Pearl Izumi Summit WRX NeoShell Gloves
Price: $90 / €75 / £65
Available Colours: Black
Available Sizes: XS-XLG
Weight: 23g per glove, size medium
People who live in cities like Portland, Seattle, London, Philadelphia, and many others have a unique challenge when it comes to riding in the winter. Not only does it rain, a lot, but it’s cold too. It puts clothing needs into this weird space between dry and below freezing and wet and warm. It’s the most demanding ask of any clothing and there’s not a lot of companies even attempting to fill the need.
Even though every piece of clothing struggles with the demands of this weather, gloves are perhaps the hardest. All the movement needs, required seems, and the fact that your hands sit out in the wind make for a nearly impossible challenge. During my time exploring the options I’ve included in the best winter cycling gloves I spent a long time attempting to find gloves that solved these challenges. I used to make videos wringing water out of waterproof gloves and call companies Monday mornings to ask how it was possible to call gloves waterproof with the performance I experienced. Finally someone had an answer.
The company that really solved the problem for me was Sportful with its Lobster glove. During my discussions with Sportful the brand explained that eventually every type of waterproof glove would experience what seemed like a failure when the materials around the membrane saturated. Only a shell, without material to saturate, would do what I needed. Sportful was right but a Lobster glove isn’t the right solution for every ride.
That’s where the Assos RSR Thermo rain shell gloves fit in. The concept is the same as the Sportful solution. These are only a shell designed to rainproof whatever glove you want. This time though, Assos made a five-finger solution so you can keep your dexterity intact. Now that I’ve spent time with the Assos RSR Thermo rain shell glove I’m ready to talk about details. If you’ve had enough of wet and cold hands, keep reading to see if Assos has a workable solution.
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Design and aesthetics
The Assos RSR Thermo rain shell glove is a product that isn’t overly bedecked with additional…
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