Over the years I have tried a LOT of cycling gloves. Many just do not jive with me or my oddball circulatory system which makes a lot of cycling gloves turn my hands numb within minutes of putting the gloves on. This is especially an issue with fingerless styles of cycling gloves, which I have found just do not work at all for my hands.
So, I gravitate to wearing full-fingered gloves, if I wear gloves at all. Over the years my favorite brand to use has been HandUp Gloves . These are the gloves you may have seen which have cute little slogans on the palms and can be read when you put your hands together.
While that can be seen as a "fun" feature of this brand's gloves, it doesn't move the needle for me. A glove has to be comfortable to wear first and foremost. Then it has to actually be useful. Thirdly it has to be a pair of gloves I can wear most of the year. Finally, price and durability are definitely concerns.
HandUp gloves come in several styles and in different designs designated as "Standard Most Days", Cold Weather", and "Short Finger", etc. I have used gloves from their "Cold Weather" range and "Standard Most Days" range. The images here are from the latter range. These are the gloves I use as three-season gloves and what I wear most of the time, if I wear gloves at all, for riding.
By the way, I purchased all the HandUp gloves I've used. HandUp does not sponsor me, nor do they know about this review.
Anyway, HandUp "SMD" gloves have the following features:
- - 50+ UPF Sun Protection
- - FullTouch Touch Screen Technology
- - Silicone Palm Graphics
- - Towel Thumb Sweat Cloth
These gloves go for $29.00USD
My Take: These are long-wearing, durable gloves with a couple of key features which I appreciate. I wear these from early "shoulder-season" riding time, say from 50 degrees, on up to Summer weather. By the time it gets above 80 degrees I'm back to bare hands again. But there are days all Summer when I would wear these.
They do stay relatively cool on the hands and they keep the wind off when it is Spring or Fall well enough I can stay warm. I do appreciate the "nose-wipe" section and gloves without this feature are a no-go with me. The touch-screen capabilities are top notch. The best in any glove I have tried.
The goofy slogans are printed on in a thicker, silicone material which provides copious amounts of grippage for grip tape or mtb grips. It wears fairly well also. I had a pair before these latest pairs I bought came in which lasted a few years or so for me and they still look really good and the grippy bits are all intact.
By the way, if you do not care for the graphic designs HandUp has plain colors as well. So, in the end, I think HandUp has gloves which would work for most riders styles and riding needs. They are fairly priced, and the quality is really good. I recommend them to anyone.
3 comments:
I too am a loyal fan of Handup gloves… I have nearly every weight of full finger glove they make, even the leather hunting mitt-style ones. They’re all awesome for the temperatures they were designed for. I even have a pair of their “Pro” gloves, and they indeed are a step up from the Most Days… That said, they’re also more expensive, so I ride most in Most Days gloves, which I probably have 6 pairs of at this point. Even the most worn out ones still feel good enough to keep in rotation.
Highly recommended.
I may have to try them. When its cooler I typically wear plain ol brown jersey gloves.
I will give them a try when my current ones wear completely off, as you “tick” most of my “must” for gloves. Because winter don’t last longer un my area, and low temperatures are only a myth, for the few days we are near 7-10 celsius in te morning, a cheap pair of snow Decathlon gloves are enough.
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