Customer Reviews

Bell Roadie Black Medium to Large Full Finger Motorcycle Gloves

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When I lost the motorcycle gloves I have had for over a year (along with a great leather jacket, at San Francisco Airport - D'Oh!) I needed a replacement pair. I knew and thought highly of the Bell Motorsports name and so thought their gloves should be pretty good.

Alas, I was in for a bit of disappointment. While the gloves per se are fine - the leather is soft enough, the gloves offer good protection, etc., the velcro closure at each wrist is just poorly designed. Specifically, the leather strip sewn at the wrist is a little too short, just enough so that when I put the glove on my hand the wrist expands to the point where the leather strip falls out of the metal D ring through which it must pass to fold over and "latch" to itself. This becomes quite annoying, particularly when donning the second glove, as at that point I must use my already-gloved hand to fumble with the leather strap and insert it into the D ring.

The frustrating thing is if the manufacturer had simply made these leather strips all of 1/2 an inch longer, the problem would likely not exist. Seems to me to have been a design decision that's "penny wise" (save a tiny length of leather) and "pound foolish" (aggravate the customer, this one at least, to never purchase a Bell product again).

These gloves are surprisingly warm in chilly weather. I rode with them when the temperature was about 38 and had no discomfort at all. I really like them.

I've used these real leather gloves for riding for over 3 years now. You only get one year out of them, daily riding, since the leather will get hard and crack. But that is all I expected. I used to buy them at Walmart, but they don't carry them anymore, so I found them with Amazon. I'm glad to use a proven riding glove.

Live to Ride, Ride to Live

they aren't to great for keeping out the cold but they are wonderful on the road in the rain. Watch the sizing too they run a little small but over all I am very satisfied with the product.