Thank you for this thread! I can readily say ME TOO!

I do want to offer a wee bit of information on gloves. I have a pair of full fingered gloves from Specialized. I didn't pay a lot for them, but I like them! I have a pair of fingerless ones that I like too, and these are pretty similar, though they actually do have less padding -- there are some very lightly padded areas on the fingerless ones, that aren't padded on the fingered gloves, but I don't miss the padding -- lots of nice grippiness too.

Karen in Boise