Glove Articles
Motorcycle boots you can wear in public
A lot of our friends here in LA wear proper racing boots under jeans in their day-to-day riding. The motivation is obvious, they’re serious riders who want the benefits serious boots have to offer — safety, control, feel — but they do so with one serious problem. Racing boots are fucking ugly. Enter Vitesse, a French company that aims to package all those benefits into boots that actually lo...
16 April 2012
How Spidi modified its gloves to protect Cal Crutchlow’s injured pinky
On Monday, Tech 3 Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow lost the tip of his left pinky when that hand was trapped under his bars during a crash. This weekend, he has to race. The solution? Spidi has rushed through this specially modified glove designed to protect and cushion the injury. Modifications include a Lycra stretch panel along the entire length of the finger, ribbed stitching to act as a sort of...
17 March 2011