AGVSport ECHELON RACING GLOVE REVIEW

Let’s honest, you’re not buying a glove unless it looks the business.

Sure, it’s gotta work, so you stick with the reputable brands, but at the end of the day, if it looks like crap, you’ll find one that doesn’t and buy that.

Now look at these handsome sumbitches.

**I love me a great racing glove. Even though I do not race. Except on the road. Like a heinous criminal.**

I got sent these in the middle of winter from AGVSport in the USA. So, I could not put them on and take them for a ride because my hands would have fallen off. They’re a legit racing gloves, so they’re ventilated and there’s that very handy webbing between the ring and little finger, and they do up just like a racing glove should – Velcro at the underside of the wrist and then again at the wrist.

But it’s warmed up here. And I have been rocking them with a great degree of élan. I know Mat Mladin has been too, because there were a few pairs in the box I got that were meant for him. And yes, I did send them on.

You might remember, AGVSport was the gear sponsor for a plethora of motorcycle road-racing champions both here and overseas. So, there’s no question the gear is top-notch.

The Echelon comes with moulded titanium on the double-sided wrist and fingertips, reinforced with amara (60% polyamide and 40% polyurethane, which is not only weatherproof, but incredibly soft and comfy), and both the palm and back of the glove is top quality cowhide. There is also protection on the palm and knuckles – all of which you would absolutely expect on a first-class racing glove.

But, if you’ve broken in racing gloves before, you know this can be a process. I expected this, but was surprised that these fit properly, straight out of the bag. So they’re comfy from Day One.

**All the things you’d expect on a quality racing glove.**

There are no inside ridges to gall you, and the thick wrist cuff does not interfere with the heel of your hand when you bend your wrist to accelerate. And don’t tell me you haven’t encountered that with shittier gloves you’ve pulled on in a shop and thought: Yeah, they’ll do.

And they just look so damn fine. I am rather taken with them – and I have a lot of gloves, as you can imagine.

In terms of sizing, mine are an XL, and that’s my normal glove-size, so there’s nothing weird going on there.

**It’s very cool to have AGVSport back in Australia.**

I’m thinking the underneath-wrist-fastening strip might be a bit shorter, but that may be because I have girl-circumference wrists, possibly due to them being broken in my early years. The same gear will fit everyone differently, and anything I’m vaguely concerned with, may not be an issue for someone else.