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    Best Gloves for around $100?

    Hi everyone, thanks for all your help and support so far

    I am sitting my practical test on saturday and there is one thing I need to buy before then.

    Gloves.

    Any recommendations of brands etc and possible shops to buy them from in Wellington?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimdaworm
    Hi everyone, thanks for all your help and support so far

    I am sitting my practical test on saturday and there is one thing I need to buy before then.

    Gloves.

    Any recommendations of brands etc and possible shops to buy them from in Wellington?
    I've got some technic chicane's (I think that's the name) for around $80 which a really nice gloves and allow you to feel still through them. I'm sure most bike shops down your way will have them or something similar .
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    There's a huge range now. Orina do a Gortex glove for under $100. Check at a local bike store.
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    I have some Orina Goretex gloves!.
    BLOODY GOOD!
    Leaving 7am each morning, its bloody cold, but could be much worse. But at that time, nothing much (other than heated grips) will keep your hands totally warm.
    Proven waterproof, Comfy.
    They are a little bulky, but not too bad.
    I recomend them.
    $89.95 will be around the price your looking at.
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    I just got some Nordic gloves to replace my ageing no-namers (damn things used to dye my hands black every time they got even slightly wet) and they are comfortable, warm and waterproof. Very nice for $75. (Got mine from Cycletreads)

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    Thanks again guys I will be going down to the shop down the road at lunch time and have a look!

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    Personally I go for something with a nice thin palm (though not so thing that it'll be worn in a year), to make sure that the gloves maintain plenty of feel. Better to get cold hands than to feel like you're riding a cloud...no feel through the bars ain't cool.
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    I have a pretty nice pair - Teknic, I think Reno if I remember correctly. Were around $100...

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    I don't think you'll get these under 100 bucks, but they're still awesome


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    Quote Originally Posted by alarumba
    I don't think you'll get these under 100 bucks, but they're still awesome

    They only look awesome....... could get rather hot during a slide...... you're better off geting a set of Spool gloves or something......remember to wear your sleeves OVER your gloves.....and for about 30 you can buy a set of inner gloves for those really freezing longer trips......

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    Quote Originally Posted by alarumba
    I don't think you'll get these under 100 bucks, but they're still awesome

    I tried those on at the place opposite Mt Eden motorcycle.
    I kinda felt like I was an ogre from Lord of the rings when I put them on There were something like $240+ ???

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    Motomail used to have a couple of pair of Spidi top-of-the-line kangaroo hide gloves that were around $600. I used to try them on each time I was up there. Never did buy them, but boy they felt good.

    Jimdaworm: let us know what gloves you end up buying, and good luck with the test!
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    Thanks LB. I will see if they have somthing like these Orina Goretex gloves.

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    Justomeguy, what happens if you don´t wear your jacket over your gloves?

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    Quote Originally Posted by justsomeguy
    They only look awesome....... could get rather hot during a slide...... you're better off geting a set of Spool gloves or something......remember to wear your sleeves OVER your gloves.....and for about 30 you can buy a set of inner gloves for those really freezing longer trips......
    and once again my newness shows through. Why do you say sleeves over gloves? I would have thought gloves over sleeves would be better, by making the overlapping part face away from the wind you deny the wind a path up your arms.
    As for the shiny gloves, I like this varient better.
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    Quote Originally Posted by phaedrus
    and once again my newness shows through. Why do you say sleeves over gloves? I would have thought gloves over sleeves would be better, by making the overlapping part face away from the wind you deny the wind a path up your arms.
    As for the shiny gloves, I like this varient better.
    Tis not the wind you are wanting to keep out, but the (rain) water.

    Gloves over sleeves, rain runs down your arms and the glove mouth makes a nice funnel to take it into the inside of your gloves. Sleeves over gloves and the rain runs down your arms over the OUTSIDE of the gloves. Nice dry hands.

    Fasten the wrist fastening thingies on your jacket and you won't get rain up the sleeve. Or wind. Of course there is a point to beware of. If you fasten your gear up really wind tight, then fart - well let's just say Michelin Man (not really, this is a p/t)
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