Wikipedia seems to be a great wealth of knowledge for everything!

Personally, I would not wear those rollerblading gloves. They actually end up hurting more on impact and it's really bulky. Same w/baseball gloves...

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When you ride 50+ miles those gloves make a big difference with the comfort of the handle bars. Actually even on 10 miles they make a big difference. They help prevent blisters from the rubbing, they help you from slipping off the bars and help you get a better grip on the handle bars, and yeah, they can help if you fall- but I wouldn't say thats the main reason.


Plus, they provide an additional tan line for your cycling gear.

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That's true. Hmm. . . How about those disposable latex gloves from the examination room?

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I would freeze at my rink without gloves. A week or two before a competition/test, I practice my warmup/program without gloves. I never wear gloves to warm up at a competition so I can never forget to take them off! For normal practice though I love my magic stretchy gloves. I have hands that get cold VERY easily and will often be freezing just at home once the weather cools down. I need my gloves to keep warm while practicing!

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I have to admit, I never really thought about cyclists needing gloves, but after that wikipedia link, it seems to make more sense. For some reason, I never thought that you would need them for warmth, because I always thought they were without the fingers, which are for me, always the parts of my hand that gets coldest. But I never realized htere were so many different cycling gloves. I was never a serious cyclist, just rode my bike around the neighborhood, but serious athletes need serious equipment.

I never wear gloves...luckily my hands don't seem to get cold. My coach used to make me take them off whenever I did a run through of my program and I eventually got used to being without. It has been about ten years, and my hands feel so bulky whenever i wear them...plus they would screw up the lines the artistic lines when I am trying out different arm movements.

I wear the cheap little stretchy gloves also for practice and warm up at competitions if it's cold. But the first time I competed all I could think about were my fingers, because I wasn't used to skating with naked hands. So now I always do runthroughs of my programs without gloves, even if the rink is really freezing.

LOL. You should try the cellist's forum which I used to frequent when I played. Just try asking them what rosin they use, what strings, what anything. It leads to as much discussion as ooh, I don't know, which brand of skating boots are best.

I do fall over a lot, at least once a session, sometimes a lot more
When I fall I sometimes land on the heel of my hand, and this bursts blood vessels. It doesn't hurt too bad, but it does sting for a while. Next day there is a huge though painless bruise on my hand down into my wrist. So I definitely need some protection. Besides, our ice is often rough.

Happy to go without gloves for a program, but not for regular practise. I don't get cold, I get too hot, so fingerless suit me best.
I suppose I could try to find cheap acrylic gloves and get the gel pads to put in them. Not sure if that would work out cheaper than the cycling gloves.

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I got a pair of these not long ago. They're thin and warm and leathery goodness.

I use the knit ones sometimes too but they wear out in about one session after a couple hydroblades... I like leather because it lasts forever and in the long run, it's cheaper (I used my last pair for about 6 months before I lost them, and I still have the pair of golf gloves that I bought when I first started skating (though they're pretty worn now with a few little holes and I don't really use them anymore...I left them in Portland once and thought, "good riddance!", but then my skate fitter found them and brought them to me the next time she was in Seattle ).

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I don't wear gloves. Our rink is warm and I find my hands get way too hot in gloves. I do keep a pair in my bag for when the heating breaks though, but I can't remember when I last wore them!

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Gloves! Agghhh!

I've just lost my eighth pair of gloves this year! Don't ask...it's usually because I'm so busy yacking or thinking about other things when I'm taking off my boots and drying the blades! I remember to check I've put the important stuff (ie wallet, phone etc) in my bag but forget about the gloves.

I don't like practising without gloves, partly because our rink is cold, though I did have a couple of runs without them prior to the two competitions, in order to get used to skating without them.

Luckily for me, primark sell gloves at £1 for two pairs. I keep them in business!

