The humble track mitt may not share the same glamour of the latest titanium sunglasses or carbon-soled best cycling shoes, but there’s a reason we’ve all been wearing them for the last 80-odd years without much changing.
Cycling demands a lot from our hands, and hand protection from gloves, especially on longer rides is invaluable at times. I know if I’m heading out for an epic, racing, or doing several hours in the saddle in hot temperatures I like to wear a pair of track mitts or cycling gloves.
They protect our hands if we crash, offer important protection from the sun’s rays and help dampen out road vibration and prevent callouses. I spent months testing a whole range of gloves and mitts to create our best cycling gloves buyers guide and to arrive at my top picks.
The Rapha Core mitts impressed me from the off during testing and the get the best overall badge of honour. For a start, they’re cheaper than the top-end Pro Team mitts but despite not being a top-tier pro team product, I found them to be really great and gelled with them from the off.
I’ve said the same of other excellent cycling kit in the past and the same is true with these gloves. I didn’t once have to consider the fit of them or how they felt for a second in all the time I used them. I put them on and went riding and that was it. They were completely comfortable and the fit was excellent. No tight spots around my fingers, no sharp sections of stitching or scratchy labels etc. And that’s probably the highest praise I can give them.
Get your sizing right and it doesn’t matter what you’re using them for, these gloves will put a smile on your face.
The best value award goes to the Endura Xtract Mitts that actually pack in more features than most of the other gloves in the test for in some cases less than half the price.
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