greetings-

anyone have any fresh thoughts on gloves that have been working particularly well for you? i loved my sparco x-pro's from last season, but they broke down pretty quickly. several holes between the fingers.

what i really liked was that they are kind of thin with excellent feel for the wheel. maybe being thin means they last for a few months and that's it.?

just ordered a pair of the puma avanti- but i'm sending them back because they feel too thick. you see what i'm getting at here? i know lots of folks like the sparco tide...but at almost $200, i'd like them to last longer than a few months.

any ideas? the x-pro's are finished i believe. any idea what the "new" x-pros are called?

 

Sparco Tide

 

Sparco arrow racing gloves are the grippiest gloves i have ever had. I really like them but i don't shuffle steer.

 

You have to match up the glove with the wheel. Suede wheel wears through my suede sparcos pretty fast, the grip is good but if you do any shuffle steer or unwinding you will burn a hole thru them fast, so for a suede wheel I like the smooth soft leather palms. Suede on a smooth leather wheel is a disaster, no grip, you need the rubber buttons or smooth leather. After a race weekend my hands are pretty torn up; index finger (must be from all the point bys...) and thumb so I've fount the sparcos or the pumas have the pads in the right place for me.

 

At least you're consistent.

 

Stand 21

Outside Seam II

$209

 

the arrow looks nice. do you use a suede wheel fred?
are they nice and thin or padded and squishy?

 

3rd season with Alpine Stars. Had to stich up a few small seams from time to time. Extremely large hands.

 

Pricey, but look like they'd last. Where to find them and try them on in the Mid-Atlantic region is the question.

 

Outside Seam II are $24 more than top of line Sparco at $185

Here's the French site listing all the products including Outside Seam II

http://www.stand21.fr/gants/gants-2.html

This is US distributor in GA. click thru the site to find pricing for 2011

Maxime Tayant-Serrat
Stand 21 Georgia

Office : 770-965-7880
Cell : 678-451-0561
Fax : 770-965-7881

Stand 21 Georgia
at Road Atlanta,
5280 Winder Hwy
Braselton, GA 30517
www.stand21.us

 

large hands, large _______ ? ...i forget what they say

 

Stand21 = butter and the support is second to none.

 

large gloves.....

 

old thread but the stand21 porsche racing gloves really look amazing. I love the look of the daytona model. I think the fitment of the outside seam version is very comfortable. I want to get a new pair myself in the coming months.

 

I really like my Alpine Stars, have an old beat up suede wheel..