My Scary Fast 'SuperB's are finally coming to the end of their eventful life. After 6 years use, my fingers are starting to poke out of the ends and they're generally falling to pieces.

I had considered getting new ones but hadn't seen them in the shops for ages but all of a sudden, all of the mags seem to be reviewing them but apart from a distributor number there's been no mention of shops that sell them. Anyone spotted any 'in the flesh', preferably in the SW London area?

Go for Fox or Troy Lee, nothing else works. If you're in SW London, have a trip in to Covent Garden, go see Dirt and Dreams

Thanks for that Charlie but although I quite like the Troy Lee ones, I don't see why I need to pay £30 for gloves that aren't any better than the Scary Fast ones. And I don't really rate the Fox ones - they don't seem to fit right.

As for "Nothing else works", I'd call 6 years worth of crashing and not falling apart till now, working.

I've got Cannondale ones, which work pretty well, and are £17 from Evans at the moment.

Only place I've ever seen Scary Fast gloves was in a ski/bike shop in Morzine, which might be a bit of a long way to go...

I'm having similar trouble trying to replace my worn out Qranc DHS Pro shorties.

Carratti used to be the improter you see...

Ho hum.

Evans used to do them as did several shops at the time I got them... Just wondering who's going to pick them up now...

What size Qrancs are you after Colin?

SIX YEARS from the SAME pair of gloves???

It must take you hours of searching the local 'everything's a pound' store for Claire's Xmas prezzie...

;-)

RaceFace XC gloves are cheap at Chain Reaction.

Large I think.

Why, you got a dodgy cheesy smelly pair loitering somewhere?

and I bet they're that bloody yellow!

Tony, I'm not really much of a 'use things 'till they wear out' type - the piles of 'old' bike bits in my cupboards that are still fine to use bear that out... It's just that the Scary Fast glove have been way better than anything else I've seen...

Only taking the p***, Dylan.

Seriously though, six years from one pair of gloves, that's a serious recommendation.
I can usually bet on only one year, it just goes to show that the dearest aint always the best.

I'll check this glove out as I consider such an item to be an important part of my kit. Any old shirt will do, but gloves, well, they have to fit.

I *think* they're distributed by this company:

I & M Steiner Ltd
Reynard Mills Trading Estate
Windmill Road
Brentford
Middlesex
TW8 9LY

020 8847 4422
020 8847 3322

bike@higearleisure.com

http://www.higearleisure.com (doesn't really work...)

And when I say it doesn't really work I obviously mean:
1 - My link doesn't work
2 - Their web site doesn't work

;-)

I'll drop them an email...

Tony, when I got them, they were actually around £30 so the new distributor seems to have dropped the prices substantially (down to around £16 now!) - deflation... nice :)

Just had an email back:

You can see the glove range on www.rocketparts.com

Shops are thin on the ground at the moment as we have only just started to
bring the gloves in, contact me if you need a pair direct.

I've emailed back asking for prices.

RRP's
Dart - £13.50
GTO - £16.00
Spyder - £18.50
Charger - £21.50

Direct from HiGear... Must get ordering - can't decide between Charger and GTO...

Just a follow up on this.

I emailed the distibuters on Friday asking if I could pick the gloves up direct from them as I needed them for the weekend and they're not far from one of the stops on my journey home. The guy there offered to bring them to the train station in various sizes and models so that I could try them. And on top of that service, he knocked a quid off the price since he wouldn't have to post them... :) I went for the GTO in the end - lightweight without being too fragile.

I used them for two reasonable length rides this weekend and they seem really good :)

DL, My pair of Scary Fast Speedsters only just wore out too, after 5 years...

I've had a pair of Chargers for 3 weeks now and I'm starting to love them every bit as much as I did my Speedsters...
DAMN fine gloves.

I've tried other people's Fox, and RaceFace gloves, and you can keep 'em. These Chargers are just getting more and more comfy after every ride!