S xxx

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I agree with MQSeries, and try to forgo the gloves as much as possible. For me, the gloves are connected with a safety thing when falling, so if I practice ONLY wearing gloves, I'll be reluctant to fall in a test or competition. If I'm reluctant to fall, then I won't "go for it" and will pull back. Gloves have always been a HUGE psychological barrier for me, so I try to forgo them as much as possible. Also, when skating pairs there are many things that you can't do wearing goves, such as lifts, throws, death spirals, and pair spins. I really need that hand-to-hand contact without anything in between when doing these elements. Very subtle stuff this issue about gloves: interesting thread.

You could costume as a gardener for your next program and skate to Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons".

Yes your rink is warm. I am always so hot when I go there for competitions. Makes warming up so much easier though

Does you get very hot on usual practise sessions? I imagine I would bake!

Hehe I can't keep track of how frequently I lose gloves! I usually wear them as our rink is cold like yours.

I have the Primark gloves too - just like magic gloves but so much cheaper!

Oh yes. By the end of my lesson I'm dripping! It's funny though. I do get very cold sat on the side while my daughter skates so it's not so warm then, but compared with some rinks I've been to, it's very warm indeed. Does come as a shock though when the heating goes and we all freeze!

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I remember once at a competition at your rink my coach was there and he was saying "Are you warmed up? Are you ready to skate?" and I was like, "Listen, if I got any warmer, I'd just collapse into a little pool of melted butter!" It was very hot that weekend, and your rink is always warm.

As is Slough - one never needs the layers and layers to practice there that you do here.

I agree with Lovepairs, though:
I don't do much pairs skating, but the same applies to dance. Gloves are fine for basic compulsory dances, but I do take them off as soon as I can when we're working on anything serious together.

Mind you, I could wish I was wearing a pair right now - the back of my right (mousing) hand is very cold indeed!

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Heck, as inadequately as I skate - and considering how often I slice through trousers, gloves and other clothing, I'd be better off as a stationary scarecrow!

Like that music though!

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I wear something like this
http://www.toolbarn.com/product/kinco/5210/
fingerless gloves with the mitten overtop.

Currently I'm skating naked. No mitts, no coat. Competition is coming up soon.

During the spring/summer/fall, I try to go without gloves as long as possible. I also skate without gloves as much as possible (at least for freestyle practice) when I'm getting ready for a competition--somehow, my jumps feel different if I do them without gloves right after having done them with gloves on for a long time.

When I do wear gloves, I wear the magic stretchy kind. My favorites are a pair that I snagged in Safeway last year--they have some kind of robot on them and say "Powered up!" They are grey with a red stripe and are otherwise hideously ugly, but I love what they say!

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Oh joy, oh bliss !!! My coach turned up today waving my missing glove. I was so pleased to see it I hugged her. Might seem crazy, but I really was so glad to get it back.

I don't believe I would even notice I wasn't wearing gloves in a test or competition, I'd have too much else on my mind. I don't believe lack of gloves would cause me to hold back for fear of falling. Everyone is different, I guess. But I can quite see that gloves might be impractical in dance or pairs.

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Sort of like a psychological quirk...I just associate wearing goves with falling. Yes, we are all different, in deed. But it's the same thing as practicing smiling when you skate, because if you don't practice this don't expect to show up on competition day and be able to smile through your program. With me I have to practice without gloves as much as possible, so that nothing is really different on competition day. Just a personal thing.

Actually that is a really interesting point. I have only been in one competition in my life. I was so terrified they had to push me out onto the ice. In practise I knew exactly what I wanted to do in terms of artistic impression, but was too embarrassed back then to do it that way in practise. On the night I skated like an automoton, just got through it, with no artistry - and it was an artistic comp.

This time I am working on the artistic expression right from the first practise session. But I will still wear gloves up until that night.

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does anyone else feel sorta naked when they take off their gloves? We have to be gloveless for our pairs stuff and it make bothe my wife (Miss Frozen Fingers) and me (Mr. Hot Hands) a little nervous.
Lyle

I wear gloves because my rink is cold and my hands freeze, and my ice is yucky (even tho they sanitize it monthly, people still spit on it and bleed on it). My coach makes me take them off when I get lazy hands, or when I do my program. I like to have them on when I fall (which seems to be happening more often).

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