Submitted by
Adam
a Cross Country Rider
from Pangbourne Date Reviewed: August 16, 2006
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$40.00
Strengths:
Nice to look at when new.
Weaknesses:
Badly made, not fit for purpose. Falls apart.
Similar Products Used:
Specialised Blob.
Bike Setup:
Santa Cruz Superlight
Bottom Line:
I used these gloves for about 18months and circa 2000km. The so called gel (actually more like grey foam) is held in place by patches glued over the strips in the palm. 3 patches per glove. These came off after a short time. So I had to glue them back together again. I would advise anyone to avoid this glove and any other held together by glue rather than stitching. I have a pair of specialised blob gloves which are still going strong after 8 years, including use for 4 months on crutches. The BG Gel glove is absolutely rubbish and should be avoided.
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Submitted by
Drew
a Cross Country Rider
from Denver, CO, USA Date Reviewed: August 8, 2006
Favorite Trail:
Sandy Wash
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$30.00
Purchased At:
Mojo Wheels
Strengths:
Great fit, comfortable, terry cloth is great to wipe away sweat. Great padding and grip.
Weaknesses:
Falls apart like wet toilet paper. The padding is not gel, more like closed-cell foam.
Similar Products Used:
Trico, which actually had gel inside, unlike these.
Bike Setup:
Who cares...we're talking gloves, right?
Bottom Line:
These gloves are the most comfortable I've ridden with and have the best fit too. Good vibration and bump absorption and the terry does wonders to keep sweat from your eyes. I road the Bicycle Tour Colorado with these and several XC races and never thought about my hands...that's how you know soemthing is working. That's about all the positives.
I am on my 3rd pair (in 3 months), which is probably the last because the crappy LBS is getting tired of me coming in saying these things fall apart like wet toilet paper. The seams on the inside are glued together, and they disentegrate after light use, exposing the padding, which falls out and your once-padded glove is now a mangled piece of leather. The stitching does the same, and seems to give out earlier than the leather, which gives a little warning that the rest of the glove is soon to turn to crap.
Then, I was pissed off about the false advertising that said "gel" but...well...replace "gel" with "foam" and you get the idea. The padding is some kind of a close-celled foam that you can probably find in the window section at Home Depot. Looks like Specialized slapped the word "gel" on to boost the price. That's what pissed me off the most about these. The foam does the trick (very well until it falls out in your back seat), but don't mislead the consumer!
Buy these if your LBS doesn't mind taking them back every month or so on an exchange, or at REI where you can exchange everything until eternity with nobody looking at you like "why do you keep coming back over and over."
Value: 1 flaming turd for the "why pay $30 for something that will last maybe until the end of next week" factor.
Overall: 5 for comfort, 1 for being more fragile than my brother's self-esteem.
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Submitted by
Thomas Coffin, Sr.
a Weekend Warrior
from Manquin, VA. USA Date Reviewed: May 3, 2006
Favorite Trail:
Poor Farm Park
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$26.00
Purchased At:
Agee's Bicycles
Strengths:
Great Material gel padding wick sweat well terry cloth strip on thumb to wipe sweat
Weaknesses:
none.
Similar Products Used:
bell gloves trek gloves
Bike Setup:
bright yellow 05' Rockhopper with Deore hubs, derallieurs,truvativ crank. Vuelta starlite rims and Avid juicy disc brake. Wellgo M30 clipless pedals. I call it the Busy Bee!
Bottom Line:
I needed great gloves to absorb some shock, since I am 35, and try to ride like an 18 year old. My shop recommended these, and I am glad they did. They have gel inserts in the palm, and the outside of the glove. They have a terry cloth strip to wipe away your sweat, and the wick away sweat well, so your hands stay grippy. I love these gloves. Price was ok too for a glove of this quality.
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