Those of you who may recognise my name as an occasional contributor to this forum may or may not know that in May 2005 I had an accident at work that resulted in the loss of my right thumb. Fortunately, one of the Consultants at Morriston Hospital here in South Wales was on call, and he saved my index finger and, since May, has reconstructed my thumb using 'bits 'n pieces' of me'! It has come to the stage now where I actually have a (very) small amount of function with it, which, hopefully, will improve over the next year or two. I have had 4 operations on it to date with a further 2 to come this year.
You can imagine that this has had quite an effect on my riding! One problem I have had was getting gloves to fit my hand. I had one 'modified' and while it allowed me to ride, it still left something to be desired. I tried various British suppliers, but one well know manufacturer wanted 'upwards of £380' to make me a pair.
This was when I heard of Held, the German company. I contacted them before Christmas and they pointed me towards Keith Blair, their UK distributor. I visited him at his home/office before Christmas where he measured my hand for a pair of hand made, made to measure gloves. My hand was so badly damaged that Keith wasn't satisfied that he had accurate measurements, so his wife suggested making a plaster cast of it. I did this and the resulting cast was sent via Keith, to Held in Germany along with the measurements that Keith took.
Well today, they arrived!!! A fabulous pair of Held Profi gloves!!! They are gorgeous and they fit, well, like a glove!!! All this for just 30% over the catalogue price of £94.00. They are absolutely wonderful!!! They also threw in a pair of waterproof outer gloves for free!
I have been riding for 3 months now and I'm looking forward to doing a lot more miles in the coming years. Held do a made to measure service on several types of their gloves for anyone who would like this bespoke service. I have no connection with either Held or Keith Blair other than as a very satisfied customer. I'll post some pictures of the gloves if required.
Mike
www.held-biker-fashion.de
You can imagine that this has had quite an effect on my riding! One problem I have had was getting gloves to fit my hand. I had one 'modified' and while it allowed me to ride, it still left something to be desired. I tried various British suppliers, but one well know manufacturer wanted 'upwards of £380' to make me a pair.
This was when I heard of Held, the German company. I contacted them before Christmas and they pointed me towards Keith Blair, their UK distributor. I visited him at his home/office before Christmas where he measured my hand for a pair of hand made, made to measure gloves. My hand was so badly damaged that Keith wasn't satisfied that he had accurate measurements, so his wife suggested making a plaster cast of it. I did this and the resulting cast was sent via Keith, to Held in Germany along with the measurements that Keith took.
Well today, they arrived!!! A fabulous pair of Held Profi gloves!!! They are gorgeous and they fit, well, like a glove!!! All this for just 30% over the catalogue price of £94.00. They are absolutely wonderful!!! They also threw in a pair of waterproof outer gloves for free!
I have been riding for 3 months now and I'm looking forward to doing a lot more miles in the coming years. Held do a made to measure service on several types of their gloves for anyone who would like this bespoke service. I have no connection with either Held or Keith Blair other than as a very satisfied customer. I'll post some pictures of the gloves if required.
Mike
www.held-biker-fashion.de
, so i think I'll treat myself to a pair of hand made ones.
