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PEARL iZUMi Summit Pro Glove

Paul Gallaher

A new addition in 2024 to the Pearl iZUMi glove stable is the PEARL iZUMi Summit Pro Glove.

PEARL iZUMi Summit Pro Glove Design:

The Summit Pro Glove has several key features that make this an attractive item for your mountain biking apparel quiver.

• Made with durable materials, including ripstop fabric on the back of the glove and Clarino suede palms.

• 3DO Ghost knuckle protection sewn into the back of the fingers.

• Microfiber area on thumb that makes a nice sweat wipe for the face

• Sturdy velcro wrist closure

• Comfortable fingers that are both touch-screen compatible and include nice silicone grip zones built into thumb and forefingers aiding in grip, shifting and braking

• Made with recycled content where possible

PEARL iZUMi Summit Pro Glove Performance:

• Right off the bat, these are the best mountain bike gloves I’ve owned. They’re lightweight, feel great on my hands and have excellent grip.

• If you ride narrow singletrack, the knuckle protection and ripstop material of these will protect your hands and the gloves themselves. On my last ride, I definitely had tree branches and weeds brushing across my hands, and I came away with nary a scratch.

  • The D30 collaboration on the knuckle protection means that Pearl iZUMi is dedicated to obtaining the best technology built into their gloves. https://www.d3o.com/our-products/mountain-bike-protective-gear/

• Ventilation: these gloves do have both breathable fabric and ventilation holes designed into them to help keep hands dry in hot and humid climates.

• Fit: I wear an XL in these gloves, and they fit like, well, a glove. They feel great on my hands, and I don’t think about them when I’m riding, which is the idea.

• The silicone grippers on key areas of these gloves mean my fingers are not going to slip off the brake levers or miss a shift.

• The touch-screen compatibility of these gloves is key for me. I ride with my phone on a Quad-Lock mount on my stem running MTB Project trail maps for situational awareness. Also, when I’d like to snap a quick photo, I don’t have to strip the gloves off to take a photo.

• Glove options: PI makes these in three colors: blue, red, and black. They’re available in five sizes, from XS to XL. Check out the Pearl iZUMi website for more details.

Paul Gallaher

 

Paul grew up in Minnesota where he learned to love the outdoors, riding his bike, fishing and canoeing in the summers and skiing in the winters on Minnesota’s 300 foot-tall “mountains”.

After finishing college, he was commissioned as an officer in the USAF eventually becoming a special operations and reconnaissance instructor navigator flying and serving around the world for twenty-two years.

 

Living and traveling around the world has given Paul opportunities to explore outdoor passions. He is an advanced scuba diver, a pilot, a sailor and has skied in the United States, Canada, France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland.

 

These days, Paul lives in Summit County, Colorado with Kate (the Doctor of Stoke) and Sansa the snow dog. He works as a Registered Nurse and Nordic Center Groomer.

Given the time, he enjoys alpine and nordic skiing, snowshoeing, and skijoring as well as hiking, mountain and road cycling in the “off season”.