. Summer gloves are great because you can feel what your fingers are doing, but they’re no use once it gets really cold. So I was more than happy to get the chance to test out a winter glove from Bering and to stop coming to a halt at every given

Hein Gericke's X-Trafit gloves are billed as waterproof sports gloves and have kept my hands safe for over a year now. They were a comfy fit right from day one, but how have they held up? Whilst I've (luckily) not had the chance to test them in a

When a pair of old gloves fell apart at the seams a few years ago, I popped into Bournemouth’s Crescent Motorcycles and purchased a pair of discounted Alpinestars SP-1 gloves. It was a short life for the SP-1s though as these also split their seams

quickly.Judging by most of the local delivery riders round my way, I can't help thinking that sorting out riding with trainers, no gloves, unstrapped helmets and visors with more scratches than Grandmaster Flash might be more of an issue.

.Decent trousers, gloves, jacket, boots and a helmet properly done up are the minimum requirements these days. I swear I could have already got to my destination in the time it takes to get ready sometimes. But even with all this gear, there was an important part