Gloves with some protection on the lower palm(/upper wrist)?

[Verskis]

Today I crashed and landed hands first into some rocks. A rock made a pretty deep wound in to my hand, just where the thumb muscles end and the wrist begins. That got me thinking if there are any riding gloves that have some kind of protection on the palm/wrist area? I have always liked really minimal gloves with thin palms, so I do not want any big gel padding between my hand and the handlebar, but on the lower palm, that does not touch the handlebar, some kind of protective padding or plate seems like a good idea.

A brief search in web shops did not give great results, one of the only ones that seem to have something on the area I want are the Endura Singletrack 2's, but even these seem to only have two layers of leather, not any real protection: http://www.endura.co.uk/Item.aspx?dept_id=4&item_id=135

Do you know any gloves that give some protection for the palm in crashes?

[Da Peach]

Giro Remedy gloves have some 3do in the "thumb meat" area...

[Verskis]

Judging by these pictures it's only in the outermost part of the hand that is protected: http://www.giro.com/us_en/remedy-5499.html

That's nice, but I'd like it to continue across the palm to the "thumb meat" area, covering basically all the parts Of the palm that are not touching the handlebar.

[StabprimoMonkee]

Theres a reason why nobody makes such gloves. Its because they suck donkey's balls. Good gloves are as thin as possible.

The role of gloves is to maximize grip and comfort not to protect your clumsy paws. Learn to tuck your hands while crashing. It will save you many injuries.

[Verskis]

But the lower palm does not touch the grip at all, it doesn't matter if there are some padding or other kind of protection. I want the other parts of the palm to be as thin as possible.

[Verskis]

POC Index DH gloves also seem to have some protective plastic (?) on the outside of the palm. Any other gloves that have even partial protection?

I have now ridden and crashed for more than twelve years and still I land mostly hands first, I think I will not learn to tuck my hands.

[Sandwich]

Sounds to me like you might like the Rockgarden Fortress or Fox bomber gloves. Specialized also used to make a carbonzed up glove. http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/6232461/

I think another good choice would simply be an abrasion resistant moto glove, if you can find one. Motocrossers do the same **** we do, only faster.

Of course, if you're a DH bro, then you don't need gloves and only ride in a full face D2 and a leatt. I really do not understand how you kids get away with wearing no gloves or tiny gloves. Do you people never wreck? I tried on a pair of 661 rajis last night, and I wouldn't use them for XC....there's no protection.

[StabprimoMonkee]

I really do not understand how you kids get away with wearing no gloves or tiny gloves. Do you people never wreck? I tried on a pair of 661 rajis last night, and I wouldn't use them for XC....there's no protection.

We wreck, absolutely. I once tore my palm (bout an inch long, 4 stiches) THROUGH the gloves, without the glove tearing at all. What is a bro supposed to do? Suck it up and take it like a man.

[slyfink]

I've got a pair of Dakine defenders that sound like they match the description of what you're looking for. I also now have a pair of Fox Unabomber gloves, whose protection I also like, though they are much less padded.

[Verskis]

What is a bro supposed to do? Suck it up and take it like a man.

I don't want to take it like a man, I'm now missing all the riding during the last week of my summer holiday because of a stupid little wound.

Dakine defenders look pretty good on the palm side (even though they also cover only the outermost part), but I'd like the knuckle protectors to be a little more low profile, but I guess all the more protective gloves have those huge carbon bubbles.

[Verskis]

Now I have found a glove that fits my description quite perfectly: Race Face Ambush

There is full width kevlar across the lower palm, which should be enough to prevent cuts to the hands.

[HardtailHack]

Wow they actually look quite good.

Just bought myself some Nema something somethings and they suck, thought I'd roll with the semi-cool kids and get the velroless gloves. I hate them so much they will live in the glovebox for the day I forget my other gloves.

Let us know how the sizing is, pretty keen to get some.

[Verskis]

Let us know how the sizing is, pretty keen to get some.

Took a bit of a gamble myself too with the sizing, cause my only option was to order from web.
I usually wear large, but sometimes also medium. Tried Fox Unabombers at a store and medium fit very well, but Fox's medium seems to be 9" size, which Raceface labels as large.
I'll let you know about the sizing when I'll get the gloves.

[Udi]

The role of gloves is to maximize grip and comfort not to protect your clumsy paws. Learn to tuck your hands while crashing. It will save you many injuries.

Why just tuck your hands, when you can tuck your entire body into itself when you crash. This seems to be the latest ridemonkey philosophy, and if you do it right apparently you can turn yourself into a nonexistent being just before you hit the ground.

[HardtailHack]

Yeah, rollin like a slater-