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It smells like teen Urban. This is not a bad thing.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n The reasons for this wanting are his and his alone \u2013 and I will not sit in judgement upon him. In fact, I will advise him that if his desire for brown is all-encompassing, then he should maybe address himself to these Crazy Eight short gloves \u2013 which, colour aside, are to hell and gone better in an accident than his mum\u2019s rose-pruning jobbies or a pair of roping gloves he bought in Tamworth because he was drunk and wanted to join the rodeo circuit.<\/p>\n Why are they better? Protection in case of something terrible happening, of course.<\/p>\n They are padded on the heel of the hand, and re-enforced along the thumb joint. They are fully perforated so they\u2019re a summery thing, and because I well understand the needs of young Urbans, the pointy finger is iPhone compatible. It will work on any screen, so there\u2019s no need to take off your glove, drop it in the gutter, and then get run over by a truck when you\u2019re looking for it. See? Total safety.<\/p>\n And because these brown marvels are redeemed by artful applications of black leather, you don\u2019t have to be totally Urban to wear them.<\/p>\n Note the re-enforced stitching everywhere.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n I can rock them because I am heavily tattooed in the Old School way, and I have a beard far more evil than it is fluffy and welcoming. You may need to up your game in that area.<\/p>\n But seriously, these are pretty good on those days when you\u2019re just not about getting all your race gear on. The pace will be gentle (maybe because you\u2019re unwell, or getting in touch with your avocado chakra), and if an oopsie happens it won\u2019t be one of those 220km\/h gravel-sprayers.<\/p>\n I like them, and if I wear them long enough, they may fade from brown to some indistinct and very cool-looking earth-based colour, because my beard ain\u2019t never going to be fluffy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_1807.jpg\")