Throwing Down The Gauntlet
...I've got my gloves to keep me warm... but I always manage to lose one, so I try to have a backup. Occasionally I buy two pair at a go (four of a kind) so I can replace one at a time. More often I spend days hunting around for the same old style in order to not have to throw away the one I didn't lose. This has been my default system since that time I did find the same style right away in the discount bin. Those are long odds to play because they wind up in the discount bin for the same reason they more commonly wind up nowhere I can find them -- the style is discontinued. I think it's a conspiracy among glove manufacturers that none of them settle on a single success and repeat it. That way, at every new purchase, I will have to buy a backup set. I challenge all glovemakers to put out a classic, no-frills all-weather motorcycle glove and keep it a classic by continuing to provide the same style from one season to another. Note: by "no-frills" I mean you can guarantee it won't go out of fashion by refraining from making it look like something Gene Simmons would wear; I do not mean leave off the little faceshield-wiper rubber strip on the thumb (why all moto gloves do not have that is beyond me). Here is a nice pair of basic examples to go by. Unfortunately these retail around $69.99 because I couln't find good examples for $35.
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