POC Index DH Gloves - For you alligator fighters...
3 Years of glove development in the snow has proven that snow boarding gloves should never be under the mistletoe with mountain biking gloves. The POC Index DH glove provides more protection then one's hands could ever need, or appreciate.
Read on for our thoughts on the Index DH Gloves...POC is a fairly large scale protection company based on a snow background. We did a preview on the Receptor lid by POC a short while ago, and we were stoked on how it turned out. The Receptor Flow helmet was designed to fit the best it could on all the heads it could, however, I am unsure the Index DH gloves would fit anyone's hands comfortably.
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Manufactured out of durable digital leather, with hard injected shields on the knuckles, the Index DH looks like it was designed to fight with alligators! Your hand is in a 'sandwich of protection', everything from your palm, to your finger knuckles are protected! POC even went as far as to add an additional "scrape pad" on the palm. Last time I wore protection on my palms was when I thought learning to roller blade would be cool (sure am glad I discovered bikes), and wrist guards were the smart thing to wear.
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POC claims that the internal knuckle protector is foam coated so it becomes more "unnoticeable" to the user. Foam or not, the protection that the Index DH glove provides is very uncomfortable, like a roadie wearing body armor. On the palm, the Index DH glove features digital leather for a soft internal feeling, while the palm features Pittards for maximum grip, and to adsorb energy on impact.
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When it comes down to it, your hands are one of the more important thing when riding, so someone out there may be very happy with the protection that the POC Index DH gloves provide. However, that being said, coming from someone who has rode a fairly vast array of riding gloves, I would suggest saving your money if you're looking into the POC Index DH gloves, unless of course your going to fight some alligators.
Read on for our thoughts on the Index DH Gloves...POC is a fairly large scale protection company based on a snow background. We did a preview on the Receptor lid by POC a short while ago, and we were stoked on how it turned out. The Receptor Flow helmet was designed to fit the best it could on all the heads it could, however, I am unsure the Index DH gloves would fit anyone's hands comfortably.
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Manufactured out of durable digital leather, with hard injected shields on the knuckles, the Index DH looks like it was designed to fight with alligators! Your hand is in a 'sandwich of protection', everything from your palm, to your finger knuckles are protected! POC even went as far as to add an additional "scrape pad" on the palm. Last time I wore protection on my palms was when I thought learning to roller blade would be cool (sure am glad I discovered bikes), and wrist guards were the smart thing to wear.
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POC claims that the internal knuckle protector is foam coated so it becomes more "unnoticeable" to the user. Foam or not, the protection that the Index DH glove provides is very uncomfortable, like a roadie wearing body armor. On the palm, the Index DH glove features digital leather for a soft internal feeling, while the palm features Pittards for maximum grip, and to adsorb energy on impact.
When it comes down to it, your hands are one of the more important thing when riding, so someone out there may be very happy with the protection that the POC Index DH gloves provide. However, that being said, coming from someone who has rode a fairly vast array of riding gloves, I would suggest saving your money if you're looking into the POC Index DH gloves, unless of course your going to fight some alligators.
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judging by the review its pretty obvious to tell that the gloves are over the top protection you would never need. it doesn't look breathable at all and looks like a ski glove. they don't use the best foam in there pads, they use Polyethylene. the best padding is D3o, and if they used that it would be like $750 for a helmet.
The feel thing may be the deal killer, but they don't look ridiculously overbuilt to me at all.
www.pocsports.com/products/showproduct.asp?id=S93022
he then got the POC knee/shins and returned them to the shop as they fitted very poorly and moved around, exposing the knee to crashes - he's gone back to using his Race Face DH knee/shins
the gloves in this review look totally overbuilt which makes no sense
no amount of padding, carbon or plastic will prevent you from breaking your finger or wrist if you crash hard (my same buddy as I mentioned above, broke 3 bones in his hand wearing carbon fibre Specialized DH gloves)
all that overbuilt gloves do is make your "feel" of the bike very vague, add heat and get uncomfortable during a full day on your bike - the trend is definitely going towards thin, light weight gloves to give lots of "feel" and comfort
good review BTW, nice to see a reviewer telling it as it is!