Normally, perhaps five years. Sometimes a little more or a little less, but the average lifespan is generally seems to be somewhere around the five year mark. Never spent more than �80 on a pair of normal gloves, �150 for heated.

My day-to-day gloves that I wear most of the time (riding all my bikes) are Held Touring (I think the GTX). Cost me about �60 five years ago (around �75 now) and I would guess have done 20-25K miles in all weathers including some off-road. They have a nice aged patina, but no signs of any serious wear. Good versatile allround gloves for the money IMHO.

I also have a pair of Held Sambia summer gloves (�75) and a pair of Gerbings T-12 heated gloves for the winter (�150), but they don't see as much use.

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