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Photo by Sean Howman, The Pamir highway in an unseasonably cold late October, Tajikistan

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Photo by Sean Howman,
The Pamir highway in an unseasonably
cold late October, Tajikistan




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What about Gloves?
What gloves do you use for long-distance touring? Is there a set of 'do it all' gloves or do you always take a set of summer gloves and a pair for winter? I try to be as lightweight as possible so if anyone could recommend a set of gloves which would be somewhere in the middle of those great dirty oven mitts and the vented MX style gloves that'd be great.

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Deer skin welder's gloves about $30 US
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I really like the Vanson perforated engineer glove. In the winter I wear a Gortex mitten or glove shell over them.
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I use whatever quality gloves are on super closeout prices on Ebay. Right now go a set of Castle X perforated leather MSRP $70 got them for $14. Winter I use smowmobile gloves bought in summer at closeout.
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Depends where you are or where you are going
During my RTW I used summer gloves (dirt bike gloves which had knuckle protection) and carried goretex gloves for cooler climate.

I was really surprised how little time these gloves will last... I used around 5 summer gloves during the trip!
For me it is extremely important that my gloves have some protection (been down often enough that I know protection works)...
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Klim Dakar when it's warm and dry. Sealskins waterproof MTB gloves when it's wet and MSR Coldpro snowmobile gloves when it's cold and wet.
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I used Sealskinz when it got really cold but found vented summer gloves were fine for most of the time during in my travels around South America. I liked the Sealskinz but glad I never went for a slide in them. The only times I wished I had heated grips/better gloves were in Patagonia in March (heated everything!) and the odd, high pass in Bolivia. I think I'll just go for summer gloves but buy a pair of these for the high passes and/or heavy rain - I found them accidentally before. They get good reviews. You just wear them over the top of your normal riding gloves. They look awkward as f--- but if you only use them now and again that's not too bad.

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Mitts aregreat cold wet solution.
I mostly wear good vented dirt bike type
gloves but with palm Padding , knuckle guards.

I also carry silk liners to go under
3 finger mitts.

Heated grips not much help on low
Output bike.

So always two pair plus liners
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