SHOW YOUR HAND
Even a minor spill without gloves on can put you off work for weeks. Lose a decent amount of skin off your hands and you won’t be able to hold a pen, use a keyboard, grip a tool… which will make you feel like a tool.
But I don’t ride expecting to fall off: really, I wear gloves because it makes for a more comfortable ride than having naked hands.
Even in the height of summer I’ll wear gloves: I’ve even been sunburnt in the gaps between glove and jacket. The trick is to have airflow, and that means ventilation or mesh components and breathable materials.
A comfortable summer glove enhances feel at the controls, protects from the sun, bugs and the occasional rock, stops your hands
