fire road. It was
downhill most of the way, and speed was limited only by my courage. I
kept thinking how much it would hurt if I wiped out on that gravel.
Fortunately, I didn't. I may be cowardly, but I don't have any fresh
wounds. The chronic pain from the ones I got a week ago has finally
stopped.

On 2004-08-01, SuperSlinky penned:

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I usually ride gloveless too, although sometimes I regret it. Like
yesterday, I was riding one of my favorite trails and it turned out to
be muddier than I have ever seen it and the humidity just sucked the
life out of me, so I got off the trail onto the fire road. It was
downhill most of the way, and speed was limited only by my courage. I
kept thinking how much it would hurt if I wiped out on that gravel.
Fortunately, I didn't. I may be cowardly, but I don't have any fresh
wounds. The chronic pain from the ones I got a week ago has finally
stopped.

I have that thought process too, but not about my hands -- about my
legs. Visions of some of the road rash from the Tour dance in my head.
Ugh!

The day I bought my first mountain bike, I decided I didn't need to go
inside to get my gloves before practicing clipping out. "I'm in the
driveway," I reasoned, "What could possibly go wrong?"

I still have scars on my left palm from the mini-gravel. And I don't
ride my bike without gloves.

--
monique

"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live."
-- Mark Twain

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Monique Y. Mudama said:

I feel like such a noob ... I only have one pair =/

Ignoring a WONDERFUL straight-line, go shopping grrrl!

Bill "must have 10-12 pairs total (6-7 in regular use)" S.

Are you serious? I've had my only pair of gloves for 10 years. They're a
bit worn but not too bad.

Dan

"tcmedara" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:soTOc.310

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Oh well, that's one of those mistakes you only make once.

I have a couple of those: (1) forgetting to refill my water bottle and (2)
driving into the garage with the bikes on the roof - fortunatly my GFs
beater took the brunt of the impact

"Monique Y. Mudama" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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I still have scars on my left palm from the mini-gravel. And I don't
ride my bike without gloves.

exactly - for me gloves are for the eventual digger

I favor the specialized - when are worn-out they become my gym gloves

Ozman Trad said:

exactly - for me gloves are for the eventual digger

One of the few times I forgot my gloves was on a ride during a business
trip. It can be tricky remembering all the little stuff to pack up. It was
a bad place to forget them - South Mountain, near Phoenix. Did a nice
washout just afer suffering through the climb up Mormon, and spent the
next couple of days in meetings with bandaged hands.

After awhile, the continuous "what happened? questions become more
bothersome than the pain.

--
-BB-
To reply to me, drop the attitude (from my e-mail address, at least)

Monique Y. Mudama said...

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I have that thought process too, but not about my hands -- about my
legs. Visions of some of the road rash from the Tour dance in my head.
Ugh!

Legs, hands, they are all road rash material. I have a nasty scar just
below my right elbow because I toppled over at low speed on concrete
fumbling for my very low mounted water bottle. I still have visible
bicycling scars on my knees and feet from when I was about 8 years old.

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The day I bought my first mountain bike, I decided I didn't need to go
inside to get my gloves before practicing clipping out. "I'm in the
driveway," I reasoned, "What could possibly go wrong?"

Driveway? Should have practiced on the grass.

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I still have scars on my left palm from the mini-gravel. And I don't
ride my bike without gloves.

It is a good habit, but it makes hot rides even hotter. Here in the
midwest, humidity is usually very high in the summer and the trails
aren't as rocky as out west. Mostly we have trees and dirt, so you
aren't as likely to get ripped up in a fall. Most of the bleeding will
come from sharp points on the bike, not the ground. I wear gloves if it
isn't hot.

On 2004-08-02, SuperSlinky penned:

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The day I bought my first mountain bike, I decided I didn't need to
go inside to get my gloves before practicing clipping out. "I'm in
the driveway," I reasoned, "What could possibly go wrong?"

Driveway? Should have practiced on the grass.

That statement assumes that there was grass anywhere nearby. There
wasn't.

--
monique

"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live."
-- Mark Twain

Dan said:

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Monique Y. Mudama said:

I feel like such a noob ... I only have one pair =/

Ignoring a WONDERFUL straight-line, go shopping grrrl!

Bill "must have 10-12 pairs total (6-7 in regular use)" S.

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Are you serious? I've had my only pair of gloves for 10 years.
They're a bit worn but not too bad.

But...but...how do you color-coordinate your outfits?!?

Bill "and that started pre-roadie" S.