Today I crashed and landed hands first into some rocks. A rock made a pretty deep wound in to my hand, just where the thumb muscles end and the wrist begins. That got me thinking if there are any riding gloves that have some kind of protection on the palm/wrist area? I have always liked really minimal gloves with thin palms, so I do not want any big gel padding between my hand and the handlebar, but on the lower palm, that does not touch the handlebar, some kind of protective padding or plate seems like a good idea.
A brief search in web shops did not give great results, one of the only ones that seem to have something on the area I want are the Endura Singletrack 2's, but even these seem to only have two layers of leather, not any real protection: http://www.endura.co.uk/Item.aspx?dept_id=4&item_id=135
Do you know any gloves that give some protection for the palm in crashes?
A brief search in web shops did not give great results, one of the only ones that seem to have something on the area I want are the Endura Singletrack 2's, but even these seem to only have two layers of leather, not any real protection: http://www.endura.co.uk/Item.aspx?dept_id=4&item_id=135
Do you know any gloves that give some protection for the palm in crashes?