Tour Master Gloves

Tour Master Gloves

EVALUATION

Don't Be Caught Blue-Handed Six Months From Now

Winter gloves in a summer issue? Strange business here, eh? Not really. What it is, is simple. We got these two pairs of gloves in mid-winter. By the time we tried them out, winter was over. And, because of the usual magazine time lag, it’s now summer.

No matter. Winter’ll roll around again. And reading this now will help you keep from being caught bluehanded when it does.

These gloves by Tour Master represent two variations on the same thing. There’s the pair of short winter gloves and there’s the pair of long winter gloves.

The short gloves are insulated by a lining of light fiberfill, warm enough for all but the coldest of climes. Courtesy of zippers on the back of the gloves, they’re easy to slip on zipped, they’re quite snug and comfortable. They have reinforced palms and chamois strips on the backs that make it a snap to wipe clean a face shield or pair of goggles. The short gloves are, no surprise, cut short. Just zip the gloves over the suit cuffs and you're as sealed as a banana.

The long gloves are lined with 10-oz. foam on the backs and gauntlet areas, and 7-oz. foam on the palm. The palms are reinforced. There are chamois strips on the backs of the gloves and on two fingers of the left hand; again, cleaning goggles or face shields is easy. The gauntlets are long, extending about halfway up the arm. These gloves are ideal for cold (make that a capital C) weather riding.

Both pairs are available in small, medium, large and extra-large sizes, and like Henry Ford’s Model T, they come in any color you like as long as it’s black. You do get a choice, though; blue or maroon piping on the short gloves; red, blue or silver piping on the long gloves.

We liked both pairs. They’re snug and nice-looking. They seem durable. They’re lined well-enough to keep the hands warm, but not so much that throttle sensitivity is lost.

Tour Master says the short gloves go for $26.95; the long gloves sell for $37.95. You can see them at your local dealer. El