Race Face xc & dh Gloves

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Race Face xc & dh

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Submitted by Pieter a Cross Country Rider from Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Date Reviewed: March 1, 2006

Strengths:    Look cool (until you use 'em)

Weaknesses:    Fall apart after one ride

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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.

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Favorite Trail:   Klingsporn (Mt Buller)

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $30.00

Purchased At:   SHM

Similar Products Used:   Huffy gloves from Kmart

Bike Setup:   Kona Caldera

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Submitted by drew from burlington, on

Date Reviewed: May 28, 2004

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)

Bottom Line:

great gloves for the price, nice and light for xc riding in any temperature

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Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $20.00

Purchased At:   brant cycle

Similar Products Used:   fox, hyper

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Submitted by Chauncy a Downhiller from Thunder Bay' Ont, Canada

Date Reviewed: August 22, 2003

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

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.

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Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Price Paid:    $15.00

Purchased At:   Coast Mountain Sports (in Edmonton)

Similar Products Used:   Fox Mojave (very uncomfortable), rnh (really great)

Bike Setup:   2003 kona stinky Canadian version (with JrT's)

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Submitted by Ian a Weekend Warrior from edmonton alberta

Date Reviewed: April 20, 2003

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

Bottom Line:

Great product, best gloves i have used. I recommend them.

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Favorite Trail:   Bonnie Doon park jumps

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $20.00

Purchased At:   Coast mountain sports

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

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Submitted by Cailan Libby a Downhiller from golden, b,c,, canada

Date Reviewed: June 8, 2002

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

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

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Favorite Trail:   b12

Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Price Paid:    $52.00

Purchased At:   summit cycle

Similar Products Used:   mec gloves, aswer, lots of em

Bike Setup:   Sweet azz gary fisher with 6 inches each end

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Submitted by Tino from CT

Date Reviewed: May 23, 2002

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

Bottom Line:

Great gloves for freeriding and DH, x-country need not apply..........

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Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Similar Products Used:   Answer Vapors

Bike Setup:   2001 Rocky Mtn Pipeline all decked out for freeriding

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Submitted by Dustin Smith a Cross Country Rider from Kelowna B.C

Date Reviewed: May 12, 2001

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..

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.

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Favorite Trail:   all that I've been on

Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Price Paid:    $40.00

Purchased At:   Fresh Air Experience

Bike Setup:   rockhopper FSR A1

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Submitted by Connor from BC

Date Reviewed: March 18, 2001

Strengths:    good and red keep hands warm

Weaknesses:    none

Bottom Line:

its good glove cause its warm and its red and i like them

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Favorite Trail:   BC

Duration Product Used:   6 months

Price Paid:    $40.00

Similar Products Used:   gloves

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Submitted by Rico a Racer from Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Date Reviewed: February 20, 2001

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

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.

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Favorite Trail:   Anything with variety

Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Price Paid:    $27.00

Purchased At:   The Bike Shop (Calgary)

Similar Products Used:   Louis Garneau Jazz & biogel

Bike Setup:   1999 RM Blizzard

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Submitted by Pascal Cormeau a Cross Country Rider from Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Date Reviewed: October 11, 2000

Strengths: Looks really kewl... Has Race Face ritten all over it which is awsom cus everybody says that it's a great brand.

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!

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Favorite Trail:   Nose Hill

Duration Product Used:   Tested or demo'ed only

Price Paid:    $25.00

Purchased At:   Eurotech Cycle

Similar Products Used:   fingerless gloves - skin

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Submitted by Doug a Cross Country Rider from Fort Collins, CO

Date Reviewed: July 17, 2000

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

Bottom Line:

Great glove for the money, very tough but remain soft to the touch, super comfortable, and good looking.

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Favorite Trail:   Horsetooth rock - Wathen trail

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Similar Products Used:   Specialized, Pearl Izumi gloves.

Bike Setup:   Klein Mantra

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Submitted by Joe a Cross-Country Rider from Muskoka

Date Reviewed: October 4, 1999

Strengths:
durable warm

Weaknesses:
none except the guys that dont like them

Bottom Line:

The Best and I give it five flaming shits!!

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Favorite Trail:
Any One

Duration Product Used:
less than 1 month

Similar Products Used:
Fox sidewinders

Bike Setup:
x-caliber

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