A few days ago friend talked about full finger gloves and protecting form chain grease. Well Arthur had a valid point as you know it wouldn't do to get grease on you hands as you might forget and next thing you know you have a grease mark on your shirt.
But there is another reason to be using gloves and not being bare handed. Road rash and crash damage to your hands.
When one crashes while riding we all tend to reach out with our hands instinctively to help deal with our impact with the ground. Doesn't sound like a big deal. But even just riding the 15 minutes on a bike path and say Bloggins The Dog Walkers Pooch causes you to bail. Hitting the ground depending on the type of ground can be like hitting sand paper at 20kmh. And that will take skin off unprotected hands.
As I experienced once long ago trying to do anything with road rash on your hands sucks and makes even the simple things much harder and painful. So when one thinks about it gloves while riding are not just to look all cool but also protective equipment.
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