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Submitted by
Pieter
a Cross Country Rider
from Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Date Reviewed: March 1, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Klingsporn (Mt Buller) | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | SHM | | Strengths: | Look cool (until you use 'em) | | Weaknesses: | Fall apart after one ride | | Similar Products Used: | Huffy gloves from Kmart | | Bike Setup: | Kona Caldera | | Bottom Line: | Maybe my experiences aren't examplary, but these gloves literally fell apart after one ride.
After purchasing these, I rode home with them on my road bike, which has a nice and soft taped handlebar. After the 7km ride I looked at the glove's palms and noticed they started to fray already. After another half hour of MTBing, they had big holes accross the palm. I'll be taking these puppies back for a refund. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
drew
a
from burlington, on
Date Reviewed: May 28, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | brant cycle | | Strengths: | breathe well, looks, cost effective, towelling on the thumb is great | | Weaknesses: | needs more palm pading, finger tips are a little slippery on the break lever (lx lever) | | Similar Products Used: | fox, hyper | | Bottom Line: | great gloves for the price, nice and light for xc riding in any temperature | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chauncy
a Downhiller
from Thunder Bay' Ont, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 22, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | Coast Mountain Sports (in Edmonton) | | Strengths: | They are very comfortable and grippy | | Weaknesses: | All the rubber grippy things fell apart in the 1st month
Rubber palm is worn out
Palm is perminatly brown from digging
Only lasted one season | | Similar Products Used: | Fox Mojave (very uncomfortable), rnh (really great) | | Bike Setup: | 2003 kona stinky Canadian version (with JrT's) | | Bottom Line: | They were really great gloves. They did fall apart after a year, but that's all right. They were super comfortable and I think Super T wears them. If they're good enough for Super then they're definatly good enough for us. The RNH gloves are what I have now. They are not as comfortable, but they hold up better. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ian
a Weekend Warrior
from edmonton alberta
Date Reviewed: April 20, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Bonnie Doon park jumps | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Coast mountain sports | | Strengths: | They look really cool, feel good on my hands, give a really good grip. I dont know about the prive though, i think they are normally about 60 CAD but i got them for 35 because of swapped tags :D | | Weaknesses: | None that i know of | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized BMX gloves | | Bike Setup: | K2 attack 2.0 Marzocchi EXRs on front and an answer handlebar with raceface good/evil grips | | Bottom Line: | Great product, best gloves i have used. I recommend them. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cailan Libby
a Downhiller
from golden, b,c,, canada
Date Reviewed: June 8, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | b12 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$52.00 | | Purchased At: | summit cycle | | Strengths: | It has good looks, known company, It defends smalls really good, I had the gloves covered in gasoline and they still smell good, they are great for a wide variety of riding | | Weaknesses: | they dont have as much padding as what I would like | | Similar Products Used: | mec gloves, aswer, lots of em | | Bike Setup: | Sweet azz gary fisher with 6 inches each end | | Bottom Line: | These are great gloves and I was happy with them, i though they were a little expensive at first but they are worth it, I use them in xc, downhill, trials, bmxing, and they work good in any type of riding | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tino
a
from CT
Date Reviewed: May 23, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | lots of protection, comfortable, look great, sweat absorber on the thumb is great for whiping snot and sweat | | Weaknesses: | started to fall apart after a year or so of use, too warm for hot weather riding | | Similar Products Used: | Answer Vapors | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Rocky Mtn Pipeline all decked out for freeriding | | Bottom Line: | Great gloves for freeriding and DH, x-country need not apply.......... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dustin Smith
a Cross Country Rider
from Kelowna B.C
Date Reviewed: May 12, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | all that I've been on | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | Fresh Air Experience | | Strengths: | These gloves are really good, I thoght they were abit pricey at first but after looking around there all about that for full finger. They fit my hands perfectly and have good ventalation. | | Weaknesses: | I'm not hard on many things and I've noticed that the threads are starting to fray and hang out in a couple places, this is nothing because there not falling apart...yet, oh ya the velcro starps should be biggar they always come apart..
| | Bike Setup: | rockhopper FSR A1 | | Bottom Line: | for $40 not too bad but I think I'd look into something that looks of a bit better quality and possibly longer on the wrists. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Connor
a
from BC
Date Reviewed: March 18, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | BC | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Strengths: | good and red keep hands warm | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | gloves | | Bottom Line: | its good glove cause its warm and its red and i like them | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rico
a Racer
from Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Date Reviewed: February 20, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Anything with variety | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$27.00 | | Purchased At: | The Bike Shop (Calgary) | | Strengths: | Liberal use of terry cloth
Very little padding and armour
"Cellular" venting | | Weaknesses: | Twist grip thumb re-enforcement isn't long enough and tears
Neoprene wrist cuff could be longer (wrap around)
Could use more padding on palm IMHO | | Similar Products Used: | Louis Garneau Jazz & biogel | | Bike Setup: | 1999 RM Blizzard | | Bottom Line: | The XC Gripper is a very good minimalist full fingered glove for those who want light weight, little padding, good venting, and do not use a twist shifter. Some people hate too much padding, but I prefer it. If you twist-shift, be warned that the syn-leather thumb reenforcement doesn't cover the entire thumb; it stops short of thumbnail. This causes the seam to tear on the thumb. From the picture of the new (2001) RaceFace glove at the "Interbike" section of mtbr.com, it looks like this may be fixed.
I am too used to the Louis Garneau gloves, with it's Bio-gel padding, better cuffs, and construction. When it comes down to who is the best at Canadian cycling apparel, the scale tips towards Quebec (Louis Garneau) over British Columbia (RaceFace), but the gap is shrinking. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pascal Cormeau
a Cross Country Rider
from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: October 11, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Nose Hill | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Eurotech Cycle | | Strengths: | Looks really kewl... Has Race Face ritten all over it which is awsom cus everybody says that it's a great brand. | | Similar Products Used: | fingerless gloves - skin | | Bottom Line: | Fingerless golves are nice for tightening bolts and and do not restrain movment as much as fingered gloves. The nice thing about these Race Face gloves is that they have some sweeeet padding which is really nice on bumps. It also offers better protection...
Buy these gloves, they rool! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doug
a Cross Country Rider
from Fort Collins, CO
Date Reviewed: July 17, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Horsetooth rock - Wathen trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Extremely comfortable even after multiple washings, very strong, have survived a few major spills with no tears, great protection from the elements along with good shock absorption and grip. | | Weaknesses: | None so far | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized, Pearl Izumi gloves. | | Bike Setup: | Klein Mantra | | Bottom Line: | Great glove for the money, very tough but remain soft to the touch, super comfortable, and good looking. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe
a Cross-Country Rider
from Muskoka
Date Reviewed: October 4, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Any One | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
durable warm | | Weaknesses: |
none except the guys that dont like them | | Similar Products Used: |
Fox sidewinders | | Bike Setup: |
x-caliber | | Bottom Line: | The Best and I give it five flaming shits!! | | Overall Rating: |
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