Weight-lifting gloves for cycling

"Dave Stallard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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My palms and the heels of my hands have really been
hurting after cycling, feeling as though I'd been
slamming them into walls, practically. My Pearl Izumi
cycling gloves haven't been helping me much with this.
Well, this weekend I got myself a pair of Nike weight-
lifting gloves with Velcro wrist wraps. I did a 75 mile
ride Saturday, and another ride Sunday using them, and my
hands felt much better.

It's nice to know they're good for something. I bought a
pair for gym and they started falling apart almost
immediately. It's not yet a year and they're in terrible
condition.

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Dave Stallard said:

My palms and the heels of my hands have really been
hurting after cycling, feeling as though I'd been
slamming them into walls, practically. My Pearl Izumi
cycling gloves haven't been helping me much with this.
Well, this weekend I got myself a pair of Nike weight-
lifting gloves with Velcro wrist wraps. I did a 75 mile
ride Saturday, and another ride Sunday using them, and my
hands felt much better.

I think the extra wrist support from the wraps helps too.
I do a lot of typing and mousing at work, and that takes
its toll (not that I'm going to wearing the weight-lifting
gloves at work!). The gloves are ventilated too, so my
hands don't get too hot. The only downside is that I have
to unwrap to check my watch, but that I can live with. For
all those out there who have had hand pain, here's FYI.

My girlfriend does the same thing. She discovered by
accident when she grabbed the wrong gloves on the way out
the door to a 1/2 century a couple years ago. She claims
they work better, too.

I have also had glove problems, but my problem was that I
could only wear full-finger gloves. I could not find a
standard 1/2 finger cycling glove that didn't make my thumb
hurt. However, I tried a new pair of Specialized Body
Geometry gloves earlier this season, and I absolutely love
them. The old BG gloves sucked because the gel pad was too
thick. Now it's thinner. 500+ miles so far with zero thumb
pain. I'm going to buy a case of them and store them for
the future!

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HardwareLust said:

I have also had glove problems, but my problem was that I
could only wear full-finger gloves. I could not find a
standard 1/2 finger cycling glove that didn't make my
thumb hurt. However, I tried a new pair of Specialized
Body Geometry gloves earlier this season, and I absolutely
love them. The old BG gloves sucked because the gel pad
was too thick. Now it's thinner.

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I think that's the big problem with so many cycling gloves.
All that padding doesn't seem to contour as well to the
handlebars or grips, as a naked hand would. It's like
there's a tennis ball stuffed in each glove.

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500+ miles so far with zero thumb pain. I'm going to buy a
case of them and store them for the future!

cheers, Tom

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HardwareLust said:

I have also had glove problems, but my problem was that
I could only wear full-finger gloves. I could not find a
standard 1/2 finger cycling glove that didn't make my
thumb hurt. However, I tried a new pair of Specialized
Body Geometry gloves earlier this season, and I
absolutely love them. The old BG gloves sucked because
the gel pad was too thick. Now it's thinner.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I think that's the big problem with so many cycling
gloves. All that padding doesn't seem to contour as well
to the handlebars or grips, as a naked hand would. It's
like there's a tennis ball stuffed in each glove.

It depends. I have a pair of the original BG mitts, and I
find I can't use them on drops at all, they are worse than
totally unpadded skin gloves. The gel pad seems to move the
pressure around to make it worse.

But using them on flat bars I find they are far better than
any other gloves or mitts I own.

So it depends, but it's like with saddles: try it and see if
it works for you in your situation.
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Dave Stallard said:

My palms and the heels of my hands have really been
hurting after cycling, feeling as though I'd been
slamming them into walls, practically. My Pearl Izumi
cycling gloves haven't been helping me much with this.
Well, this weekend I got myself a pair of Nike weight-
lifting gloves with Velcro wrist wraps. I did a 75 mile
ride Saturday, and another ride Sunday using them, and my
hands felt much better.

I think the extra wrist support from the wraps helps too.
I do a lot of typing and mousing at work, and that takes
its toll (not that I'm going to wearing the weight-lifting
gloves at work!). The gloves are ventilated too, so my
hands don't get too hot. The only downside is that I have
to unwrap to check my watch, but that I can live with. For
all those out there who have had hand pain, here's FYI.

Dave

Have you tried a more padded handlebar tape? I'm using
Cinelli Gel and it's really better in absorbing vibrations!
Another choice is a strip (or two) of tape along the
handlebar under the regular tape. Keeping your arms relaxed
helps too, sometimes I notice my hands are holding the
handlebar way too strong, but it takes a while to notice
that! And last, mousing a lot is bad imho. Get used to
keyboard shortcuts, you'll speed up the work and you'll get
less pain. (a unix/linux os helps here :-) ).

I used weight lifting gloves for a few times before I bought
cycling gloves. I prefer the cycling gloves myself. I do not
like the wrist wraps. Too hot and less comfortable.

Curt

"Dave Stallard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2j8o4pFupvglU1@uni-
berlin.de...

Quoted message said:

My palms and the heels of my hands have really been
hurting after cycling, feeling as though I'd been slamming
them into walls, practically. My Pearl Izumi cycling
gloves haven't been helping me much with this. Well, this
weekend I got myself a pair of Nike weight-lifting gloves
with Velcro wrist wraps. I did a 75 mile ride Saturday,
and another ride Sunday using them, and my hands felt much

better.

Quoted message said:

I think the extra wrist support from the wraps helps too.
I do a lot of typing and mousing at work, and that takes
its toll (not that I'm going to wearing the weight-lifting
gloves at work!). The gloves are ventilated too, so my
hands don't get too hot. The only downside is that I have
to unwrap to check my watch, but that I can live with. For
all those out there who have had hand pain, here's FYI.

Dave

Francesco Devittori said:

Have you tried a more padded handlebar tape? I'm using
Cinelli Gel and it's really better in absorbing
vibrations! Another choice is a strip (or two) of tape
along the handlebar under the regular tape.

Yet another choice would be Specialized Bar Phat tape. Puts
a 2.5mm or 4mm layer of gel under the tape. Gotten some good
reviews from some people, although I think it would be too
thick. At $30, it's kinda pricey, too. ITM also makes a pad
for the bar tops as well.

Mark South said:

It depends. I have a pair of the original BG mitts, and I
find I can't use them on drops at all, they are worse than
totally unpadded skin gloves. The gel pad seems to move
the pressure around to make it worse.

Yeah, I felt the same thing. I only wore them on one ride,
and gave them away to a friend of mine. He absolutely
loves them and still uses them to this day over a year
later. The new ones have a much thinner pad. They work
perfectly for me now.

=v= Weightlifting gloves, like bicycle gloves, vary widely
in quality. As far as I can tell, it comes down to (1)
durability and (2) the placement and quality of stitching
inside the glove. I've used weightlifting gloves for biking
and biking gloves for weightlifting; it's depended on what I
could find at the time.

=v= Sadly, it's hard to recommend this or that brand,
because the actual product marketed under brand labels seems
to change every year. Often for the worse.

=v= I agree that the wrist support of certain weightlifting
gloves is a nice feature. <_Jym_

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My palms and the heels of my hands have really been
hurting after cycling, feeling as though I'd been slamming
them into walls, practically.

In addition to gloves you might want to look into finding a
way to ride with less weight on your hands. This might
involve changes to bike fit or to your body (strengthening
your core to better support yourself).

Also, bigger softer tires might take the edge off too.

JT