Originally revealed at Eurobike 2019, the new EIT Palm Technology from Elastic Interface is now available on the market. Elastic Interface, a specialist in high-end, high-performance cycling pads, argues that, with the new product offering, it has ‘transformed how we experience in-saddle comfort with its products.’
EIT Palm Technology delivers the ‘first ever three-dimensional palm’ to be developed for cycling gloves, and claims to take the protection and comfort of a rider’s hands on the handlebars to a ‘whole new level’.
The construction of the Elastic Interface palm is a patented technology. Its three-dimensional design has been ‘developed with anthropometric parameters, and help from the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Padua.’
The seamless, three-dimensional stretch palm adapts to the shape of the hand. It is claimed to improve blood flow and dramatically reduce soreness in the ulnar nerve in the wrist and fingers – ‘so no more tingling fingers.’ In addition, the padding between the bar and hand helps to absorb the energy that comes from a firm grip on the handlebars.
Alessandro Piccoli, engineer at Elastic Interface, said“As we pursued our strategy of improving the contact points between rider and bike to increase comfort and in turn enhance performance, we thought about how we could take our past 20 years of experience in the world of cycling pads and apply it to the hand-bike interface.
“We adapted our pad technology to the palm of the hand so that cyclists can now also find that level of comfort normally associated with our products in their favourite brands’ gloves.”
Denis Bertoldo, head of R&D at the company added, “Firstly, analysing the anthropometric parameters of the hand was essential to deciding the design.
“The comfort comes from the fact that this product is primarily designed to protect the rider. With protection comes comfort. And all this benefits performance. If a product performs well, the rider forgets it’s even there. The same applies to our pads, which are prized the world over for their quality.
“The EIT Palm Technology project aims to bring the same degree of comfort to cycling gloves too. Once we’d confirmed the design, we chose materials that enabled us to develop a product which would be extremely breathable with padding featuring a high capacity of elastic recovery. And finally, the grip fabrics ensure the rider has a firm grip on the handlebars.”
Elastic Interface Palm Technology can currently be found in the Unique Gloves by Q36.5 and in the Revo Gloves by De Marchi. The company notes that ‘many more will follow’.
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