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I have a new set of kangaroo gloves, without doubt the best gloves ive ever used. I could have got kangaroo & stingray palms but they were a bit more expensive..
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Have crash tested Alpine Stars SP-2 and Spyke Race Gauntlet gloves at road speeds and both have worn down but protected well.

If I lost a finger or finger function I'd give a lot more than $100 extra to keep it, so I figure it's worth spending that to start with.

Sparks_333 wrote:I use these. Crash tested and way better quality for $60 than the cheapest Alpinestars at MCA for $120.

They have armor on the palm as well which is really great. I would recommend them if you don't want to break the bank.

No offence Sparks, but you can't recomend anything RJ's as great. Fair enough they are adequate for the budget conscious, but it is still budget gear and can't compare to the better stuff.

Mind you, a few of the other gloves that have been recomended I wouldn't consider to be serious protection either. Luckily for me, the worst crash for my hands, when I lost the front and slapped my hand on the track and then proceded to bodysurf on the tar sliding on my palm until I hit the dirt and tumbled, happened when I was wearing a pair of gloves with the last two fingers strapped together and had plastic sliders made into the palm to stop your hand from 'sticking' to the tar and rolling your wrist over. These two featured saves me that day from a serious injury and that's why I said the Gimoto are a good glove.

As Jonnymac said, get the best quality gloves you can, because fingers are hard to replace and are quite usefull and worth keeping.

Crash tested a pair of dianese at low speed (about 80km) I tumbled and they still wore through the base of the palm near the wrist and drew blood.
Alpinestar held up much better in another off at about the same pace but the inner on the wrist flap started to melt and stick to everything and the thin leather in the palms got torn to pieces after about 20 odd days on track.
I recently switched to gimoto too. Have not crash tested them, but as Nelso stated, I like the palm sliders after what happened in the first off. I think Five gloves incorporate them into their design also.

Www.ricondi.com.au best. Gloves. Ever.

If we are all getting so tied up in sliders on the palm then sure the handriod having sliders on the back of each finger would offer the ultimate protection plus they are also Kangaroo.

Check these out

http://stores.heldnorthamerica.com/-str ... Detail.bok

Blurr wrote:If we are all getting so tied up in sliders on the palm then sure the handriod having sliders on the back of each finger would offer the ultimate protection plus they are also Kangaroo.

Handroid also have the palm sliders the same as Gimoto, but I thought the things down the back of the fingers were supposed to lock somehow to stop your fingers from bending too far the wrong way. This is a bit of a worry if it's true: http://www.speedzilla.com/forums/street ... loves.html

Nope they are just sliders for the back of the hand

http://store.planet-knox.com/product/ha ... le-gloves/

yep could google a bad report for just about every product on the market.

Point is I am not promoting Handriods but I dont mind the occaional Rjays stuff either. Just because something is dear doesnt mean its better. someone has to pay for brand marketing and it aint the manufacturer.

my race gloves are a basic pair of road gloves I bought off craig white for $50 cause all the expensive gloves ive owned in the past with all the armour aren't comfortable try on a few brands and don't be afraid of the cheaper ones, buy the ones that are the most comfortable.

Ive tried Rjays,Alpine Stars and Dainese.Dainese Are a great fit and were comfortable from the git go.Rjays have shit house stitching .Alpine stars gloves,like there boots all seem as hard as nails and take a while to break in and also have the tightest fit when comparing against other brands.There large is smaller than a Dainese,Rjays etc.In all there gear,jackets boots and gloves.

Gloves that have failed on me:

-R-Jays (brand new but borrowed from a mate when I forgot mine): Crashed at maybe 30km/h... I didn't get hurt at all but I'd put that down mostly to luck 'cause it opened up like a teenage girl on her prom night.

-Alpinestars GP Plus. Had 2 pairs... first pair, the seams opened on 3 fingers on both hands after 6 months of light road use. No crashes, maybe 1000km of riding max... thought I had a lemon so I got a second pair. Last 2 months before all the same problems reappear... one crash at the track and it was gone. 60-ish km/h low side

Would not recommend either, obviously

At the moment, RS Taichi GP Evo - LOVE IT! Leather is absolutely soft... Congratulations on the Kangaroo who grew it! Plenty of protection and if I can complain about anything is that I bought it one size too small so it takes me FOREVER to put them on. Very annoying. A new (bigger) one is on the cards I hope. Crashed on it twice but I reckon I didn't put my hands down as they don't have a mark on them.

Crash tested 2 year old Aldi gloves when I hit a roo at 60ish k's. Not so much as a scratch and the gloves were scuffed but barely damaged. Doesn't mean they're any good. You could have the gloves with the most protective counter measures on the market but no two riders, and no two crashes are the same. The panel design that saved a man's fingers in one crash could very well be the same design that amputates fingers off some poor bugger on the other side of the world. Glass half empty much?

Whatever you get, make sure they fit you well and are comfy. If you go get some flash wiz bang gloves just because they're the recommended top shit thing out and about, and they end up being uncomfortable, that's probably worse for you safety wise than wearing comfortable cheap shit ones.

My 2c. What was the question again?

Nelso wrote:No offence Sparks, but you can't recomend anything RJ's as great. Fair enough they are adequate for the budget conscious, but it is still budget gear and can't compare to the better stuff.

Absolutely Nelso budget gear won't compare to a $250 set of gloves. But I tried the $120 Alpinestar gloves (pretty much their entry level ones) and the leather felt thinner, poorer stitching and less armoured protection over the hand. The Rjays glove was half the price, thicker and sturdier build with more armour over the knuckles and palm. In this instance, the cheaper glove was the better glove and the MCA staffer agreed.

It's great to say you should spend $500 on a set of ultra-protective gloves and to an extent I agree you should buy the best gear you can. But if you're not doing supersonic speeds on a racetrack and are a little more financially conscious then I would suggest those as a good budget glove.

Cheaper gloves can be better quality than an expensive glove so try it out and see what feels best.

s man wrote:I have a new set of kangaroo gloves, without doubt the best gloves ive ever used. I could have got kangaroo & stingray palms but they were a bit more expensive..
Look>>>>> http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Mens-GP-Trac ... 4781wt_860

these are a dead set copy of my teknic gloves, right down to the abrasive resistant pads on the outside lower palm. if they are built the same, they are fucking fantastic gloves. had 2 lowsides in them (both diesel on roundabouts early in the morning) and they have held up really well; small scrapes in the knuckles! only real problem is the coloured leather on the back of the hand tends to lose its colour after 6 months, and the piping flakes after 12 months.


see what i mean!

oh, and i paid $150 for these from a chuck out specials bin, originally $300 ( fmd!)