Does anyone use Kris Holm gloves?

Kris's gloves are awesome. Like a combination of Harbingers and bike
gloves; the best of both worlds IMHO.

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Wow those Harbingers are serious gloves, I had never heard of them
before.

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I have a pair, and wear them practically every time I ride.

They are super-comfortable, and offer firm (yet flexible) wrist support.
They allow the hand to flex down, yet not up/back, which I find is a
great combo.

As for "keeping warm", let's put it this way: they seem to be more
designed to be cool in the summer, then to be warm in the winter!!!

I think they are fantastic gloves...

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What he said. Get a pair...They're as good, if not bettre than the
harbingers, And they're cheaper.

Kit

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I use them and I think there great! They aren't that fashionable but
they have worked well for me! I would recommend them to you.

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Thanks for the quick replies. I am not too bothered about how warm the
gloves are. I will give them a try.

Innes

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First of all I consider gloves to be the first piece of safety equipment
to put on. I "never" hit my head but certainly do land on my hands. I've
been using Harbingers for years and like them a lot. For the last 6 or 8
months I've been using a pair of Kris's and like them even better. There
are two things I like better: full fingered and no splint under the
hand. The Harbingers may offer more wrist protection but overall I like
Kris's design better.

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MrBoogiejuice said:

*What he said. Get a pair...They're as good, if not bettre than the
harbingers, And they're cheaper.

Kit *

95 cents man...

The harbingers will also last you 3 times as long, as it is the nature
of full fingered gloves to wear a ton faster, Plus the harbingers are
leather.

I ride the harbingers when I expect hard impacts to my wrists (muni
coker racing and street) and cheap 661 comp's when I'm more worried
about blisters or warmth. Both are nice.

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I wear them and find them to be quite nice. They are a tad hot when it
is warm out, but thats my only complaint and really cannot be cured
without giving up necessary protection. I too reccomend them.

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I am geting a pair of them next week hopefully

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My gloves came in the post today, I only ordered them yesterday. Another
example of great service from Unicycle.uk.com.

The gloves are great, they are a really comfortable fit, and the straps
work well. It is quite reassuring to have some protection for the
wrists.

I will have to try and go for it a bit more now, I managed to clear a
bit this dinner time, that I kept falling off before. It was only a bit
over some rocks from an old wall, but I kept coming off before. A little
bit of confidence makes all the difference.

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Quoted message said:

A little bit of confidence makes all the difference.

I agree!

Glad you are happy with your purchase of the KH gloves. Now get out
there and continue to see what you can do!!! 🙂

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So I received my KH gloves and decided to resurrect this thread.

they fit perfectly to my hands, they are comfortable
and now I have found a way to have a hankie close at hand!
(I fix it with the hand wrapper so I can wipe my nose without having to
go for my pocket 🙄 )

now a question: can this protect your wrists from a severe fall?
( a treacherous slip on muni, a fall from a Coker...) I have doubts
...

thanks for any answer

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I've been using the KH gloves since Christmas, and like them a lot. My
reasons would mostly echo Nathan's reply above. I like the full finger
element for trials. With the half-finger Harbingers, a couple hours of
hopping around give me cuts across my fingers right where the gloves end
from my scuffed-up velo handle. With the KH gloves, no cuts. The lack
of a palm splint is also better for both hopping and climbing, as you
don't need to cantilever your wrist forward unnaturally to get a good
grip on the handle.

There are two applications where I will still use my Harbingers instead.
First would be higher-speed road Cokering. If I go down above my runout
speed, I want those splints on my palms since I may be riding on them
like sleigh runners. Second would be rides where I plan on taking a lot
of pictures. The covered fingers on the KH make it very difficult to
operate the small buttons on my digital camera.

Overall, the design rocks. Great product Kris!

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wobbling bear said:

*and now I have found a way to have a hankie close at hand!
(I fix it with the hand wrapper so I can wipe my nose without having
to go for my pocket*

GREAT idea...thanks for that.

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I'd like to try them but I have XL hands....

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U-Turn said:

*I'd like to try them but I have XL hands.... *

Darren has them in XL.

U-Turn said:

*wobbling bearnow a question: can this protect your wrists from a
severe fall?
( a treacherous slip on muni, a fall from a Coker...) I have doubts
... *

I found they offer good protection from backwards flex. I had broken my
wrist during the summer, and a just recently I UPD'ed and took the
impact on the same wrist.

I might have just been lucky but I think the KH gloves prevented another
broken wrist.

I've never ridden a Coker to UPD at extreme speed but for MUni they have
saved me from a bad fall.

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Thanks for the tip, unique.

And no, I didn't post the second quote. 😉

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U-Turn said:

*Thanks for the tip, unique.

And no, I didn't post the second quote. 😉 *

Sorry, I didn't notice I had a problem in the code. 🙁 🙂

Cameron

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