Gloves can be for many things. It's different for everyone. Some say it helps grip the handlebar once your hands get sweaty. I don't have that problem. Instead, my hands get sweaty FROM the gloves. Some say wearing gloves is more comfortable for your hands because there is padding in the gloves. My handlebars have cushy gel stuff under the tape, so this is a non-issue for me. Some say they help with numbness in your hands. My gloves actually caused my hands to go numb, instead of the other way around.

So ... I don't where gloves.

However, if I tried DIFFERENT gloves, I might not go numb. Protecting my hands from a fall is the only reason I would wear them. I've been intending to get some new gloves, but I MUST have PINK! And my LBS shop only had one pair in that didn't fit me. They are, however, ordering a couple of other pairs for me to try. I do wear gloves in the winter because of the cold so, if nothing else, I'll wear them then and, hopefully, get so used to them by summer, I'll keep wearing them. I do get comments all the time about not wearing gloves. Someone commented that I was like the guys in the Tour de France. I never noticed, but I guess many of them don't wear gloves.