Grand Tour Gloves
The Rapha Grand Tour Gloves are made from African hair sheep leather. The finest available, the result is the most durable, comfortable and stylish cycling mitts in the world.
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Grand Tour Gloves
Rapha’s Grand Tour Gloves are the ultimate glove for the serious road cyclist. Made from African hair sheep leather, the softest and most durable available, they offer the confidence and feel of cycling bare-handed but with the highest levels of protection and comfort.
The leather is fine and lightweight, a natural countermeasure to the arid Eastern African climate where hair sheep are farmed, but extremely strong, The leather is cut in England by skilled craftsmen and worked by hand for its characteristic texture and suppleness. The gloves are breathable and the natural fibre wicks sweat extremely effectively.
The gloves have road-specific padding with extra padding around the thumb and forefinger for those long hours spent riding on the hoods. Slim and unobtrusive, this high-density foam offers excellent shock absorption and control. Rapha’s Grand Tour Gloves are double stitched at key wear points for reinforcement and are fastened at the cuff with a velcro strap.
Leather gloves look and feel beautiful and get better with age. Buy them slightly tight and they will stretch to the shape of your hands for a perfect fit.
"I was in Normandy when one of the guys I used to race with in Belgium came up to me and said: 'Cool gloves, man… like Merckx!' You kinda catch people looking sideways or doing a double take when they see them, I guess because they're so unlike any other gloves around. Very comfortable, they actually get better with use. Plus, they're suitable for me to use while driving my Morris."
Kristian House, British National Road Race Champion 2009
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Tech spec
Fabric
- African hair sheep skin.
Features
- Hand stitched with double stitching at key wear points
- Road-specific pad design using 2mm pads from army sniper gloves
- Knuckle holes
- Velcro fastener
- Stamped Rapha logo
- Made in England
Care instructions
- To remove, peel gloves off inside-out from cuff and then reshape them
- Use lukewarm water and mild detergent to produce a good lather and, wearing the gloves, immerse hands and wash as normal
- Remove gloves and rinse well
- Squeeze out water from fingers downwards
- Pull gently lengthways, open out and hang to dry away from direct heat and sunlight
- When almost dry, put on gloves and massage leather treatment (we recommend Chelsea Leather Food) sparingly into the leather
- Only wash with articles of the same colour
- Never dry clean, bleach or tumble dry
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Availability
Style Size Stock White X-Small Out Small Out Medium Out Large Out X-Large Out XX-Large Out -
Sizing
Sizing Guide
1. KNUCKLES: measure around the widest part of your dominant hand, between thumb and index finger.
Buy your leather gloves to fit tightly and they will stretch and mould to the shape of your hands like a second skin. If your knuckle measurement lies between M and L, an M will be the best size choice.