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(location: Germany) are there ANY decent, affordable winter gloves WITHOUT leather? I can't seem to find any in the shops that I frequent. i think so far i found one pair that wasn't in the shop when i went there.

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[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://andromedamoto.com/products/meteor-winter-gloves always nice to run into another vegan motorcycle rider πŸ˜‰

[–] Mighty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am so anxious coming from Reddit where it was always a risk statig that I'm vegan. Happy it's more friendly here 😊

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Eh there's still assholes here it just gets called out easier here.

I'm just glad there's enough vegan motorcyclists out there to sustain a store πŸ˜πŸ‡πŸŒ±

[–] otl@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Curious: why no leather? Is it for the rain? (I’m from Australia so I don’t have any really warm gloves)

[–] systemshock@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

don't know about OP, but I'd also like to know of some winter gloves because I'm vegan and don't really want to buy/wear any leather

[–] Mighty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I hope you saw the comment on here about the Andromeda gloves.

[–] Mighty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Jup, same reason

[–] nukeworker10@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It looks like they all at least have leather on the palm for grip.

[–] Mighty@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what I see. But winter/snow gloves are usually full textile

[–] nukeworker10@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I believe the leather is there to provide additional grip. Unlike regular cold weather gloves, motorcycle gloves that palm grip is critical to safe operation. I remember seeing some gloves that had a rubber/silicone type palm coating, but I can't seem to find them anywhere.