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ronan

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Dec 7, 2007
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does anyone know what the thinnest gloves around are?

i dont care for any protection at all, i ride no gloves normally but to race in france its against the rules to ride without gloves so i have to put something on..

thinnest/least protection/no padding gloves you can buy, any ideas?
 
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vincent

vincent

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Aug 22, 2004
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I was in the same situation as you and had a very hard time to race with most gloves, even the troy lee air were not thin enough. Since I tried the 661 raji, I don't want to try anything else, they feel so good that I'm actually wearing them when I'm not racing sometimes and I never did that before.
 
primo661

primo661

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Jun 16, 2008
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Well, I've felt the answers, and they feel like my golf glove and the troy lees just looked really thin. I didnt say buy without trying, thats just asking for trouble. I was just trying to give you some direction to limit the endless possibilities out there.
 
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ronan

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Dec 7, 2007
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primo661 said:
Well, I've felt the answers, and they feel like my golf glove and the troy lees just looked really thin. I didnt say buy without trying, thats just asking for trouble. I was just trying to give you some direction to limit the endless possibilities out there.
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my shop has low stock on these style of gloves so its hard to try without buying, so i was just trying to find out if anyone's found/seen any gloves in shops what have practically no protection or padding
 
worship_mud

worship_mud

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Dec 9, 2006
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depending on where you ride, a snot wipe might be of some value, too...
these are also rather thin. i bought a second pair...
 
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skatetokil

skatetokil

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Jan 2, 2005
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See the thing is, I hate riding with thick ass gloves but I like having some hand protection. Maybe I should fab a set of bark busters for the dh bike...

I'm thinking something that would replace the lockring on the ODI grip for the outside mount and then have a 2 piece clamp closer to the middle of the bar.

How thin a piece of alu do you think you could get away with? The moto ones are pretty burly but you've got 200+ lbs of machine to worry about.
 
aj-monkey

aj-monkey

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Oct 11, 2007
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vincent said:
I was in the same situation as you and had a very hard time to race with most gloves, even the troy lee air were not thin enough. Since I tried the 661 raji, I don't want to try anything else, they feel so good that I'm actually wearing them when I'm not racing sometimes and I never did that before.
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Agreed, the Raji and there was another similar with a tougher material on top of the hand, similar to the 401 (doesn't seem to be available anymore? and I cannot remember the name, sorry). I hear that the TLD XC full finger glove is similar as well, but I have nothing but other peoples opinions to go with.
 
Damo

Damo

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Sep 7, 2006
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Get whatever gloves look good and cut the palms/fingers out. To the inspector at the top of the hill, you are wearing gloves, but you still get your bare hands on the bars.

I don't have a photo, but go to 2:29 in this:

 
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JRogers

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Mar 19, 2002
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Rajis are thinner than most of the gloves mentioned here...thinnest palms I've seen on a pair of gloves. Didn't work for me for DH (beat up my hands), but lots of people like them.
 
IH8Rice

IH8Rice

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Aug 2, 2008
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Damo said:
Get whatever gloves look good and cut the palms/fingers out. To the inspector at the top of the hill, you are wearing gloves, but you still get your bare hands on the bars.

I don't have a photo, but go to 2:29 in this:
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thankfully in the States, you dont need to have gloves on when you are racing.

that wasnt Rankin at 2:29 was it?
 
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