Something I don’t see get talked about all too much on here are pavement types. I’m sure a seasoned longboarder would know how different roads handle and what is/isn’t safe to ride. But for a greenhorn like myself, I tend to test the limits of what’s safe.
Long story short, I trusted a turn a little too much and paid for it. I made a sharp left turn (regular style) on 97mm 78A duro wheels on shitty worn asphault and traction gave way causing me to lose balance and slam to the ground. No broken bones and nothing I won’t heal from, but it cost me a nice ding on my phone, a big gash on my remote, a hole in my hoodie, and some blood.
I have those bought for my eMTB, just waiting for new ESC to use instead of VESC in my eMTB. It has 2 splints one on palmside, second on the opposite, it’s really decently made glove. I had broken my wrist snowboarding few years back, and as I want to avoid it happening again I use wrist guards , as my eMTB has bindings the risk is similar so I decided to use it too.
I was checking on Amazon last night too for wrist guards and I think the Dakine one is a better buy. Thanks to this thread, I’m reconsidering getting full gloves now that fall/winter is coming and that’s when I’ll do most of my riding.
It’s a lot more expensive in Canadian dollars. This Dakine one has a lot more positive reviews on the USA Amazon site. I live next to a big Amazon shipping factory in Texas. It’ll get cool, but won’t snow until February/March, IF EVEN.
Your gloves are definitely better and offer more protection, of course. If people have the money to spend they should obviously go for something better.
At the same time, there was some light padding on the inside of the palm in the gloves I suggested and a bit of wrist support, however you really shouldn’t be falling on your wrists anyway…
I was just saying that if you have a tighter budget you can get some really nice gloves from motorbike stores at around $20 that will be so much better than wearing nothing at all.
Ive fallen off my motorbike several times and even the thinner stuff really save your hands!
I guess what I wanted to really say is, have a look at motorbike shops too, even go into one and try some gloves on, you can find things for every budget, weather and protection level!
You ride in the winter? But theres snow and slush thats gonna get in the wheels D:
yall lucky americans, half of