March 5, 2010 at 11:35 pm
#24802
eternal05
Participant
Like you, Eon, I’m both a tech guy and an avid musician. Losing use of a hand or some fingers would ruin me.
Hand injuries are very common, and I’m totally on board with WeaponZero on this one. Every racer out there has a broken pinky finger (easily avoided by a joined ring/pinky glove…though some people don’t like the feel of that) and broken metacarpals (knuckle/palm armor). That’s why these days they build gloves like this:
To be fair, I’m not sure if you’re less likely to injure these parts if you’re on the street (as opposed to the track), but I don’t know of any hard statistics that suggest they should be different.