Crochet or crochet look bike gloves

[teawoman]

Silly newb question. I see lots of ppl with these. Is there something about them that's better functioning than lycra, or is it a "look" thing?

[wackyjacky1]

I like how they look (and the weird checkered tan they give the backs of your hands ) plus I think those open spaces help to keep my hands cooler and more comfortable. Lycra gloves kinda make my hands feel like they're suffocating (probably just a mental thing there ).

[KnottedYet]

I like how they look (and the weird checkered tan they give the backs of your hands ) plus I think those open spaces help to keep my hands cooler and more comfortable. Lycra gloves kinda make my hands feel like they're suffocating (probably just a mental thing there ).

Sometimes the old ways are good ways. I also find the crocheted gloves to feel cooler. They break in nicely, too.

[tc1]

Do they still make that kind of glove? To me they say "I am a responsible person. I can keep a pair of gloves for longer than 10 years without losing one." I mean when other people wear them.

[Zen]

Now just why is that a silly newb question?
sure, they still make them.
http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...0Half%20Finger

[shootingstar]

One of my sisters bought me a pair as of a Christmas gift. She doesn't cycle.

But the gesture was appreciated...my lst reaction without saying anything ..was how "'1980s", it looked.

[teawoman]

Well, now that you mention it, I see them mostly on older ppl in my club. Of course, I'm an older people too , but new.

Zen: I just feel I'm s'posed to know stuff like that. I have a rack on my road bike, but I didn't know I wasn't s'posed to.

[KnottedYet]

I have racks on my road bikes, and have for decades.

[Zen]

I have a rack on my road bike, but I didn't know I wasn't s'posed to.

Who said?
If you want a rack on your bike you shall have a rack on your bike. And streamers if you're so inclined. And a pinwheel. And a bubble machine.
Party bike!

[OakLeaf]

And streamers if you're so inclined.

On TOSRV this past weekend there was a group of college men with iridescent streamers on their fancy carbon bikes. Just after they'd passed me (and a rather large group of bikes), a streamer fell off one of the bikes. The kid just had to stop and get it. There was a lot of (bicycle) traffic and I don't know long it took him to get back to the streamer, but it was at least 20 minutes before the group caught back up to me - the streamer that had fallen off was jammed in the kid's jersey pocket

[Andrea]

Anyone know if there are women's crochet gloves out there? Men's gloves never fit me. They always end up too long- the Velcro wraps around my wristbone.

I like the old school look.