Road and Gravel Cycling: Hand Blisters, Sun and Road Rash
Road and gravel · Skin is gear

Six hours on the bars. The hands, the sun and the legs all keep score.

Long road and gravel days grind the palms on bar tape, cook the arms and neck in the sun, and leave the legs heavy for the next ride. And if you go down, the road takes skin. Here is the long-ride kit, from the café stop to the couch.

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Skin is gear
Why long rides wear you down

Small friction, for a very long time.

No single pedal stroke hurts. Ten thousand of them do. Sweaty palms slide on the hoods and blister at the base of the thumb. Gravel washboard rattles through the hands for hours. The sun works on the forearms, the back of the neck and the lips the whole way. And a crash on pavement takes skin in a way nothing else does.

The kit covers each one. Dry palms so the hoods don't slide. A sun hoodie so you're not reapplying at the café. Split+ whipped balm for road rash, the night of. Massage Cream for the legs before the next ride. Central Oregon has some of the best gravel in the country. The crew rides it after work.

A long ride, stop by stop

From the coffee to the couch.

Where long rides wear on skin and legs, and what goes on at each stop.

The night before · 9 PMDry palms on the hoods.

Performance on the palms before bed. Less slide, less grip pressure, fewer hot spots at the thumb.

Performance
Rollout · 7 AMCover once.

Sun hoodie or arm coverage on, zinc on the lips. Nothing to reapply at the café.

Sun Hoodie - Bamboo - SPF 50Reef Safe SPF 15 Zinc Lip Balm – Gentle Vanilla Scent
Mile sixty · 11 AMThe hot spot.

Tape the thumb web or palm before it turns into a blister. Pocket Water for the long dry stretch.

Rhinos' Own Adhesive tapePocket Water
If you go down · AnytimeRoad rash.

Clean it with Cleanse as soon as you can. Split+ whipped balm on it that night, and every night until it closes.

CleanseSplit+
The couch · 6 PMLegs for tomorrow.

Massage Cream on the quads and calves. Ten minutes on the roller. Hydrate on sun-tight arms.

Massage CreamRAD Roller - HelixHydrate
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The pack

What's in the saddle bag.

Travel sizes in the jersey pocket. Full sizes at home.

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The core products in travel sizes. A season of long rides to try them.

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The night beforePerformance$8.95
Long sunny daysSun Hoodie - Bamboo - SPF 50$19.95
LipsReef Safe SPF 15 Zinc Lip Balm – Gentle Vanilla Scent$4.95
Hot spotsRhinos' Own Adhesive tape$3.95
Road rash, firstCleanse$9.00
Whipped balm, road rashSplit+$8.95
Quads and calvesMassage Cream$8.95
Ten minutes afterRAD Roller - Helix$49.00
Sun-tight armsHydrate$8.95
Jersey pocketPocket Water$12.95
The crew

The people who test this on the road.

Gravel racers, road riders, bikepackers. They tell us what held up at mile ninety.

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Seen on the road

Show us the miles.

The café stop, the dust, the tan lines. This wall is yours.

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