Gloves - What's best?

[Popoki_Nui]

Ya know....I bought a pair of those same gloves and had nothing but problems. They didn't pad my hands well at all, and the gel pads separated from the glove after only a couple of months.
Surprisingly...my favourite glove to date (don't laugh) is a pair of $15 Bell gloves from Mal-Wart. I kid you not....the pair I'm using right now I bought 4 years ago and they're still going strong. Great padding all over the palm (nice and thick between the thumb/index finger too); my hands don't go numb, and they have great grip on the bars. I doubt I'll let myself get talked into another fancy hi-tech pair of LBS gloves again.

~Sherry.

[colby]

I have some cheap Bell gloves and the padding is great, except the area between the finger and thumb still gives me problems. It's almost like there's a seam there that I'm running into that's eating into my hands. They have been good to me, though. (I may just need to build up my resistance in that part of my hands, not used to riding a road bike yet!)

[wavedancer]

I too am in search of the perfect gloves. I have yet to find a pair of finger-less gloves that are comfortable. It seems that the thumb portion always ends up pushing up my thumb and causing more discomfort between my thumb and first finger. I have had better luck with full-fingered gloves. The PI gel-lite full -fingered ones have been pretty comfortable. I also have some Fox mtb gloves that work pretty well. A while back there was a thread on gloves and someone mentioned a glove that had a full thumb and half fingers...Can't remember what they were, though

[stella]

I have an old pair of lemond gloves. I don't even know if they are made anymore--my luck--probably not, lol!

my riding partner uses serfas, I may end up with those next--they seem to be fairly well padded.

pearl izumi--I have a pair, not as comfy for me, either.

[Quillfred]

I recently found a pair of "maxi-gels" (my name for them) by Trico Sports. Lots of padding along the palm and lower thumb area. Very gelicious for the bumpy trail I commute on.

I haven't used them on a really long ride yet.

Q