Anti-vibration gloves for bikes

[Mike Nash]

Dear all,
Being old and arthritic, I find garden machinery like my chainsaw, hedge-cutter and especially my strimmer make my hands tingle after about half an hour, so I've bought a pair of the above to reduce it, and among the comments on the sellers websites one finds occasionally support for these gloves by bike riders so I wonder if anyone here has experiencesto share. I'm thinking of the advantage they might give not only to likes of high mileage parties like our Steve Carter but also any singles owner - especially the intrepid Mr Falco and his forthcoming transcontinental race!

Personally, I've found my gloves labelled as "Stanley" (once a very good name) and bought from Screwfix as disappointing, making only a small, if useful improvement, and I see that the Health and Safety Executive warn that
"...[anti-vibration gloves] are not particularly effective at reducing the frequency-weighted vibration associated with risk of HAVS and they can increase the vibration at some frequencies." [HAVS = Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome]
Keeping warm and dry seems to be part of the protection, again something not so easy on a bike in bad weather.

Any comments? Regards from MikeN.

[paul.wirdnam]

Not tried any anti-vibration gloves but have used Grip Puppies for many years on various bikes and currently have a set on my KG twin, and ought to buy another set for my VH. They do help a lot in my experience.

[Eero.Korhonen]

I have never heard of those. Do you have a link maybe?
Br, Eero

[Mike Nash]

Eero,
Here's the link to those I've bought https://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-vibr ... arge/20418
and here's the link to the UK's HSE comment on their usefulness http://www.hse.gov.uk/vibration/hav/cam ... othing.htm
If you ask Google about "anti-vibration gloves" a lot will be offered.

Paul,
Thanks for the idea of "Grip Puppies"! Decades ago I had such things on my VB (taken I think from the "Chopper cycle" world) with real success, but they got easily soaked in rain. Yours look far better.

Regards to all, MikeN.

[ColinPeck]

Having the same problem with my left hand I bought some anti vibration gloves with gel pads in several places in the palms. A ride on my M21 meant several days of pain and limited movement with my left hand.
I do most of my road mileage on bikes rather than my car and my GS 850 and the M 21 were my daily rides. During a 60 mile ride (there and back) in heavy traffic around minus 2 temps. on my GS I couldn't pull the clutch anymore on the way home, fortunately I found out that the GS will still pull smoothly in top below 20 mph. I do have heated grips and muffs on it.
The padded gloves helped noticeably when riding my Huntmaster, but I ended up selling the M 21 to a friend and have had to change my thinking and riding since. Now I have two scooters as my daily rides, a 400 and a 650 Burgman, both with muffs and heated grips and zero vibrations! A long day working with spanners will cause my hand to ache but I cannot believe how little pain I get in general with it compared to daily pulling clutches and holding vibrating handlebars.
I had tried heavy bar end weights, foam grips as well as the gloves but the bottom line was get rid of the vibration and much of the clutch work. Now I can enjoy a days ride with my Huntmaster, Bantams or GS, with some aching but not days of agony.
I've also discovered, at the risk of being branded a heretic, that if you want to get from A to B in warm, virtually dry comfort buy a scooter! Between the screen and leg shields very little wind and water hit you. I often regret selling the M 21 but have ridden it several times since, each time was a painful experience and reminded me why I sold it, I don't collect bikes so if I don't ride it then it has to go. It took my a few weeks to both mentally and physically adjust to the scooters after a lifetime of bikes, but now I love them and enjoy riding them as much as any bike I've ever owned, just in a different way.

Colin

[Eero.Korhonen]

Eero,
Here's the link to those I've bought https://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-vibr ... arge/20418
and here's the link to the UK's HSE comment on their usefulness http://www.hse.gov.uk/vibration/hav/cam ... othing.htm
If you ask Google about "anti-vibration gloves" a lot will be offered.

Paul,
Thanks for the idea of "Grip Puppies"! Decades ago I had such things on my VB (taken I think from the "Chopper cycle" world) with real success, but they got easily soaked in rain. Yours look far better.

Regards to all, MikeN.

Thanks Mike.
Br, Eero

[chris.shearwood]

Any comments? Regards from MikeN.

Hello Mike,
For more comments on this problem see this thread:

http://forum.arielownersmcc.com/viewt ... f=4&t=4491

Regards, Chris

[Mike Nash]

Thanks Chris!
Like most things "its all been done before"!
MikeN.

[Michael.Brown]

Hi all,

Strangely enough I put on Ariel Grips today (the ones with the motif and extra rib) to the W/NG replacing the Docherty ones.

I did 70+ miles on a road trial yesterday and the grip was way too small for my arthritic hands resulting in very painful fingers now.

My problem is Osteo Arthritis which means I have fingers going off at angles that wont bend properly so making a fist or gripping a small dia is almost impossible.

These grips are larger O/D so should help, but the extra dia with "Grip Puppies" look a great idea. Vibration for me is not the issue it is simply the actual grip size.

Mike