Richa Nomad gloves in black

The Richa Nomad is a highly vented, summer glove for use in the hottest of conditions, or for riding off road where you are going to be generating lots of sweat. It's also a particularly protective glove, we feel, featuring SuperFabric on the knuckles and on the ring finger.

 

The chassis of the glove comprises goat hide, mesh and areas of a stretchy, Neoprene-like Polyester.

 

The palm of the glove is goat hide. We like goatskin gloves because the leather is stronger than cowhide, but thinner. You also get goat on the back of the hand, around the knuckle protector. On the palm you get an area of digi-leather for better grip on the bars. There's a layer of extra material that runs down the outside of the hand, although we cannot tell whether it's real leather. But whatever it is, it's there to add abrasion resistance.

 

Between the fingers there's a stretch fabric for comfort. This same material is used on the glove’s cuff.

 

The mesh fabric runs down the tops of all the fingers and the thumb. There's also a panel of mesh on the top of the wrist behind the knuckle protector. 

 

In terms of protection, you get Superfabric on the main knuckle, and on a couple of the minor ones on the ring finger. There's a foam pad at the base of the palm. 

 

As far as the details are concerned, the forefingers and thumbs are touchscreen sensitive. There's a visor wipe on the left hand, which seems a bit bizarre on a mesh glove. You get two fasteners at the wrist. There's also some reflective panelling.

 

The Nomad will flow a lot of air; as much, we would suggest, as almost any glove out there. It's comfortable. It’s protective. It’s lightweight. It’s going to help you stay cool. And it’s not bereft of features.

 

We also think it’s well priced.