Since there's no TE for men...

I'm hoping some of you with SO's of the male persuasion (or who wear men's gloves - I used to) might be able to chime in on a recommendation for gloves.

DH's much beloved bike gloves were left in a hotel on his birthday weekend. The hotel found them, but they have not made their way back to us (and it's not looking likely that they will). They were either not mailed or lost in the mail (no way to tell, sadly). So, he's looking for replacement gloves.

His requirements are:

1) No padding (or very thin padding). Certainly no gel.
2) Loops between the fingers to make the gloves easy to pull off.
3) Preferably under $40 (Looks like some Castellis would be a good fit, but I can't find them for less than $50).

Any recommendations or gloves your SO's have really liked?

Many thanks!

CA

Capos; they cost 40.00

Keep an eye on Chainlove.com, they have Castelli gloves occasionally.

The Castelli logo gloves list for $30.
I just wore a pair on today's ride (I fall into the "wears men's gloves b/c women's gloves are too small" category).

Cool - thanks:) The Logo gloves were one we were considering. Will keep an eye on chainlove to see what pops up:)

CA (who has been known to buy men's gloves on occasion too)

Assos S-Series gloves - both of us love them
http://www.bikesomewhere.com/bikesom...egory/259/2939

Etxe Ondo used to make something similar

Craft - similar but with even less padding (MP bought a pair this weekend but I don't know the model)

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Originally Posted by SadieKate

Craft - similar but with even less padding (MP bought a pair this weekend but I don't know the model)

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Craft Active. My new favorite glove (since PI stopped making the PI Race with no padding.) These are GREAT.

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Originally Posted by CA_in_NC

Cool - thanks:) The Logo gloves were one we were considering. Will keep an eye on chainlove to see what pops up:)

CA (who has been known to buy men's gloves on occasion too)

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I use the Castelli Simple gloves. I have never used the Logo gloves. But the Simple gloves also have the loops between the fingers and they aren't made of the strongest material. If you use them to pull off the gloves they will eventually get stretched out and break. I also noticed that someone had a similar experience with the Logo gloves.

http://www.backcountry.com/store/CST...love-Mens.html

I have the women's Castelli glove, the Maya glove. While I like it -- no padding, vented palm, pretty, etc, and I think they're constructed fairly well -- the black palms are fading onto my white bar tape :eek:. I wrote Castelli an email about this actually, just to let them know that the dye is not fast... I'm miffed because I actually like the gloves a lot but now I am going to need to replace my NEW bar tape pretty soon, and I HATE taping my bars because I'm no good at it...

I like Descente, but they don't seem to last, I've had great Pearl Izumi and Specialized gloves, but I'm currently using Assos. If the gloves he likes are $50, it's only $10 above his budget for something he knows he likes, better then taking a chance on a cheaper pair that he might not like.

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I like Descente, but they don't seem to last, I've had great Pearl Izumi and Specialized gloves, but I'm currently using Assos. If the gloves he likes are $50, it's only $10 above his budget for something he knows he likes, better then taking a chance on a cheaper pair that he might not like.

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But the Assos are available in two levels. The S-series are under $30 and have lasted us a long time.

Mr. SR500 - I think it's more like he doesn't want to spend the $$ on principle. I've offered... And we don't know he would like those - we just ran across them online. Sadly, everything around here has lots of gel padding.

Interesting re the Maya. I've not had that problem, but I haven't ridden them yet on the bike that has white bar tape. Hmmm..... I'm actually not loving them because they aren't quite enough padding for me. To each her own:)

We'll keep searching and maybe order a couple of pair to try:) If you don't want specialized with tons of gel, my lbs can't help.

CA

the Crafts are under $30.