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Since the latest CE regulations arrived, several manufacturers have worked hard to take the piss out of us. The Germans like to succeed early, and BMW Motorrad added knee protectors to ordinary (denim) jeans for A-rated certification.

Italy took a half-time lead in the next match, with Dainese’s £3k race leathers that only met the touring (AA-rating) spec. However, all wasn’t lost for England. In the second half, RST brought its A-rated trackday suits onto the pitch, tested for protection below 30 mph.

I thought it was all over. How could anyone beat RST?

But now Italy is back in the game. We have knitted (yes, knitted) gloves from Spidi. CE level 1 certification only tests the palm for abrasion resistance, so all the rest of the glove can be made from anything. How could you trump this knuckle protection?



@The Spin Doctor I expect we should thank Spidi for providing material for your Facebook page

Not great for punching traffic cops and other creeps into the middle of next week.

Level 1 knuckle protection is optional. I'd sooner see people wearing them than going bare-handed on a hot day.

Edit: and apparently there is a requirement for tearing resistance on the back of the hand, but not for cutting resistance.

https://vquattro.com/en/normes-ce/normes-ce-des-gants/

Hot_Air wrote: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:58 pm We have knitted (yes, knitted)

Knit it out of the right material an it'll be fine, ain't nothing stopping old mrs miggins from knitting a pair of mittens out of Kevlar or steel wire

Fair enough, and I’d be happy with knitted Kevlar. However, I once bought a pair of CE-certified motorcycle gloves made from regular Spandex except for a leather palm. (I returned them.)

MrLongbeard wrote: Tue Aug 10, 2021 4:57 pm

Hot_Air wrote: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:58 pm We have knitted (yes, knitted)

Knit it out of the right material an it'll be fine, ain't nothing stopping old mrs miggins from knitting a pair of mittens out of Kevlar or steel wire

IIRC Paul Varnsverry used knitted kevlar gloves.

Knitted and braided structures actually give better abrasion resistance than woven ones. That's why shoelaces are often braided for example.

The high level of interlacement and loopy-knottyness means they don't burst apart so easily. You can break a lot of individual fibres without everything coming undone.

Especially if your mum does them up in a double bow.

Your old gloves might be armoured, but are they crease-resistant? According to Spidi, the new X-Knit gloves are knitted from “elasticised fibre” that offers “high crease resistance”.*

Now Tom Daley’s finished making a Tokyo splash, I might ask him to knit a pair of these gloves for me



* Except the palm, which is made from “high resistant suede microfibre”.