There’s a substantial difference between a motorcycle and a car. The latter provides a protective ‘layer’ between the driver and the environment – in a car, you generally sit in the cabin, so that you’re kind of apart from the road and nature, or from the city, all around you. Riding a motorcycle, on the other hand, is a very different matter. The layer between the rider and the outside world is virtually non-existent – just a helmet and protectors. Every part of the body provides information to the brain and hands are paramount in this respect, as they hold the handlebar, which allows us to steer the motorcycle and transmits an infinite amount of stimuli. We use our hands to protect ourselves, by putting them in front of us in the unfortunate event of an accident.
Hands are so precious and yet so delicate at the same time, so you should always protect them with gloves when riding a motorcycle.
History of motorcycle gloves – the beginnings
The history of Dainese motorcycle gloves dates back to the 1980s and racing served as the first test bench in this instance, too. In those years, Dainese started developing leather gloves, but the real turning point occurred in 1995: The Full Pro gloves were the first to feature rigid carbon fiber and aramid fiber inserts on the back and knuckles, a solution first tested by Max Biaggi while racing. The reason why? To protect from impact, not just from abrasion, since it was often the hands that first touched the ground during accidents. Needless to say that from then on all riders requested this type of protection, which was later extended to the ulna and the phalanges, too.
