The weather is getting better and I am riding my bike downtown again. It's great being out there. Lot's of traffic, but manageable. I believe I did get a lot of exhaustion gases from cars in my system, I was thinking is it true that the mufflers are in North America placed on the other side. To my understanding in Europe most mufflers are put on the left. Since you are most of the time on the right side of the cars, it seems more social.

I noticed here that most mufflers are on the right side, which is awful when you are waiting for a traffic light with a car next to you.

Anyway, I was browsing on the http://forums.bicycling.com/ and found a discussions about gloves.

These are the most interesting comments:

'Whatever those Nike Race Gloves are...

I can't stand most of the heavily gel'd or padded gloves, they tend to make my hands sweat too much and they pinch the insides of my fingers.

The Race gloves are super comfortable. The only thing I'd probably ever change about my hand comfort is to get a wing bar.'

' Ahhh... a subject I've studied at length.

I've went from padded gloves and normal tape, to less-padded gloves and gel tape, to gloves without ANY padding, along with bar gel under cork tape. I've learned that I like having full control and less bulk on my hands. With less padding and hoo-ha on the hands, I don't blister and sweat as much.

- The old Pearl Izumi Gel-Lite gloves were nice, but in 2004 the switch to the new anatomic gel cutouts created an abrasive surface that cut through my bar tape!
- I really like the Nike 'Lance' gloves for racing. No padding, simple design, huge cloth surface for catching sweat off of your face.
- The Pearl Izumi Race glove used to be a good deal. The newer Gel-Lite Race glove looks like a good compromise, adding just a little gel padding, with vents in the palm.
- I have Nalini team gloves with a lightly padded palm - they run a little big, but they're very comfy.

My worst buy was definitely Descente gloves. The stitching and applied graphics came undone within a week or two.'

...I like the Pearl Izumi Pitard's glove; mostly buying Specialized Sport now, they work great, not too much padding, decent price, and have more bling than $20 Nashbars...however you can't beat the tan from old school crochet-back gloves! Talk about a conversation starter. Try signing a check with suntan ovals and tiny specs on your hands...

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