Why do I wear gloves when riding a bike? Not only do gloves reduce the risk of sweaty hands, but the heavily padded part of the glove absorbs the shock of riding and reduces numbness. In addition, gloves can be used to wipe sweat and even provide protection in the event of a crash.Although gloves are small, the material selection of these parts varies depending on the part of the hand worn. For example, the back of the hand is usually made of a variety of materials such as breathable, perspirant absorbent, sunscreen and cold proof. The palm part emphasizes shockproof, anti-slip and wear-resistant functions, so don’t look at small gloves, each design is considerate and careful.

1. Breathable

 In order to avoid wearing gloves, the surface material is made of mesh cloth, Laika cloth and commonly known as sandwich mesh cloth of three layers of cloth and by three layers of cloth combination of three layers of laminated cloth, which Laika cloth has telescopic elasticity and breathable, the most widely used. The three-layer lamination cloth is composed of the outermost mesh cloth, the middle layer of waterproof breathable film and the inner layer of brush cloth, which is waterproof and cold proof. It is commonly used in cold regions such as Europe and America.

 2. Shock absorption

 The shock-absorbing effect of glove lining in order is foam, EVA, memory foam, and shock-absorbing Gel. Professional bicycle gloves are commonly used as memory foam and shock-absorbing gel. Simple identification can be made when buying: when pressing the pad, the foam with poor elasticity is foam, the one with slow spring is memory foam, and the one with elasticity and smooth movement is shock-absorbing gel.

 Memory foam can better grip the bicycle grip because it presents a grip shape. Compared with shock absorbing gel, the shock absorbing performance is slightly worse, but it is suitable for riding on flat terrain road bikes or recreational riders. Off-road vehicles and extreme sports vehicles are more suitable for shock absorbing glue to prevent shock and provide support protection in case of slip. EVA material is hard and poor elasticity, professional gloves have been used less.

3. Non-slip

 The material attached to the main body is often used in the prominent part of the hand fist. The early use of PVC, which is not environmentally friendly but has low cost, has been banned in Japan and Europe recently. Therefore, it extends now the most common PU material, whose price is higher than PVC but in line with environmental protection. In addition, there is a better anti-skid effect of silicone, but because of the high processing difficulty and high production cost, a small amount of production, more used in high-grade gloves and special purpose gloves.

 4. Main body

 Amara microfiber, also known as “artificial leather”, is wear-resistant and moderately fit to the hand, which is the largest part of the palm.

5. Other materials

 Protective, wear-resistant Dupont Kevlar wear-resistant cloth, strength toughness is about 3 times that of nylon, but the price is high and used for a large range of slightly too hard, insufficient flexibility, generally used for local friction parts to strengthen. There are anti-UV materials for anti-UV, and winter gloves used in bicycles, waterproof diving material Neoprene, etc.

 6, glove purchase question all or half finger?

 Whether you want to buy a whole finger or a half finger depends on your personal needs. When the day is not cold, with a large demand for half a finger, the advantages are cool, flexible, from the pocket to take small things, the use of mobile phones are very convenient, but the disadvantage is not waterproof, cold and sunscreen, the best two kinds of gloves have, go out to ride before looking at the weather and then decide to wear which kind of gloves.