RCJonB
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So I crashed a few weeks back, very slow at like 10mph in a bit of sand/gravel. It was a newbie mistake, I felt like I wasn't going to make a turn and I stood the bike up and ended up running off the road with the brakes on and washed out. Needless to say I went down hands first.
I was fine and so was the bike, with minor scratches. The problem is with my hands. I went down on my right hand first and the glove tore where the thumb meets the palm of the hand. It seems like a really weak point. I would hate to think of what would happen to these gloves if I was actually going at track speeds. I've crashed on my mountain bike before using cheap 15 dollar fox gloves and they still look brand new. I spent over 70 dollars on these if I remember correctly, they have fancy carbon knuckles blah blah but they won't even protect my hand at slow speeds?
Do you think that the leather was flawed or that they're designed to do this? I have a pretty bad rasberry on my hand and it was certainly not fun to ride home after. Should I contact Alpinestars?
I was fine and so was the bike, with minor scratches. The problem is with my hands. I went down on my right hand first and the glove tore where the thumb meets the palm of the hand. It seems like a really weak point. I would hate to think of what would happen to these gloves if I was actually going at track speeds. I've crashed on my mountain bike before using cheap 15 dollar fox gloves and they still look brand new. I spent over 70 dollars on these if I remember correctly, they have fancy carbon knuckles blah blah but they won't even protect my hand at slow speeds?
Do you think that the leather was flawed or that they're designed to do this? I have a pretty bad rasberry on my hand and it was certainly not fun to ride home after. Should I contact Alpinestars?