Gloves with good padding between forefinger and thumb?

[mariposa]

Looking for gloves (either fingerless or full-fingered) that have some padding in the area between the forefinger and the thumb.

My Pearl Izumi air-gel gloves don't have enough padding there (and in general seem to be falling apart very quickly!).

thanks in advance!

[Kano]

I've been wearing the Pearl Izumi Gel Lite Race gloves this summer, and they've been doing the job for me -- at least in that area of my hands! I started the season prettty miserable in that part of my hands, so I'm sympathetic to your search for padding.

Some of my occasional discomforts come from where on the bars I hold on, and for how long. I started the season in a pair of Specialized gloves I'd been wearing for a year on my upright comfort bike, and when they didn't seem to do the job, I tried another pair of Specialized gloves, a step up from those. The more I learn on this road bike of mine, though, and the stronger I get, I'm starting to think I'll be using those other gloves again!

(I learned a new thing this morning, trying something I saw the boys on THE TOUR doing: I shifted where on the hoods I hold on, and it was AMAZING what that did for my hands, and even my shoulders!)

We can do a lot with "adapting" our gear to our needs, but if there's one thing I've learned this summer, it's that I have to fix ME as well as adjusting the bike and accessories!

Karen in Boise

[Kano]

OOH! I forgot:

One of the "adaptive" things we did that helped that "web" in my hand was angling the handlebars a little higher, which shifted my body weight some, and took one HECKUVA load off!

This was even better than the glove change!

Karen in Boise

[sundial]

I have a pair of PI's that I can seem to retire so I use it for indoors on the trainer. I recently picked up some Specialized gloves and it has padding in 3 different regions--the base of the palm, near the fingers, and the base of the thumb. It really does absorb vibration and I can comfortably cycle long distances with this glove.

[indysteel]

I have two pairs of PI Gel Vent Pro gloves. They have quite a bit of padding between the thumb and forefinger.

[mimitabby]

I can't recommend any glove, because the one I liked is no longer made. i don't like the new replacement (it was a PI)
I am hoping that this winter they will come out with some other stuff.