Motorcycle Gloves
Riding gloves in leather and textile. Sizes run XS to 4XL. Start with the season. A vented summer glove and a lined winter glove are two different gloves, and what each maker states about the standard changes from one range to the next.
Several makes sell gloves here, counting one Alpinestars pair that Oxford distribute in the UK and that is listed under Oxford's name. The first thing to settle is summer or winter. Many listings describe mesh, venting or perforation. Some name insulation or a thermal barrier outright, and a few more describe a lining for warmth without using either word. Some of those describe venting or perforation as well, so the two are not opposites. Venting alone is little use in October.
Cuff length, and touchscreens
Some listings are gauntlets, cut to go over a jacket sleeve, among them ROEG's Jettson Gauntlet and Oxford's Nexus and Hamilton. A gauntlet has to clear the jacket cuff you already own, and Oxford's and Merlin's jackets sit on the jackets and vests page. Most of the rest are short cuffs, worn under the sleeve. Many say something about touchscreen use, and they do not say it the same way. Biltwell's Borrego and Moto listings use "smart screen-compatible", the Anza gloves "conductive stitching", and ICON's listings "touchscreen-enabled fingers". It is as likely to vary within one brand as between two.
What the makers claim
Many quote EN 13594, the European motorcycle glove standard, each in its own words. All seven ROEG gloves quote EN 13594:2015, the three Jettson listings as "CE approved by EN 13594:2015". Oxford's Nexus states "CE level 2 KP Certified (EN13594:2015)", the only Level 2 wording here. The rest word it more loosely or say nothing: seven Biltwell listings carry a row worded three different ways, from "CE certified for recreational highway and off-road riding" to the older "Meets CE 89/686 safety standard", and the Husqvarna gloves name no standard.
SATRA, a UK testing laboratory, sets out what those levels mean: Level 2 requires the knuckle to be impact-tested and a cuff of at least 50mm, where Level 1 leaves the knuckle test optional and asks for 5mm. If a listing does not say, we cannot tell you either.
Sizes do not carry across brands
Not every maker here publishes a size chart we can read, and the charts that exist do not all measure the same way. Biltwell measure palm width and hand length in inches, and their chart says to size up if you fall between two. ROEG measure hand circumference in centimetres. Oxford measure circumference and hand length in centimetres, footnoted to EN 420:2003. Alpinestars' own size-chart page carries clothing and footwear but nothing for gloves. The runs differ too: Biltwell stop at 2XL, every ROEG glove goes XS to 3XL, and ICON's Twenty Niner reaches 4XL.
Biltwell's certification wording is not consistent inside a line either: two of the four Baja listings carry a certification row and two do not, and Borrego runs three with and four without. So check the individual listing rather than assuming a whole range is the same. Every glove here is for sale with free UK delivery available. On the UK site many show a was-price at 10% off RRP or more; the others show a smaller reduction or a single price.