Comments on: Bell Powersports Roadie Full Finger Motorcycle Glove http://harleyds.com/wpress/6342/bell-powersports-roadie-full-finger-motorcycle-glove/ Harley Davidson Bikes Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:18:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Fanny http://harleyds.com/wpress/6342/bell-powersports-roadie-full-finger-motorcycle-glove/comment-page-1/#comment-2543 Fanny Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:03:56 +0000 http://harleyds.com/wpress/bell-powersports-roadie-full-finger-motorcycle-glove#comment-2543 </div> I've used these real leather gloves for riding for over 3 years now. You only get one year out of them, daily riding, since the leather will get hard and crack. But that is all I expected. I used to buy them at Walmart, but they don't carry them anymore, so I found them with Amazon. I'm glad to use a proven riding glove. <br/><br/>Live to Ride, Ride to Live I’ve used these real leather gloves for riding for over 3 years now. You only get one year out of them, daily riding, since the leather will get hard and crack. But that is all I expected. I used to buy them at Walmart, but they don’t carry them anymore, so I found them with Amazon. I’m glad to use a proven riding glove.

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]]> By: Murron http://harleyds.com/wpress/6342/bell-powersports-roadie-full-finger-motorcycle-glove/comment-page-1/#comment-2542 Murron Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:07:36 +0000 http://harleyds.com/wpress/bell-powersports-roadie-full-finger-motorcycle-glove#comment-2542 </div> These gloves are surprisingly warm in chilly weather. I rode with them when the temperature was about 38 and had no discomfort at all. I really like them. These gloves are surprisingly warm in chilly weather. I rode with them when the temperature was about 38 and had no discomfort at all. I really like them.

]]> By: Idra http://harleyds.com/wpress/6342/bell-powersports-roadie-full-finger-motorcycle-glove/comment-page-1/#comment-2541 Idra Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:23:59 +0000 http://harleyds.com/wpress/bell-powersports-roadie-full-finger-motorcycle-glove#comment-2541 </div> When I lost the motorcycle gloves I have had for over a year (along with a great leather jacket, at San Francisco Airport - D'Oh!) I needed a replacement pair. I knew and thought highly of the Bell Motorsports name and so thought their gloves should be pretty good. <br/><br/>Alas, I was in for a bit of disappointment. While the gloves per se are fine - the leather is soft enough, the gloves offer good protection, etc., the velcro closure at each wrist is just poorly designed. Specifically, the leather strip sewn at the wrist is a little too short, just enough so that when I put the glove on my hand the wrist expands to the point where the leather strip falls out of the metal D ring through which it must pass to fold over and "latch" to itself. This becomes quite annoying, particularly when donning the second glove, as at that point I must use my already-gloved hand to fumble with the leather strap and insert it into the D ring. <br/><br/>The frustrating thing is if the manufacturer had simply made these leather strips all of 1/2 an inch longer, the problem would likely not exist. Seems to me to have been a design decision that's "penny wise" (save a tiny length of leather) and "pound foolish" (aggravate the customer, this one at least, to never purchase a Bell product again). When I lost the motorcycle gloves I have had for over a year (along with a great leather jacket, at San Francisco Airport – D’Oh!) I needed a replacement pair. I knew and thought highly of the Bell Motorsports name and so thought their gloves should be pretty good.

Alas, I was in for a bit of disappointment. While the gloves per se are fine – the leather is soft enough, the gloves offer good protection, etc., the velcro closure at each wrist is just poorly designed. Specifically, the leather strip sewn at the wrist is a little too short, just enough so that when I put the glove on my hand the wrist expands to the point where the leather strip falls out of the metal D ring through which it must pass to fold over and “latch” to itself. This becomes quite annoying, particularly when donning the second glove, as at that point I must use my already-gloved hand to fumble with the leather strap and insert it into the D ring.

The frustrating thing is if the manufacturer had simply made these leather strips all of 1/2 an inch longer, the problem would likely not exist. Seems to me to have been a design decision that’s “penny wise” (save a tiny length of leather) and “pound foolish” (aggravate the customer, this one at least, to never purchase a Bell product again).

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