I'm a believer. Last week I crashed on the trail. There were lots of loose, sharp rocks, and of course I tried to catch myself with my hand. I had a deep bruise in the heel of my hand, it was sore for about a day. I can imagine what it would have looked like without the gloves- these rocks have cut the sidewall of my tire before. I keep my gloves inisde my helmet, so when I put the helmet on I also put the gloves on.
vickie