Even the smallest things....

Sometimes even the smallest things seem to affect me when I'm riding. For instance, I just got a new pair of gloves last night. Now usually gloves stretch so I buy them a little tight to start out with & then they don't loosen up too much. Well this pair have a lot of fancy stitching and I'm not sure thet're going to loosen up enough.

Anyhow I wore them today, and it's like wearing new boots that aren't broken in yet. They just seemed to throw me off my game a little while I was riding. In fact, I actually stalled the bike, and that's something I virtually never do. The new glove were just throwing off my clutch control a bit.

I ran into this same problem when I bought a full face helmet. It just threw me off while I was riding. I didn't feel right and therefore didn't feel safe.

So here I was with my fancy new high-zoot armored gloves, and because they haven't loosened up I really didn't feel safe.

Same thing happened when I bought new boots.

It's amazing how just little things like gloves can upset your riding.