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DRIRIDER DR-01 GLOVES

These are best described as a sports touring summer glove, walking the fine line between good comfort and feel and decent weather protection. Those are two opposed yet desirable attributes. They do a reasonable job of that.

I find winter gloves take a lot of the feel out of the experience, and sports riding is definitely affected by that. Of course, when it’s pissing down, who cares about sports feel — you just want to be dry. And get there in one piece.

These gloves don’t claim to be waterproof so they’re really a summer option offering

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