Boots or gloves?

[Oakie]

Ask yourself if you'd rather be without the use of your hands or your feet. The answer is easy huh?

[Milts]

Macna vantera gloves are amazing for winter, and may leave you enough money to get boots too.

Also come with an unobtusive bit of plastic on the palm so if you end up sliding along your hands actually slide, rather than being 'grabbed' by the friction with the road.

http://www.motorcyclegearnz.com/tour...antera-gloves/

Try them on - I was impressed right away.

[bosslady]

Macna vantera gloves are amazing for winter, and may leave you enough money to get boots too.

Also come with an unobtusive bit of plastic on the palm so if you end up sliding along your hands actually slide, rather than being 'grabbed' by the friction with the road.

http://www.motorcyclegearnz.com/tour...antera-gloves/

Try them on - I was impressed right away.

sizes m to 2xl mens presumably, I'd be an s

[Erelyes]

Oddly, ACC pay out more on foot and leg injuries than any other motorcycle injury. Maybe you should get boots.

Cos people are smart and buy gloves first to keep their hands from getting injured!

[jellywrestler]

Funny story about that. Prolly get shot if I say anything more though.

let it out, i'll lend you a bullet proof vest so you can Drew

[sketch]

i just brort gloves, and the police man who pulled me up today commented on my sweet dc shoes iv been riding in....... mmmm maybe time for some boots too

[Milts]

sizes m to 2xl mens presumably, I'd be an s

You'd think so but I'm usually S/M (har har) and I'm large for that particular glove. Certainly try one on before making a decision - a good number of the bike shops seem to hold them at the moment.

[onearmedbandit]

As Katman says, get both. Lots of little bones in the foot that will come back to haunt you later. To me both are as important as each other.

[Jezxa]

Oddly, ACC pay out more on foot and leg injuries than any other motorcycle injury. Maybe you should get boots.

Probably because most newbies start out just buying a helmet and jacket and ride in jeans and Nikes.

[cc rider]

Warning: They're not interchangeable. Gloves go on your hands. Boots go on your feet.

Yet they (hands & feet) can both go in your mouth... you could stick a plastic bag over your head

[Akzle]

As Katman says, get both. Lots of little bones in the foot that will come back to haunt you later. To me both are as important as each other.

she could go halves in a pair with you, eh?

[Angel_of_Metal]

Mmmmm I think the general summation is, unless you are able to start wanking with your feet, get some gloves.
Also, you might want to think about it in the sense that you need to be able to use your fingers when riding a bike, but you only ever use your whole foot to move the controls - So unfrozen fingers are always gunna help you more


Then get some boots as soon as you can, and for now normal shoes will do. Something is always better than nothing

[bosslady]

As Katman says, get both. Lots of little bones in the foot that will come back to haunt you later. To me both are as important as each other.

Mmmmm I think the general summation is, unless you are able to start wanking with your feet, get some gloves.
Also, you might want to think about it in the sense that you need to be able to use your fingers when riding a bike, but you only ever use your whole foot to move the controls - So unfrozen fingers are always gunna help you more


Then get some boots as soon as you can, and for now normal shoes will do. Something is always better than nothing

Just to reiterate... I already have some very nice a*'s boots, they're just not waterproof

[Drew]

Just to reiterate... I already have some very nice a*'s boots, they're just not waterproof

Priolly sink in, once you've said that three or four more times.

Bad news time though. Since yer gloves don't seal around your wrists, none are water proof. In the pissing down rain, your hands are gonna get wet after ten or so minutes. Wet weather gloves last longer, but once they're wet they take forever to dry.

I haven't worn winter gloves for ten years, do the fingers still turn inside out when ya take them off wet, and take two hours to get back in properly?

[bosslady]

Priolly sink in, once you've said that three or four more times.

Bad news time though. Since yer gloves don't seal around your wrists, none are water proof. In the pissing down rain, your hands are gonna get wet after ten or so minutes. Wet weather gloves last longer, but once they're wet they take forever to dry.

I haven't worn winter gloves for ten years, do the fingers still turn inside out when ya take them off wet, and take two hours to get back in properly?

I don't know, but my hands are pretty black when I take my gloves off and I can hardly move my hands. These are the ones I am looking at buying http://www.fc-moto.de/Alpinestars-St...ady-Glove-2013