brownie0486
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Been wearing various types of hides, mostly in the the form of ropers. Deerskin, goat, bison, kangaroo [ 1 pair of each ] in the roper configuration. 2 pair of gauntlet gloves, in a lined deerskin pair and non lined goat. All the above are hand made by Sullivan glove company in Oregon [ search here for that co. and a few threads will pop up ] and I've been using their glove products since 2018.
In the rain, I take the deerskin offerings all day long. Deerskin dries just as supple as when they were made. They've dried out on my hands while riding later that day [ actually fairly quickly with the air flowing around them ]. In the colder weather, the goat offerings are better imo as they are just a little thicker leather and have natural lanolins in the hides [ so somewhat water resistant if caught in a brief shower ].
I'm not too enamored with the bison, the hides are a lot thicker and thus make it more difficult to operated the Cardo/gps. Speaking of using any of these with the gps, my Nav 5's work fine [ touch screen ] for roaming through some settings. None of them will work a touchscreen from my android, fortunately I don't use my phone for traveling/directions.
The Sullivan kangaroo ropers I had the prevoious owner make for me-- Kangaroo is one tough leather, very thin, not anywhere near the stretch of the above mentoined other hides. Harder to break in, so be advised to order a pair that might be a 1/2 or full size bigger than you normally buy. Took two leather honey applications with full drying between applications and wearing them after the application the second time to get them to stretch enough to be comfortable. So, for instance, I buy all the above in medium [ as I did with the Kangaroo ] and next time I order in Kanagaroo they'll be orders in large.
Fully waterproof gloves? I don't trust gore-tex to stay dry inside the gloves in longer and heavier drenching rains. I'll throw on a pair of these triple digit glove cover [ the long ones that run up onto the forearms, not their shorter pair offering ] https://www.aerostich.com/products/aerostich-triple-digit-glove-covers?variant=49217683095867 Wore these for days on end over a pair of guantlet goat gloves in Ak.. Bone dry hands after multiple days in steady to heavy rains on the AlCan. No problems with operating the motors controls/switches nor changing mp3 linked to the Cardo music tracks.
As an aside, Sullivan glove now offers fingertip aditions for 20.00 which will work fine for those using their phones on the motors. Pick the finger/thumb you want it added to when you place the order.
Just an fyi on their gloves.
Haven't owned a pair of gloves in cowhide since 2018. Cant imagine how I went decades wearing cowhide gloves, dealing with their drying hard as a rock [ or so it seems ].
What are your preferred gloves for summer/winter riding conditions.
In the rain, I take the deerskin offerings all day long. Deerskin dries just as supple as when they were made. They've dried out on my hands while riding later that day [ actually fairly quickly with the air flowing around them ]. In the colder weather, the goat offerings are better imo as they are just a little thicker leather and have natural lanolins in the hides [ so somewhat water resistant if caught in a brief shower ].
I'm not too enamored with the bison, the hides are a lot thicker and thus make it more difficult to operated the Cardo/gps. Speaking of using any of these with the gps, my Nav 5's work fine [ touch screen ] for roaming through some settings. None of them will work a touchscreen from my android, fortunately I don't use my phone for traveling/directions.
The Sullivan kangaroo ropers I had the prevoious owner make for me-- Kangaroo is one tough leather, very thin, not anywhere near the stretch of the above mentoined other hides. Harder to break in, so be advised to order a pair that might be a 1/2 or full size bigger than you normally buy. Took two leather honey applications with full drying between applications and wearing them after the application the second time to get them to stretch enough to be comfortable. So, for instance, I buy all the above in medium [ as I did with the Kangaroo ] and next time I order in Kanagaroo they'll be orders in large.
Fully waterproof gloves? I don't trust gore-tex to stay dry inside the gloves in longer and heavier drenching rains. I'll throw on a pair of these triple digit glove cover [ the long ones that run up onto the forearms, not their shorter pair offering ] https://www.aerostich.com/products/aerostich-triple-digit-glove-covers?variant=49217683095867 Wore these for days on end over a pair of guantlet goat gloves in Ak.. Bone dry hands after multiple days in steady to heavy rains on the AlCan. No problems with operating the motors controls/switches nor changing mp3 linked to the Cardo music tracks.
As an aside, Sullivan glove now offers fingertip aditions for 20.00 which will work fine for those using their phones on the motors. Pick the finger/thumb you want it added to when you place the order.
Just an fyi on their gloves.
Haven't owned a pair of gloves in cowhide since 2018. Cant imagine how I went decades wearing cowhide gloves, dealing with their drying hard as a rock [ or so it seems ].
What are your preferred gloves for summer/winter riding conditions.
