Hot spot on lap two. Blister by lap four.

Sweat first. Friction second.

A dry palm in a glove does not blister. A wet one does. Sweat softens the top layer of skin, the glove shears across it on every brake pull and every chunky section, and a hot spot turns into a blister in a lap. Lock-on grips and better gloves changed everything except the moisture inside the glove.

Rhino was built for climbers' hands and the same crew rode after work in Bend. They noticed the night-before sweat cream that kept chalk on the rock kept gloves on the bars. Dry palms are the whole trick. Everything else here is for after.