Gloves

Post by **Mattias** » Tuesday 5 April 2005, 13:43

Anybody know of any glove that lasts more then ten days?? This season I´ve bought two pair and both are now thrown in the recycling bin... Are there any glove out there that are really good for EC carving?

Post by **harald** » Tuesday 5 April 2005, 15:42

Hi,
This has been discussed in many threads before. For example start with
viewtopic.php?t=657&highlight=gloves and follow some of the links there in Patrice's post.
I use inliner/skateboard protectors outside the gloves (brand Crazy Creek, size xxl, but there are others too). They protect both wrists and gloves and slide well on the snow.

Post by **Alexey** » Tuesday 5 April 2005, 20:08

to Mattias: Looking my photos. I'm in bound mitten !!!
Salomon GEL handslider is the reall good thing. (Catalogue code: 878362)

Post by **István** » Wednesday 6 April 2005, 9:31

It's not nice, but works fine.

Cheers,

István

ps.: Since then I had to do the same with the finger tips....

Post by **Freecarver** » Wednesday 6 April 2005, 12:45

http://www.reliableracing.com/winterspo ... egory=3100

I found this gloves in reliable racing looks very good and cheap.
They already have in the palm carbon renforcment to avoid all this job that Istvan did.
They look tough and hope that they gonna last.

Post by **Jakob** » Wednesday 6 April 2005, 12:55

Hi!

In my opinion and experience the problem is rarely the material, kevlar or even rubber or plastic does good enough job being resistant to wear/tear, the main problem are the stitches. They tend to rip and tear apart, on the palm as well as on the fingertips.

I always see working gloves in the shops that sell working material that have the whole palm made from one piece of rubber as if the rubber was poured over - no stitches. I wonder why SB gloves aren't manufactured in that way. I'd do it myself if I knew how!

Bye,

Jakob

Post by **Felix** » Thursday 7 April 2005, 14:10

go to a little bootrepairer and let him sew you a solid fat leather protector to put above the gloves. There is a pic in one of my older posts of that New Zealand ropetow approach.
My gloves are now 4 years old and still in one piece.

Post by **István** » Thursday 7 April 2005, 17:59

Guys, I don't wanna be perceived as sort of pushing my own solution, but as a matter of fact, the only thing you need to do what I did is a cheap rubber based glue (may it be of an ugly colour or just a transparent one).

Then it takes a couple of minutes to prepare every type of gloves, you do not need no shoemaker, no sewing, no special materials, etc. Just 10 minutes.

You can even do it after snowboarding, but make sure that the gloves are dry.

To make it bulletproof put several glue layers on it (wait a bit between each layers to let them dry).

Since the glue is rubber-based it will not become rigid when cold and will stay waterproof.

What else do U need? You guys know the saying: KISS? Keep it simple and sexy.

Best,

István

Post by **Felix** » Thursday 7 April 2005, 19:23

@ Istvan, your solution is nice, if you take off your gloves while riding in the lift. But if it is cold you always have to exchange. Because it is Waterproof in both directions. No transpiration can take place.
I sweat so much my gloves need about 10 hours to dry, I don't want to think about glueing them on top of it too.

Post by **István** » Friday 8 April 2005, 9:19

Felix, no actually it can still release humidity on the top, not on the palm of course.

Furthermore most of the Level gloves have a rubber palm anyway that is not breathable, so glue does not make any damage there.

So believe it or not, it really does not impact breathablity.

Cheers,

István

Post by **raphael** » Friday 8 April 2005, 9:27

István wrote:Felix, no actually it can still release humidity on the top, not on the palm of course.

Furthermore most of the Level gloves have a rubber palm anyway that is not breathable, so glue does not make any damage there.

So believe it or not, it really does not impact breathablity.

Cheers,

István

Well, it sounds like a no brainer.

Thanks for the tip.

Post by **István** » Friday 8 April 2005, 10:03

If you're looking for some less ugly solution there is a rubber based fully transparent glue that is usually used for repairing wet-suits.

There was a thred long time ago I think by Nils, he also mentioned a brand, but I guess you can buy many types in a divers' or sports shop. On the other hand, I'm sure it is much more expensive....

As for the stitches, I have not really had problems with that on the Level gloves, only at a few special spots, but again, glue helps to prevent these issues.

Kindest,

István

Post by **tommaso2k** » Friday 8 April 2005, 10:56

Istvan,

you are right that a glue to repair wet-suits is a good alternative to repair gloves.

Aquasure is the name of the product i used for this but there are similar products avaialbe in diving shops.

Check this for example:

http://www.cambridgediveandwatersports. ... cts_id=180

Thomas

Post by **harald** » Monday 11 April 2005, 9:10

Hi,
Here is a picture of my solution to the glove problem. Cheap gloves and inliner/skateboard protection size xl or xxl. I hope the attachment works.
It did not work. I have to come back when the picture is resized.

Post by **Freecarver** » Tuesday 12 April 2005, 21:08

I'm a windsurfer and I had used alot of times this glue on my wetsuits, but I don't think so that is the same think dragging in the water in comparison dragging on the snow especially when it's hard. I don't think that is going to last for a long.
In my opinion anything with epoxy and carbon fabrics will do the job.

Aris.

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