Gloves might just be the most disposable part of mountain biking—right after socks, which makes sense, since gloves are pretty much just fancy socks for your hands. If I’m lucky, in a good year, I’ll go through more gloves than tires. I punch trees with them, they rip. I pull on them, they stretch. I wash them, they’re never the same. I lose them, they get lost. Luckily, I get sent lots of gloves to test, so I have plenty of backups. They are mostly unremarkable, uncomfortable in one way or another, and ultimately destined for a nasty, brutish, and short life. That’s probably why I haven’t reviewed a pair of non-winter gloves since early 2017.
I never expected to make my much-anticipated return to glove reviewing with a pair of Hestra gloves, but here we are. In fact, I didn’t even know Hestra made mountain bike gloves until the Ergo Grip Enduro gloves showed up on my stoop. For those of you who maybe don’t ski or pay attention to the finer points of the glove industry, Hestra is a Swedish brand, and they’ve been in the glove game for over 80 years. So they know a thing or two about putting things on hands. They’ve always been committed to durability, and that ethic is apparent in these mitts.
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